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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1890
Page
2
A Chicago Advance piece recounts diverse oddities from a train tale where a Christian forgives a mistaken theft to a geologic find of giant foot prints in Iowa, circus monkey duel deaths, a Georgia nose reattachment, a watermelon's blunt force on a conductor, a wandering Durham cow to a boy with a fish hook in his side, and various curiosities from Hungary to Detroit and beyond.
The Girls' Brigade in Scotland grows in popularity alongside the Boys' Brigade. Members are aged twelve to eighteen and work as wage earners in printing offices factories shops. They wear red aprons with borders and shoulder sashes and drill with calisthenics to music using rings flags and ropes.
The Bodwell Granite Co of Vinalhaven Maine reports a granite shaft 115 feet long ten feet square at the base and weighing 850 tons. If erected it would surpass Egyptian obelisks and stand as the highest single piece of solid stone. The company quarried it on its own initiative, possibly as a Maine memorial for General Grant.
A traveling salesman in New York lights cigars with small bills to impress buyers, then recovers burned notes at the Sub Treasury. He repeats the act to entice customers, posing as reckless and generous while keeping expenses down. His stunt gains him a reputation as carelessly extravagant on the road.
A very large newborn in Nicetown Pennsylvania is described as weighing at least twenty five pounds by authorities who viewed it. The baby is said to be as big as a three month old and is healthy, crowing and laughing. The mother Mrs. Hardegan is about thirty five and over six feet tall and works in Phoenixville.
The report notes cotton can be grown within 35 degrees latitude, across much of the globe. It is grown by many peoples and profitable between 20 and 35 degrees north. Cotton’s production is limited only by demand, and the United States currently produces over half the world’s output while consuming about one third of its crop domestically.
An Englishwoman in Syria reports a bedstead of gold and silver inlaid with precious stones found near Beyrout. An English inscription claims it belonged to Eleanor Queen of England. The bedstead was buried in a natural cave dug out for security after Edward I left the East in 1272, likely buried for six centuries.
An 1808 account recalls England's Hot Wednesday with extreme readings in Hayes Middlesex London St James Park 94 1001 degrees and Gainsborough Lincolnshire 94 at 1 pm. The notes cite instrument makers Ramsden Cary Nairne Blunt and duplicate readings to verify accuracy.
A fragment discusses digestion or eating topics with unclear context. It mentions food and digestion terms but lacks clear names, dates, or events to identify a specific report or incident. Further readable details are needed to form a complete news item.
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