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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
2
A roundup of odd tales from Jekyll Island pheasants to a Paris hotel theft. A London pickpocket steals 7000 with a plan, Hoover buries 12000 in Pennsylvania, and a Catalan bull fighter dies bravely. Includes a Bordeaux centenarian claim and a Cossack giantess report.
A Louisville Post physician shares practical steps to endure heat. Eat light meals, avoid coffee and excess fluids, skip alcohol, wear light clothing, and carry an umbrella. At night soak in a cold bath for 10 to 15 minutes, sleep in cooling clothes to reduce temperature and pulse.
Charles H. Ramsay reports a long horned pine borer found by State Entomologist Lintner at Howe's Cave. The beetle damages pine flooring with half inch holes and larvae cause unsightly burrows. Historical notes cite cedar-like prisons in furniture and a 15 year and longer imprisonment case from a pine bureau and an apple tree table in 18th century Williamstown.
The article explains careful harvesting of rubber trees and prevention of over bleeding. It notes long maturation times, Guatemala’s anti abuse actions, and the unlikely near term of substitutes or cheap alternatives from common weeds like milkweed and sow thistle due to higher costs.
A 14-year-old Waycross girl helping two men fish was bitten when a large moccasin coiled around her arm. The snake sank its fangs as the girl laughed. The men killed the reptile and treated her wounds with lard and tobacco. she recovered.
A report recounts Sir Spencer St John on Hayti voodoo rites and cannibalism. It cites massacres and blood ceremonies from Port au Prince to Grand Grave, detailing priestly acts, child victims, and alleged state tolerance. The piece frames education and reform as needed to curb the practices.
A San Francisco Chronicle piece recounts Mexico’s flora and fauna through an observer’s eyes. It details diverse species of trees ferns shells armadillos opossums iguanas and butterflies, plus local foods and creatures such as vivacious shells used in crafts and edible armadillo meat.
An old anecdote recalls a Cranichfeld bailiff in Gotha Altenburg defending order with blunt methods. When questioned about fair play he said he settles disputes in his office, ejecting dissenters and ending cases on the spot. The tale ends with the crowd reacting and a punning flourish from Pav.
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