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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
3
A collage of humorous verses and snippets from press writers. It includes juvenile pranks, pictorial jests, and quips about marriage and theater. The piece weaves jokes about singing, photography, and daily life with brief captions from various papers.
A collage of comic exchanges and social observations. Bobby worries about eating and gratitude while adults chase attention, and other vignettes feature dating, fashion, and small-town amusements from multiple papers.
A 21 year old aeronaut, Prof Malvern Hill Allen, caused his balloon What Cheer to collapse during ascent from Providence. He explains he ripped the balloon open with an explosion cord to avoid buildings, landing safely in a meadow after a two mile descent. Eyewitnesses dispute his account, noting the rupture and dangerous descent as the crowd fled toward Daggett farm. Allen comes from a family of aeronauts with ties to Civil War service.
A Connecticut Dairy Commission report traces the origin of pineapple cheese to 1408 at Goshen with Lewis M. North. Norton later built the first U S cheese factory and continued production, with Newport and Attica plants expanding output to about 67 000 to 70 000 cheeses annually.
A collage of promote Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pellets with promises of cures for female ailments constipation and headaches. Also notes Lane's Family Medicine free trials and Tanpell's Punch cigar offer plus reflective quips and random consumer lines.
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