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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1891
Page
7
A Sunday sermon urges Christians in Wisconsin to forsake half hearted faith and embrace bold, active service. The speaker calls for practical ministry, challenging believers to preach and work across society with courage, using vivid historical examples to inspire action.
A Tennessee paper predicts cotton prices may fall to five cents a pound within a year or two if large crops continue, signaling a potential major drop in cotton market costs.
The Chicago Herald notes clergy endure trials but endure well. The Andover Theological Seminary necrology for 1890 lists forty six graduates who have died with ages ranging from under fifty to ninety seven. The average age at death was seventy six years and eight months.
London Truth argues loyalty to the crown has vanished and monarchy rests on the throne occupant's conduct. The piece predicts kingship may fail and England could become a republic within fifty years, reflecting on royal legitimacy and expediency.
About thirty thousand tons or two thousand carloads of staff will be used to construct the Exposition main buildings in Chicago. Invented in France circa 1876, staff is a gypsum based material cast into molds and faced with cloth to prevent brittleness. It is water impervious, cheaper than marble, and can imitate stone or intricate designs with various washes to color.
The Palermo consular report details Sicily pig breeding with pigs common in towns as scavengers and in mountains feeding on acorns. Pigs fetch up to 10 shillings per full grown season, are ear marked, and kept in clean sheds. Boy swine herds live frugal lives, receiving bread and occasional pay while tending herds and goats.
A concise overview of the More wood tinning process at United States Iron and Tin Plate Company in Demmler Station Penn. Plates are rolled, pickled in black and white baths, annealed, and brushed with palm oil flux. Tin is applied in a palm oil bath and spread by hand, then rolled to a glossy even surface with five rolls and finished by brushing, rolling, and polishing to a bright tin plate.
The New York Sun describes a custom among Russian peasants of Oronetsk and surrounding districts where cattle are donated to churches before Elijah's Day. After services, the meat is boiled and distributed in a chaotic grab for pieces, risking injuries. Clergy try reforms, but many communities revert to the original practice. The belief ties to Elijah’s mercy, with alarm that improper observance brings storms and disasters.
A dog named Leo treated the Thornton House as his base and came for meals. After the hotel burned, the bell from Thornton House was moved to the Weston House. The first toll after the move triggered Leo to race to the Weston House with evident happiness at the familiar sound.
The cattle department at the Chicago Columbian Fair is drawing global attention and promises the finest exhibition yet. The American Jersey Cattle Club and Holstein Friesian Association each allocate 210000 for showings, while J F Sarg of Nussdorf Germany plans to bring Simmenthal cattle from Switzerland weighing 1400 to 1700 pounds with white bodies and red yellow or drab markings.
The passage recalls 1818 French discovery by Pelletier and Caventour of strychnine, originally named Vauquelin in honor of Vauquelin. He opposed linking his name to the toxin after witnessing animal suffering, and the poison adopted its current name, noted by Pall Mall Gazette.
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