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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1893
Page
6
The piece notes subscription pricing and publication details for The Wilson Mirror. It catalogs general statistics on meat and grain production since 1840 and cites census figures. It mentions the Old Two Seed in the Spirit Predestinarian Baptists and a Bombay justice of the peace defending opium traffic policies.
A few years ago a hunter on the Indian River in Florida killed 800 alligators during the season, securing forty two in one night. Since then they have become scarcer, making such a record impossible today.
The report lists deposits in savings banks by nation including Austria 613 million francs, France 550 million, Great Britain 536 million, Prussia 720 million, Italy 346 million, Sweden and Norway 220 million, and Switzerland 118 million.
The writing describes Persia as two deserts a salty and a saltless one with vast barren areas. Irrigation turns these wastes into productive land. City houses use unburned brick and lack street windows but are more inviting inside than outside, reflecting a stark, inviting contrast.
A column argues many lessons from the Victoria disaster but concludes impregnable ships are folly. The writer says navies as dominant fleets are over, serving only as sea police and harbor protection as floating forts, with spending on ships wasted.
The Chicago Record notes Harland and Wolff, famed shipbuilders, doubt further steam progress and foresee electricity driving faster ocean steamers within a few years.
The Sultan of Turkey refuses telephone lines in Constantinople and opposes their spread to Smyrna and Salonica. He fears easier plotting and plotting against him, arguing subjects are already burdensome to govern. As a result, telecom concessions have waned among Turkish authorities for some time.
A reflective poem argues that judging people by faults alone yields only disappointment. It uses the tale of unwinnowed grains to urge readers to discern both good and bad in others and life, noting light and darkness alternate as perception shapes insight.
A Paris grocer Jobinard despised by art students is tricked by Cabaron Daburon and Amenaide into posing for plaster casts of his legs. They seal him in a yard with plaster and bricks, claiming the public will crow over his marble limbs. He is finally freed by a stonemason after two hours.
A tale from Harper's Young People about Abul Hejex a Moorish prince imprisoned for sedition. A Pasha grants two hours to finish a chess game delaying execution. News of Muhammad’s death by apoplexy makes Abul heir to Granada showing how a small mercy can alter kingdoms and fates.
A naturalist explains how snails eat using a coil tongue with tens of thousands of microscopic teeth. The flexible tongue rasps leaves, leaving a straight edge as the snail grasps and cuts through tough foliage.
An Eastern college professor came to Grass Valley with seventy thousand dollars to invest in quartz leads. He exhausted his funds and, in a despairing moment, poisoned his wife, four children, and himself. A miner later found that a rich vein had just been uncovered, yielding gold in later years. Auburn Herald reports the tragedy.
The text lists nine cities that served as capitals at various dates: Philadelphia Baltimore Philadelphia Lancaster York Philadelphia Princeton Annapolis Trenton New York. It notes the seat moved as Congress shifted location, with Philadelphia hosting operations several times before the eventual move to Washington.
A renowned novelist nearly finished a major work when a sudden memory lapse halted progress for over a week. An association of ideas later resurfaced the missing plot, enabling the book to be published successfully and reach wide circulation.
In England 150000 velocipedes are turned out annually. In France the scene shifts with 300000 proprietary wheel men and perhaps as many more who hire wheels, reflecting growing popularity across the two nations.
A garbled 19th century fragment mentions Isabella silver, Mississippi deposits, a population on Hobo Crusoe’s island Juan Fernandes, cattle herders, a Corean theft myth, a compact oil paper umbrella, a Vatican statue near Ariadne on Naxos, a pig with elephant features on W H Reynolds’ Texas farm, and Tyrian dye via a dog and murex.
Dispatch reports a century ago in 1790 France endured a long drought from April to September with sun year round and only brief rain. Temperatures rose above freezing and reached extreme warmth causing many to suffer and some deaths on September 15.
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