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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1889
Page
7
Sermon notes the ruin of intemperance with vivid examples from biblical allusions and modern life. It warns that ministers courts and parents contribute to crime and tragedy through alcohol promotion and neglect. The piece blends moral exhortation with personal anecdotes and calls for spiritual renewal through Christ.
An article argues that horse color varies little in wild herds and that original color may be chestnut though many colors persist. It cites stallions and famous racers like Jay Eye Lee and Hopeful to challenge the idea that light colors imply weakness, noting bays predominate among distinguished trotters.
American engineers visiting Paris observe Manchester ship canal progress in England. Eighteen months into the project, excavation totals 17 to 18 million cubic yards with 28 million more to dig. When finished, 26 ft depth and 155 to 260 ft breadth over 36 miles will enable sizable inland cargo, employing 2,900 workers and expanding Manchester’s export docks to over 104 acres and five miles of wharves.
Dr Hammond of the city conducts an experimental elixir of life based on Brown-Sequard work. An elderly decrepit patient shows signs of vitality after injections, with two more subjects to follow over six weeks. Paris reports Dr Variot achieving striking rejuvenation in aged individuals.
C W Oldrieve of Chelsea, famed as the world’s champion water walker, attempted a 20 mile wager in Boston Bay. He walked a quarter mile, rode back to the Pemberton, then crossed five miles in rough seas before landing near Strawberry Hill.
The idea envisions two steel tubes each about a yard in diameter suspended by cables across the channel forty yards above sea level. Pillars would lie about eight hundred yards apart and a small railway within each tube would carry 450 pound loads at a claimed total cost of 5 million dollars.
A correspondent who met General Boulanger in London describes his sedate, tranquil manners for a Frenchman. He appears unobtrusive in a drawing room and lacks obvious signs of greatness, yet is a capable war office administrator with frank popular address and a pliable temper toward adventurous politicians using his name.
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