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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1893
Page
3
The article explains how young Chinese students pursue multiple degrees over years under imperial oversight. On test day tutors lead their hopeful pupils to a formal assessment, where candidates receive an extract from the Confucius text and must compose an original essay within a day, with celebrations among friends and family if they succeed.
A fighter boasts of beating the best players in the land yet refuses to enter the tournament saying he never plays. The exchange highlights a bold claim from the fighter who dismisses competition.
A melancholy undertaker in Ay Ay is described as a man who dedicates himself fully to his trade. Residents note his quiet demeanor and steady, devoted service within the local business community.
An 8100 reward claim for a failed catarrh cure is advertised. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy taken internally to reach the disease in the blood and mucous membranes. It asserts testimonials and a $100 pledge to prove effectiveness, listing J. Connelly & Co. in Toledo Ohio and druggists as channels.
The piece promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative aiding kidneys liver and bowels for cleansing and health. It endorses Brown's Iron Bitters for dyspepsia indigestion and stamina, claiming it rebuilds blood and strengthens muscles. The text contrasts gossip with speech about illness.
A fragmented old advertisement touts Brown's Iron Hitters Beecham's Pills and Dr Jane Thomas's Eye Water. It promotes tonics for weak blood fevers digestion and biliousness claiming strength and youth. The text lists prices and mail order details for S J Halensworth Co in Owego Tioga Co New York.
A Russian physician tests animal counting claiming a crow can count to ten, and contrasts Pacific and Atlantic sizes using enormous volumes and diameters. The piece also describes W S Simpson's invention to preserve pictures by vacuum sealing, allowing brighter colors and no dusting, even for delicate watercolors.
A Longmans writer estimates the oceans hold about 73 trillion gallons, enough to take 12 billion years to pour away at 1000 gallons per second. At one shilling per 10,000 gallons, the value would exceed 1.86 trillion pounds.
London World notes Jamaica’s advance over 25 years with new hotels, a £24000 hotel project, American rail lines, strong fruit cultivation, and blacks saving nearly half a million pounds in savings banks.
The article critiques dialect spellings in magazines as poor representations of speech and notes many writers imitate others. It then surveys bone science from ancient embalming to modern cremation, describing how bodies decompose, the fate of bones, catacombs, and royal relics across civilizations, with examples from Egypt, Rome, France, and England.
A frog placed in sour liquid is irritated to secrete a paste that forms an anesthetic. The paste, when mixed with water, shows marked anesthetic properties. A finger left in the liquid for minutes can be cut to the bone without pain.
A 1 year old nephew of Josh Billings writes a humorous piece about dogs and cats. The child mocks dogs as always fighting but notes a cat can make its tail bigger than a hall club and climb a tree while dogs are left “riddy.”
An Austrian inventor introduces a new fiber produced from a Siena stone mined in Niterien. The fabric, shredded and woven, is ultra durable and washable, available in white blue pink and yellow. It could revolutionize tablecloths napkins and window drapes. The material is touted as fashion forward and highly resilient.
The report states Cornwallis surrendered with 8 087 personnel including 7 247 soldiers and 840 sailors. It notes US railways use 32 139 locomotives and 1 200 000 cars, about four times the Cornwallis force in total.
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