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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1890
Page
2
Curio items report a mistaken engagement between twins Martha and Mary in Bridgeport, a whale harpoon recovered from sixty years old, a crystallized embalmed body in Atlanta, lightning kills partridges in Silesia, rare trees linked at chestnut grove, a wasp with a fake tail experiment, a prodigy schoolteacher Clara Greenawald in Bernville, and assorted bizarre animal tales from America and Europe.
The Brooklyn Bridge carries more travelers than any other bridge in the world. In the year just passed 35 million people used the bridge either on foot or by car and six travelers use cars for every pedestrian. Over six years receipts exceed 4.3 million dollars and the railway portion leads global railway revenue. July and August are slowest months while May is busiest. ferries trails the bridge in travel. Ticketing is tight controlled with numbered, lettered tickets and counterfeit tracing. Drop boxes yield items from bracelets to milk tickets and more.
A Lady’s Home Journal note warns women to avoid placing money and samples between lips or teeth when shopping. It argues this habit can spread disease as money changes hands among all classes and households. The piece urges careful behavior to protect health amid changing conditions.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes lampoons daily life with punchlines about a wandering Hebrew lineage and various comic scenes. The text mixes literary quips with humorous exchanges touching on manners, language, and social scenes, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style.
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