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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1890
Page
6
The Miss Pilkinses of Bucket Town Share Thanksgiving
Dolly and Drusilla Pilkins, gentle sisters in Bucket Town, face poverty after their father dies and leave a quiet legacies to help others. A mysterious stranger, Abijah Starkweather, claims kin and offers support, enabling the sisters to keep Betty Pratt's cottage and host a humble feast with raisin rice pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilkins
Hill House
Satterlee
Judge Grover
Dolly
Drusilla
Betty Pratt
Miss Pilkinses
Grover
Papa
Richard Pilkins
Miss Pil Kkinses
Uncle Maxwell
China
Bucket Town
New England
Cicero
Cicero Augustus Hamilton
Pilkinses
Liza
Dootsie
Brock Rascal
Miss Pilkins
Polly
Lawyer Satterlee
Rascal
Hamiltons
Boston
Betty
Enormous Aerolite Brought to Brazil National Museum
In 1887 to 1888 a colossal aerolite weighing 11 800 pounds was moved from Bendego Creek through forests and over a 8700 foot mountain to Rio Janeiro. The 714 mile trek took 172 days aided by baron Gready financed transport and reflected late century scientific views on meteorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum of Brazil
Bendego Creek
Brazil
Baron Gready
Rio Janeiro
National Museum
Big Ben The Alligator and a Hunter’s Clever Plan
A hunter paddling a lake finds a sleeping alligator nicknamed Big Ben. After a shot to stop the beast, he can’t tow it to Enterprise. He mails his card to the gator, then the crew rows to the point and fires a volley. They tow the gator back to Enterprise where it becomes the hunter’s prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gators
Big Ben
Enterprise
Gator
Nicholas
Sea-cow Nearly Extinct Says Washington Post
The manatee species, two specimens once exhibited here, now nearly vanish. Captured in Florida's Indian River last July, the larger weighed about 800 pounds and stretched nine feet, the other 750 pounds and a foot shorter. Capt. Zeller hunted them for weeks and notes their timid nature and lack of defense beyond swimming. Nets captured them. he plans to offer them to the National Zoological Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
Indian River
Florida
Zeller
National Zoological Park
Fruitful Farming in Suffield Contrasts City Labor
E N Spaulding of Suffield Connecticut runs a twenty acre small fruit and poultry farm with thriving family life. He clears about twenty percent over cost and nets forty to fifty dollars weekly from truck produce. He favors agriculture as a promising path for youth and cites health and contentment as benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffield
Conn
E. N. Spaulding
Mr. S
New York Tribune
Spectator Sports in Immigrant Enclave Stirring Odd Contests
The New York Journal describes Chinese and Mexican sporting passions in Mott Street, noting sparrow fights with needle gaffs and insect battles where trained roaches fight to death for bets. Spectators pay high stakes as fighters are rematched and earnings flow to the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott Street
Wees
New York Journal
Ashland Press Quips About Fishing Doughnuts
A brief Ashland Press quip quotes a man asking his wife for doughnuts before a fishing trip. It jokes the doughnuts are not bait but sinkers, reflecting light local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland Press
Prehistoric Metropolis Remains Found Across Missouri Counties
A late 19th century note describes a rich burial ground across Missouri counties Stodds Scott Mississippi New Madrid Per cot and Dunkin. The text claims colossal mound builder remains and artifacts such as jars bottles and vases. It warns locals diggers may uncover relics yet often leave them undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stodds Scott
Mississippi
New Madrid
Percot
Dunkin
Missouri
India
Nothn
Cragin
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