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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1890
Page
3
The article paints a detailed, intimate view of life at Sandringham with a focus on the dairy and tea room. It notes a green painted tea room, carved oak furnishings, and a constant dairy routine. Princesses and staff are described as part of daily scenes, with mention of dogs and horses on the estate.
A physician testifies to the effectiveness of Hali's Catarrh Cure in treating catarrh and promises a reward if any case remains uncured. The note is addressed to J. Cheney & Co and mentions sales through Panios, the famed singer, who has performed in Vienna recently.
An old-style ad and spoof discuss Syrup of Riggies and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as cures for biliousness and female weakness. It favors sensational health claims and a cheeky tale of a kiss on the street. Also promotes Dobbin’s Electric Soap and Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water amid commodity prices in a collage of tips.
A Baltimore advertisement touts Kemp's Batsam as a great guaranteed remedy for coughs and chest ailments. It claims pharmacists authorize free bottle trials and offers large bottles at low prices. A pocket mirror is advertised with the Tanlia Waveh cigarette promotion.
The Boston Record notes General Butler has a well developed right thumb from extensive handshaking and a shriveled left thumb from the same activity. It explains he meets the other man’s hand firmly rather than letting his fingers be grabbed, managing the exchange to his benefit.
A fossil track discovery at Bosworth's quarry in Holyoke Massachusetts reveals a clean shale surface with about 200 reptile tracks. The tracks, six to eight inches long and arranged in rows, include a longest sequence of seventeen tracks, marking the largest such uncovering in years.
Colonel Ben Q Young recounts an unforgettable Naples Bay shark trapping to punish repeated bait thefts. He set nine baited lines across a narrow channel and hauled in six sharks, the largest weighing over four hundred pounds, turning in air and splashing as they pulled the cable. The haul spurred plans to start a fertilizer factory using sharks as the chief product.
Farmer Flint and Cyrus discuss a discovery that the heavy end of a match is its right end. The passage endorses a patent medicine, Golden Medical Discovery, promoted as curing bronchial and lung diseases with a money back guarantee. The ad claims it cures consumption and other lung ailments and emphasizes non intoxication and child friendly dosing.
An ad praises a patent remedy claiming it clears pimples improves complexion and purifies the blood. It features a triumphal tone about cures for scrofulous sores and other diseases, noting the product by name and promising dramatic results. The text mentions weight and appearance shifts as proof.
Dr Charles Mackay poet and journalist dies at 75 in Brompton. His fugitive pieces gained vogue and he wrote the popular songs There’s a Good Time Coming Boys and Cheer Boys Cheer. The latter’s melody allegedly inspired Nana Sahib to spur troops at Cawnpore during the Indian mutiny, a haunting tale he recalled in memoirs. the tune remains familiar on emigrant ships.
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