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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1894
Page
3
A collage of quips and comic vignettes from various papers features jokes about money counts by a Pullman porter and punchlines on marriage, insurance, and social pretenses. The snippets showcase humorous exchanges from Texan and Harlem humorists as well as cartoon-style gags.
Lime water, prepared by soaking lime in clean water and sealing, serves in many home remedies. It can aid summer stomach issues, prevent milk from souring, refresh bread sponge, and soothe lung fever or diphtheria when evaporated on a stove. Lime acts as a purifier and disinfectant for bottles and damp spaces, and can deter pests in cellars.
The latest statistics show more than two thirds of the world's grown males use tobacco in various forms. The data highlight widespread dependence across regions and social groups, underscoring tobacco’s enduring prevalence and health concerns.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system without weakening organs. It claims health benefits for kidneys, liver, and bowels, praises taste and acceptance, notes 50¢ and 1 bottles, and warns buyers to expect the California Fig Syrup Co. on packaging and not accept substitutes.
The text describes Indian Head in Charles County Maryland as a 659 acre naval ordnance proving ground with magazines and testing facilities first used in 1891 after earlier gun tests at Annapolis. It also presents Boschee's German Syrup as a trusted cough remedy praised by J H Hoses a Texas pharmacist and postmaster.
Wisconsin raises annually 105 million dollars of farm products with crops including 43 million bushels of oats, 38 million of corn, 21 million of wheat, and 12 million of barley. Livestock valued at 80 million dollars. More than 10,000 square miles lie over mineral deposits.
The New Orleans Picayune describes social figures with unusual pets. A famed lady owns a tiny squirrel named Beastie given by Julian Ralph, a second woman keeps two turtles for about twelve years, another cares for cur dogs, another houses a prolific uncaged canary, and a third owns a talking parrot taught to converse like a human.
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