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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1892
Page
7
In a snippet from the Indianapolis Journal a small boy asks what wishes would be granted in a magical unknown fairyland named Mew. He says he would wish for two brothers a real big one and one he could heky, and for eight or nine grandmothers, highlighting a child’s whimsical imagination.
The article recalls grand pageants from 1795 with hundreds of elephants adorned in gold and silver, led by the Lord Elephant, and notes the jeweled royal parades of Jehangir. It contrasts these displays with today where elephants serve in labor and ceremonial roles but rarely in warfare, including use in the British army in limited cases.
An old Harper's Young People tale describes La Ferte in France where maidens decorate a tree with ribbons and dust imperfect blossoms with pollen from perfect ones. The process yields a variety of apples on a single tree, each maiden claiming the fruit she most desires as the blossoms set and the harvest ripens.
An Indian boy of the Sioux on Pine Ridge South Dakota keeps two large bald eagles as pets and uses them for hunting. He trained the birds to obey commands by tying their beaks to prevent eating their catch, and the eagles chase quarry on demand.
A fragment outlines a coral cleaning method using soaking in soda and Sag, then a 98 theme, followed by rinsing in clean water and sun drying. The text mentions jewellers and hints at interstices and a gentle handling approach.
Imported bumble bees from Europe thrive in Australia and New Zealand, aiding red clover fertilization but possibly becoming pests. The article explains bumble bee life cycles from hibernation to queen production, colony structure, and seasonal roles, ending with a note on political groups in France.
The article notes US pin factories produce about 18 billion pins annually. Other items include salt production in Michigan reaching 5 950 000 barrels in 1891 and various patent medicines with advertisements for Brown's Bronchial Troches Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer Breenam’s Pills and others. It also mentions men outnumbering women in Greece by 9 percent and the first steamboat on the Hudson in 1807.
An 1870s advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It offers a $100 reward for any case of catarrh uncured and cites testimonials from Truax, Walton, Kinnan and Marvin wholesale drugists. The copy promotes internal use and claims blood and mucous surfaces are targeted. Soup houses for London’s poor are to be opened by the Salvation Army. Canada bankers plan a tax on American currency.
Advertises a liver and kidney tonic that purports to cleanse the blood and renew the body. Claims to treat dyspepsia indigestion biliousness scrofulous skin and scalp diseases and early consumption by purifying blood and invigorating organs with a money back guarantee.
The ad claims Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy will pay $500 to any user with an incurable case. It asserts the proprietors doubt sufferers truly have an incurable catarrh and pledge compensation if a case is proven incurable.
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