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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1891
Page
6
Poem excerpt by E. Nesbit from Longman's Magazine expresses a lover’s lifelong devotion. The speaker writes of songs, fame, and battles won for the beloved, whose unseen presence inspires rich inner wealth and timeless longing.
A Confederate raid at a Kentucky farm ends with a dramatic rescue and a young woman’s kiss that births a war claim romance. Sergeant Hale, the narrator, recalls the night of pillage, the foragers, and the powerful moment when a widow and her brother’s memory soften his hardened view. The tale shifts to Washington as Hale, a congressman, learns of a wartime property claim and rekindles a touching personal connection with Belle Parkes.
The New York Journal reports Michael Solis of Bogota, a self-proclaimed centenarian claimed to be 180 years old in 1712. He is described as a half-breed with parchment skin and snow white hair, living on a regimen of once daily meals, long fasting, and cold foods.
S Gorman of Harvard reports on Heloderma suspectum known as the Gila Monster. He observes a specimen about twelve inches long and three inches wide and finds no venomous breath or fatal bite. The scientist concludes the creature is not more harmful than other large reptiles.
In a May afternoon drill at West Point cadets faced a dark sky as lightning struck 220 points along the battalion. Despite injuries and shock two casualties fell but the unit recovered quickly, maintaining strict discipline as the storm passed.
The piece cites Dr. Conrad Wesselhoff and the Homeopathic Society of Boston endorsing chloroform for swift painless execution of criminals. It compares electricity and chloroform’s variable effects, notes the Kemmler experiment’s disputed results, and mentions prussic acid as even faster though subject to debate, ending with fears that only old age may reliably ensure painless death.
The text gives old guidance on keeping gold fish, stressing a spacious globe away from sun, daily fresh river water via net, brief transfer to a bowl with bread crumbs, and returning to habitat. It warns against bread lingering, noise, and foul smells and suggests deep shaded reservoirs with water lilies for propagation and careful collection of spawn.
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