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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1888
Page
7
A collage of humorous vignettes from a New York era paper, detailing a prank gone wrong as a husband feigns death, a seduction thwarted by a ring at the tele phone, a Turkish bath mishap, and social jests. It also recalls a torn fly leaf note, a barber’s mischief, and quick wit on trains and balls, all framed in a lively urban comic tone.
A letter from lumber regions describes the perilous “breaking in” of logs piled on Susquehanna rollways. Builders face jagged piles, dam manipulation, and jam removal with fatal risks, as drivers leap between logs to avert a deadly avalanche of timber.
In 1846 a slow English brig Plowboy bound for the ivory coast encounters pirates off the Barbary coast. A whale breach and fog save the crew from attack, leading to the capture of the pirate brig with over 320,000 in plunder and prize money for the crew.
In Western Nebraska a tense scene unfolds as a teacher is confronted by a violent plan. A father, Bill, reveals his son’s rocky history and threatens punishment after an attempted classroom lashing fails. A witness notes the boy’s bloody nose and torn clothes as bystanders watch.
A German named Foster sues Missouri Pacific Railway in a Texas county court over the death of his mule struck by freight cars near Lorena. Foster, riding and guiding cows, failed to move the mule as the engine approached, raising questions of railroad liability after all preventive efforts.
The article notes a brain origin for color blindness rather than ocular. A Brooklyn school principal once treated cases as the pupil's will using red as a remedy, with mixed perceived success. It also ponders why color blindness is more common in men and suggests reduced color use could affect women too.
A brief vignette from Herper's Young People about Willie a five year old Glasgow boy who dislikes pease brose. He resists breakfast insisting the dish smells bad while his father urges its health benefits and cites Daniel's lion den tale as a lesson.
Two married women converse on a street car about their children’s remarks. One traveler recalls a six year-old Freddie and a moment with a man on a rail. Freddie comments with a North-Side look, suggesting the man may think he plays a tune but cannot.
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