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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1888
Page
7
A collage of humorous vignettes and dialogues from hotel clerks shoe merchants young sweethearts and traveling salesmen. The snippets include a color line joke a missed return letter and a child noting the folly of retiring after eating. The pieces capture late 19th century urban humor and social foibles.
An advertisement touts Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy promising a 30 reward for an uncured catarrh and sells for 20 cents. The Chergo Tribune notes Skinner School visitors and a class on heat with a boy correctly explaining heat expansion and contraction and summer versus winter day length.
An advertisement promises Kemp's Balsam as a guaranteed cure for chronic and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption. It offers free trial bottles and large bottles priced at 8 cents and 1 dollar. A letter from T A Slocism M C proposes sending two free bottles to readers with express and address details.
FWD fashion note lists preferred Paris morning wear featuring plush felt hats with eagle feathers and ribbon loops. It highlights the Amazone brim shape with upturned back and notes assorted trimmings as the season’s favorite. The text also advertises medical tonics and eye care products with prices and mail order options.
A Washington letter recalls a Cabinet reception where a jurist’s wife introduces her granddaughter to society. The debutante, nicknamed Mascot by her grandmother, accompanies her to many calls, remarking that they have found no one at home at their first stop.
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