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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1888
Page
6
A collage of comic exchanges and quips from early 20th century papers. Jests cover domestic skits, social manners, and witty one liners about housing debts vaccinations and everyday encounters. The item blends playful vignettes from Oshkosh New York Boston and San Francisco with light banter and cartoonish characters.
In a Tennessee march of Hood's brigade in 1864 a scouting party finds two lost Federally captured children near a cabin. Volunteers search across snow drenched ground and fallen brush until the two siblings are found asleep in a fence corner. A stray shot mortally wounds the baby as the sergeant and a volunteer carry the living child home.
Philadelphia Record notes electricians claim lightning rods do more harm than good. Chief Walker says nine of ten burns occur with rods on, rods attract electricity, faulty construction and weak insulators can divert current into buildings. Cites Belmont Water Works strike and Washington Monument damage as examples.
The Webb case at Beale Street describes Mrs. Webb dying twice after a sudden illness. Her body lay in a coffin while a dramatic revival occurred on a train to Memphis. Doctors later pronounced her dead and she was buried last Saturday despite renewed signs of life.
The article estimates annual U S losses to pests at 150 million dollars across productive industries. It notes insects’ westward spread, and outlines damage to cotton apples and potatoes, while stressing the extra cost of time spent fighting infestations.
Archduke John of Austria, noted as the cleverest Hapsburg, has regained Imperial favor after a year of travel in incognito. He previously drew Emperor Francis Joseph's ire by publicly criticizing the Austrian Army.
A family in Northport, Long Island awoke to bees invading their summer residence. The swarm filled rooms, damaged furniture, and furniture, while residents and neighbors debated how to handle the intruders. After hours the bees migrated away, leaving extensive minor insect damage estimated around five thousand individuals.
An account details a fiery pistol confrontation in Arizona where O Hara and Tarleton exchange shots during a feud. O Hara shoots a rival, knocks him from his horse, then shoots a nearby turkey before returning to a barroom, while the two men reconcile as friends.
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