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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1892
Page
7
An article surveys a western South Dakota mountain with honeycombed caverns and rumored ancient dwellers, noting war-era evidence and possible tunnels. It also covers European marriage statistics, telegraph police uses, explorers in Tibet and China, Yellowstone lava beds, madstones, and various small human-interest items.
A Washington correspondent surveys rapid wartime innovations from smokeless powders to smoke grenades and the French melinite explosive. It notes tests of luminous bombs, high power explosives like emmense and hellotite, and dreamt sleep gas. Balloon trains with telephonic links and aerial photography are planned for the Columbian Exposition.
A San Francisco Examiner item notes brides bear most of the ceremony and reception embarrassment, while grooms tremble and falter. It cites clergymen and several tongue tied grooms, including name mix ups and ring mishaps, all hidden from guests.
The St Louis Republic notes cases of executed criminals who survived. Juetta de Belsham, hanged for three days, was pardoned. Ann Green of 1650 Oxford and Obadiah Walker recounts. John Green and others allegedly revived after death sentences, with legends of Maggie in Edinburgh amid public fascination.
Mrs. Campbell found two Plymouth Rock eggs as large as geese eggs. Each contained an inner egg formed of yolk and white in normal proportion, plus a second small egg enclosed in a hard shell. One inner was opened to reveal the large yolk while the outer shell and inner egg remain intact for inspection.
A nostalgic old story lingers in public memory inspiring warm responses and quiet appreciation. The refrain of Chestnut resonates across generations as listeners recall familiar scenes and cherished moments.
A household recipe note by Rick Cretarn covers a milk custard flavored with cinnamon baked in cups and served with yolk cream sauce, followed by multiple methods for preparing green peas. It describes pea puree soup with white stock, herbs, and cream, options in cream sauce, and tips on shelling and storing peas for peak sweetness.
The article classifies marine fish into shore pelagic and deep sea groups. It notes shore fishes total about 3 500 species with northern limits near 83 degrees latitude and southern limits near 60 degrees. Pelagic forms are few and decline toward the poles, while deep sea fishes reach 1 000 to 2 000 fathoms with a few beyond 2 500 fathoms. St. Louis Repube.
J. W. C. Pogue brought a freak of nature to Visalia a potato vine bearing potatoes from marble to early rose size. Planted as early rose seed, the vine grew among lemon trees and about a hundred potatoes hung on it while a few at the root were small. The plant’s odd fruiting is explained humorously as thinking lemons were its duty.
The Gila monster Heloderma horridum is the lone poisonous lizard species known worldwide. Native along the Gila River in Arizona, it rarely strays far from the stream. It is sluggish and well armored, feeding on birds’ eyes and insects, with natives claiming its saliva and breath are deadly poison and its odor resembles marijuana buds.
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