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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1889
Page
7
A collage of curiosities and mishaps from diverse places. Stories include rattlesnake lore and whiskey cures, oil field lantern dangers, fish pond mysteries, a sorrowful rail station romance, a Kentucky baby death, shipwreck rescues, and animal dramas from Dorset to Ohio.
A historical summary notes royal stipends for European rulers and the per person cost to their populations. It lists Germany 8,400,000 annual, Russia 7,320,000, Austria 4,600,000, United Kingdom 3,600,000, Italy 33,000,000, Spain 1,800,000, with per capita figures ranging from about six to eighteen cents per head for each nation’s sovereign.
The young King of Spain enjoys holidays at Aranjuez with his mother. He loves drives in a pony phaeton and plays with a liliputian replica regiment given by Guards officers. Senora de Tacon supervises the royal child’s play and notes his likeness to Charles IX.
A Newnan audience recalls Gov Gordon appointing Alvan D. Freeman as Coweta County Judge due to an umbrella moment at Appomattox. Freeman sheltered Gordon from rain, earning gratitude and a judicial post later. France to arm four military cyclists per regiment with volunteers sought for Veloci pedistes. War Office won’t supply bikes.
Advertisement endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and scrofula, claiming home use via a rug store and druggists with a money-back guarantee if not effective. Also promotes Tansill's Punch cigars and warns against foolishness and intellectual epidemics.
Private Secretaryship or first class office position sought by an experienced business man of 38 with superior qualifications, active habits, honorable record, college and law education, small independent means and solid references. Send details to H. B. at P.O. Box 1864 New York.
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