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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1890
Page
6
An ill tempered bull charged the U S cavalry camp near New Kent Court House Virginia. The Newfoundland dog chained to a wagon helped turn the tide as the animal fought the bull until a butcher sergeant killed the bull with a hatchet ending the scene.
A German boasting of German army discipline is countered by a Russian who recalls a 19th century signal tower incident. A soldier hanged himself to avoid punishment, triggering a chain of suicides along towers from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. The tale underscores strict Russian discipline then and now.
A Kansas City Times reporter recalls a traveler tale from Arabia about a native lawyer who tricks a landlord into returning 1500 dollars. The strategy involves timing and witnesses to trap the deceit, leaving the innkeeper unable to avoid repaying. The episode showcases East again and again.
Death Gulch in extreme northeastern Yellowstone Park near Cache Creek is detailed by W. H. Weed of the US Geological Survey. The account notes hot springs, geyserlike deposits, travertine formations, sulphurous waters, sulfur odors, and gases that have killed bears and other wildlife, leaving skeletal remains and insect carcasses.
The Friendly Islands discovered by Tasman in 1643 comprise Tonga Navau and Haabai. Their economy hinges on the cocoanut tree and copra export with coffee and cotton also thriving. England eyeing annexation, the present king George aged, with turmoil likely after his death. Tea processing details from Durban and tea trade stages described.
The author portrays southern Italy as pastoral yet exhausted, with peasants toiling in fields and small-scale agriculture dominated by olives grapes and grains. Northern Alpine contrasts exist but overall Italy shows arid barren scenery with turbid rivers, cropped vineyards, with few trees and stark mountains.
A Chinese temple faced execution of fifteen wooden idols about five feet tall. After a local investigation the Viceroy ordered the idols beheaded their bodies cast into a pond and the temple sealed to maintain town peace.
Boston Transcript surveys how women's names rise and fall in waves from Nancy to Edith, Maud and Mabel, Ella and Ida, noting cycles about 15 years and the revival of old names. It discusses cultural influences, the mystery of Ella’s origin, and the social life tied to naming trends.
Professor Paul Bruns of Tubingen conducts a humane study on small-bore bullets. The hydraulic pressure in wounds is reduced due to bullet diameter and spring action of the thin steel jacket, limiting extensive tissue tearing caused by older lead projectiles.
New Jersey farmers report an abundance of wild onions harming pasture and tainting milk and butter. Cows fed on the weed produce undesirable flavors, calves at risk, and the plant differs from Bermuda’s cultivated onion. The Herald notes the odor can bring tears and warns of social folly if a girl tastes the weed.
Frank James of Missouri offers expert horseback riding tips for long journeys. He advises pushing feet into the stirrups, bracing against them, and sitting back to “let her go” for forty miles before sunrise.
A dove enters the Syracuse Weslayan Methodist session near Chiltengo New York during ordination. The tame bird alights on an open Bible and on several heads including two of the ordinands the eldest member of the conference and Rev. A W Hall as Rev F W Bruce extends fellowship. The dove then returns to the Bible and is described as unafraid and self driven.
Tea culture in Natal, South Africa, is seen as a future great tea nation. J L Hulett leads with about 300 acres producing eighty to ninety thousand pounds yearly from plants introduced from Ceylon in 1877. The farm sits about 1000 feet above sea level on sandy, granite-rich soil with well kept fields and orderly rows.
The New York Journal reports Emin will not leave Africa due to the appeal of an Arab belle described in Stanley's tale. Stanley, taciturn on his own experiences, offers a French phrase Cher chez la femme and English explanation that Emin seeks the mesmerizing light of a beloved, risking blindness in a year as he dives back into the Dark Continent.
A mathematical curiosity estimates the heart’s blood travel. Assuming 69 beats per minute and blood is thrown nine feet, the journey equates to 207 yards per minute or about 7 miles per hour. Over a lifetime, about 4.29 million miles.
A damaged OCR item describes enormous Sumatra flora with blossoms reaching three feet in diameter. The parasitic vines and wild roots support a giant flower structure, with buds growing from vine roots and swelling beyond a walnut size as they mature into a head sized bloom. The text notes outer leaves and a central cup with inner features.
The organized territories previously called Northwest Territories are renamed Western Territories of Canada as they form the southwestern portion of the country. The change affects official usage and references in government documents and maps.
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