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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1892
Page
2
A collection of odd reports covers a Walnuttown wolf drive with 4000 men and military style orders, heroic coastguard rescues, a dramatic hawk and duck encounter, a saintly Spanish king’s tomb, hibernating bears in Washington, and remarkable local notes on bears, elk training for Chicago, a near death by laughter, and an ambitious Texas rail engineer.
Rev J B Saxe of Fort Scott Kansas recounts a lifelong farmer who adopted a vegetable diet in 1941 at age 22 and has since avoided sickness consulted no doctors or drugs and remained vigorous into his seventies He asserts no need for meat tea coffee or butter and believes most Americans could reach 100 or 200 with proper lifelong habits.
The Papermaker recalls the 1891 International Exhibition where iron paper was shown. A maker rolled 1800 sheets to reach one inch thick. 12 inch sheets of the thinnest tissue would stack to just over one inch. The iron foil was smooth and writable but porous and prone to rust with no practical use noted.
A severe rain and sleet storm near Millport Columbia County sent swans tumbling from the sky. Eye witnesses say the birds broke ranks and dropped to the earth as their wings iced over. A farmer captured several alive after a long chase, noting the swans were heavy with ice and very large, none under six feet from tip to tip.
A market glut leaves Queensland potato supplies oversupplied with prices falling. Growers report abundant yields and lower demand across major outlets. Authorities consider export strategies to reduce stock. Local retailers note steady bread demand amid glut conditions.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal R R celebrates twenty years with no passenger deaths on the Pennsylvania branch and four births on trains. French thrift is illustrated by a giant duplicate Eiffel Tower saving bank figure, while Reading terminal in Philadelphia rises as the largest train house with a 665 foot length. Feather River work earns praise, New York School discusses Edward Duke of Clarence, and Cripple Creek boasts a crime-free camp with orderly conduct. St. Louis military memories fade as Jefferson Barracks declines yet the reserve remains one of the government’s finest parklands.
The article cites a Chicago physician noting that mind rest or naps can occur during distraction when eyes fix on objects. It claims brief brain flashes calm the mind, with harmless effects even in stressed individuals, and mentions Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a trusted remedy for women’s ailments.
Mr Richfellow compliments Miss Beauti on a pearly satiny complexion and Rival Belle concurs noting astonishment at her appearance.
An old advertisement proclaims Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for sick headaches biliousness costiveness and liver stomach and bone derangements highlighting the product as pleasant to take and effective in health restoration.
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