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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1890
Page
11
The New York Sun recounts Penobscot River smelts and farm use of frozen tom cods as winter fodder. Fishermen harvest hundreds of tons of smelts with trap nets. farmers fuel soil and livestock with tom cods, saving the valley during a hard winter.
Henry M. Stanley is expected to visit America next winter to resume the lectures his Africa mission interrupted three years ago. The piece also recounts the Elia anecdote of a London master and a tale of bird language from a Detroit Tribune interview.
A Chicago Tribune report notes that some Louisiana and Southern Black communities have long used pure pineapple juice as a simple diphtheria cure. A storyteller recalls a child recovering after juice was given, claiming the juice cuts the throat mucus and that unripe fruit can irritate healthy throats.
An undertaker recalls a funeral where two former husbands and the daughter kissed the deceased woman. The two men, one Black and one White, were the woman's former and current husbands, and the daughter is their child. The color and blended family sparked the unusual scene.
An advertisement-style excerpt touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for overworked and ill women. It pledges to restore health of the womb and related organs, relieve nervous distress, aid sleep, and restore strength, with a money-back guarantee and a request for ten cents for an illustrated treatise.
The Lone Star State offers mountain, plain, forest, and prairie hunting. Buffalo and deer roam Northwestern Texas while elk and antelope populate western frontiers. Bears, panthers, wild cats, and the Mexican lion appear in deep forests and along the Rio Grande.
An olive colored Greek professor from Athens visited Hawarden, England, to congratulate Mr. Gladstone on knowing Homer's find by heart. Servants thought him a maniac and possible assassin before the surprise reveal. A Pittburg Bulletin verse about fashion and death is quoted.
A sixteen year old boy named Ife falls ill with a cough and suspected consumption. He uses Dr Pierce's Medical Discovery, recovers health, and graduates this year with highest honors. The ad touts remedies for catarrh and various soaps and tobaccos, reflecting typical late 19th century medical and commercial notices.
Minnie Norris of Hutchinson Kansas faced Isaac Smith at the altar and demanded the transfer of his bank account and the deed to a 160 acre farm before agreeing to marry. Isaac refused and Minnie remains single.
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