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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1893
Page
3
A young elephant trespassed onto the Rangoon Mandalay Railway near Oktwin Station. The Mandalay train struck the animal, sending it tumbling down the embankment where its skull was crushed. The train passed on uninjured. Also described is a New York land scam involving fake agents and inflated land prices used to secure large mortgages.
The passage sketches scenes of a distressed child and a sympathetic guardian, then shifts to chemistry notes about birch sap liquor, artificial gum arabic, and a synthesis method using linseed oil and sulfuric acid. It ends with garbled figures on free mascare in the United States.
A Washington Virginia resident reports immediate relief from indigestion after using August Flower. The note claims the wife was cured and regained strength, weighing 165 pounds and able to eat freely without ill effects.
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