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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1893
Page
7
A collage of curious reports including near-railway disasters, spirit experiments, century-old veterans, multi-pet households, unusual weather phenomena, historic military memories, and a 118-year-old Mexican elder, all drawn from late 19th century domestic curiosities and foreign dispatches.
Practical household guidance advises using tartar emetic to deter rats by making them sick rather than killing them. It also gives step by step instructions for cleaning and hanging pictures, including dusting, glass cleaning, frame care with linseed oil and turpentine, wall protection, and optimal picture placement for light and safety.
Regional note describes active coyote hunting after snowfalls with scalp collection and use of strychnine on carcasses. Mentions coyotes targeting dead horses or cows, with up to a dozen visiting a single carcass and occasional sightings turning into shots. Also notes a local claim of repeated pie consumption and a neighbor’s praise of veracity.
The Chicago Tribune describes district roundups requiring sixty to one hundred cowboys and three hundred to five hundred ponies. Wagons carry bedding and camp gear as crews ride a vast, rugged landscape across sagebrush bottoms and bad lands. Riders chase cattle, rope weak calves, brand with hot irons, and endure two meals a day as day stretches of fifty to sixty miles demand endurance.
A French statistician argues humanity shrank from 15 feet at birth to 5 feet 4 inches now, predicting 15 inches by 4000. An amateur astronomer extols the sun moon earth scale, while a new portable carving tool uses battery cells to drive a plunger for rapid sculpture and engraving work.
A garbled block touts job opportunities and personal uplift claiming to transform misfortune into fortune. It mentions wine production figures and a dubious address in Richwood Virginia suggesting correspondence for work. The text is unclear and appears promotional with no verifiable facts.
Selection of four year old, unbroken colts advertised as suitable for military use in Australian colonies. Prices range from $50 to $75 each, with buyers urged to consider the practical value for service. Also notes a dubious remedy advertisement and fragmented text on medical products.
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