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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1889
Page
3
The article notes humorous and moral inscriptions in old sites, including a candle factory with life and odor metaphor and a fort dining hall in Marienburg Western Prussia urging visitors to be decent in eating, chaste in conversation, peaceful in manner, and loyal or face removal notices.
A barber recounts shaving women with facial hair including upper lips and chins. He notes some clip and remove hairs gradually while others use electrical removal, and some women even shave themselves. The article mentions vast imperial gallon figures consumed in Beri per day.
The excerpt discusses early inaugural balls, noting Polk and Harrison eras. It describes Carusi's hall, ticketed public access, and the President’s reception and march. The writer debates dancing at the White House versus public gatherings and the purpose of inaugural entertainments.
F Star reports that Paris authorities lacked sufficient force as Boulanger entered the Chamber crowd near the Seine. Police failed to hold the bridge and Madeline approaches, with hundreds of Frenchmen overpowering a few hundred officers while New York police would likely have secured the bridge.
A British report discusses advances in counting atmospheric particles. John Aitken of Falkirk measured dust motes, detecting thirty thousand particles in a thousandth of a cubic inch indoors, 2119 in dry outdoor air, and 521 after rain, noting implications for fog and weather research.
A compact survey traces beard customs from India and Macedon to Greece and beyond. It notes reckoning by beard as liberty in Russia under Peter the Great, with reformers clashing over religious and cultural symbolism.
Undated, unclear fragment mentions cinema and editorial notes. Reads as a partial column with stray letters and names, lacking coherent events or identifiable persons.
The fragment references various topics including a remedy claim for catarrh, a Vermont Jamaica mention, and a black man overcoming competitors in wrestling, with scattered names and places. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent events.
A satirical sketch describes a rich, irritable merchant in his office, with frightened clerks and a fearful cat. The piece hints at a troubled mood and erratic behavior behind a stern exterior, suggesting a deeper issue with the master. An advertisement for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery claims to cleanse the blood and improve temper, promising refunds if not effective.
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