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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1893
Page
6
A nostalgic poem depicts a midsummer Cedar Town husking party. Huldah Brown hosts corn harvest festivities with dancing and feasting, while a traveling guest from Ireland and a bashful suitor stir romantic moments and rural Yankee customs remembered with fondness.
A Corsican administrator recounts his failed pursuit of the brigand Quastana in Ajaccio and Solenzara. The tale blends bureaucratic vanity, a staged capture, a provincial card-playing scene, and Matteo the cousin's deception, ending with Quastana never seized.
The piece argues that belief in ghosts arises from brain and mind irregularities rather than external beings. It questions occult experience figures, notes more nervous types among ghost believers, and suggests occult phenomena have not progressed beyond ancient times.
The column advises scouring tarnished tins with whitening and kerosene for shine. It explains chimney drafts may improve by cleaning the range and placing zinc on hot coals. It also recommends cleaning brushes every ten days using hot water and ammonia, then drying in sun to harden bristles.
A New York Dispatch article describes the Chinese edible dog as destined for the table with meat prepared from vegetable sources. It notes a bluish black tongue as a variety marker and claims the dog is typically taciturn with rare barking.
A 1900s Brideport Barson Circus exhibit tested fear responses in elephants leopards tigers and smaller cats using live mice and a violin lullaby. Don the trick elephant subdued mice while other animals showed varied reactions trumpet calls echoed through the menagerie as handlers ended the test amid cheers.
A Valdosta man recounts a tale of casting for channel catfish when an owl supposedly struck and tangled with the line. The fish allegedly fought free, the owl died, and the catch swam away, later praised by a witness and reported to the Atlanta Constitution.
A Masl Kap stockman reports a cow birth of four unusual animals that look like calves but have long manes and tails similar to colts. One male and one female, both with rudimentary horns, are mostly covered in wet hair and are being raised by hand after the dam refuses nourishment.
A distorted transcript describes a private meeting with a traveler in the mountains. The speaker alludes to surveillance and political danger, mentioning arrests and trials. The text hints at personal conflict and social tension without clear names or events.
The article notes a discrepancy in loan figures with some loans exceeding seven thousand dollars annually. It references loans and lending patterns without detailing the full financial breakdown.
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