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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1889
Page
2
A collage of curiosities spans miraculous medical fables to cryptic deaths and oddities. Snakes, yarn and needles in stomachs mix with whale-sized lightning and a girl saved by swift risk. marvels, misadventures, and curious travelers fill the column.
A popular young man in Baltimore humorously mistakes a real woman for a display figure while strolling on Lexington Street. He strikes her with his cane, realizes the error, and apologizes as the indignant woman walks away in silence.
A collage of quips and cartoons features, including lines about ideal wives, misremembered lines from The Countess, Uncle Tom and his wine case, a birthday wish gone pearly, and a parrot with a taste for opera. Also notes on soldiers still marching, and a traveler’s tip about moving to Oklahoma with a coffin factory agent.
A fragmented 19th century style collage recounts a gallant oyster and a sponge, a wry doctor bill, a joke about healing medicine, and side notes on Geneva church history and fashion quips. It blends humorous vignettes with gardening notes on Nicotiana tobacco and ornamental plant tips.
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