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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1888
Page
3
The new steamship City of New York launches on the Clyde with a double hull and independent engines. It claims enhanced safety in collisions and shores a claim to speed, drawing interest as a notable advance in shipbuilding.
A collection of early home cooking recipes including Homine Morrins with flour salt baking powder hominy eggs and melted butter baked quickly. Lace Sour made from beef ham onions herbs spices and rich brown gravy strained and thickened with sage. Liver with rice onion parsley bacon gravy lemon juice curry powder and pickles served over liver. Potat Biscuris from boiled potatoes flour butter and baking powder rolled and cut. Lapy Fixnerrs eggs sugar flour lemon and meringue like cookies. Caprice Sovur bacon turnip cabbage onions celery simmered. Sronce Puppine baked butter sugar eggs flour served with sauce.
Before his Sunday sermon the Rev. Dr. Harcourt of San Francisco arranged seven bottles on his pulpit desk and presented a chemical analysis of the contents. He described the samples as liquor from seven saloons and used the results to argue against whisky in the city.
M Bapst, a Paris jeweller, in a recent lecture alleged the sacred sceptre of Charlemagne is actually a musician's baton. He asserts the baton bears the inscription This baton is my property, singer in Notre Dame, 1280 beneath the red velvet handle.
A hostile New York Letter reviews a four chapter anonymous book parodying doctors. It asserts malaria diagnoses mask ignorance and overwork, tracing a patient’s decline from fatigue to rheumatism and illness. The writer criticizes physicians, praises Warner's Safe Cure, and urges seeking remedies beyond doctors.
A circus performer recounts a Friday march to the front with permits revoked, aiding fortifications under fire, and a gag line about a captured rebel prisoner. The tale ends with a wartime showback in which the crowd reacts to the joke as shells roar. The speaker wonders if Army of the Cumberland and Army of the Tennessee recall John Lowlow.
A proposal suggests keeping fish alive by placing them in vessels partly filled with water and hermetically sealed. The Merv Samarkand Railway line is set to open on May 26 with possible regional impact.
A physician writes that Ivory Soap is indispensable in their home. It cleans stubborn stains on clothing and wood,polishes fixtures and instruments, freshens teeth, and serves as an excellent toilet soap. The family buys it by the box and recommends it to friends.
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