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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1891
Page
2
A verse meditation on justice and karma. The speaker proclaims that wrongdoing inherently carries consequences and returns upon the culprit, even if delayed, asserting that retribution is a universal law of life.
A man recalls a summer memory from a creaking old Fourteenth Street house. After caring for two nervous sisters left alone with servants, he and Miss Cooper confront a strange box and spectral noises. The tale ends with Pierson’s failed wedding and Clara Cooper becoming Mrs Barton.
A Skelton correspondent reports G T Suttle found a six foot nine inch petrified leg and three toe measurements nine seven and six and a quarter inches while excavating for a levee near Little Cottonwood Creek. Locals speculate Indians killed the mammoth bird and left it on the bank before sliding earth covered it.
Superintendent Conklin extols the gnu as a paradoxical mix of mule buffalo horse cow and goat. He notes its cleanliness speed mane horns and tame gentle nature in the Park, contrasting public interest with a $5 ape in a cage.
Prescott Courier notes Walnut Grove dam was the highest in the world except for two in India. It held enough water to belt the earth three feet wide and one foot deep if burst. Engineers doubt it would be full or overflow, a view shared by many. Floods washed lands below sites of two undamaged dams, informing the new dam project planners.
The article traces earrings from ancient Thebes to modern times, noting male and female use across civilizations. It cites Abraham, Alexander the Great, Homer, Juvenal, Greek and Roman practices, Egyptian and Indian lotus designs, Shakespeare, Charles I, and mentions modern wearers like gypsies and sailors, with few women without them today.
The tale recalls Kao Liang defending Peking from a drought foretold by a Water Dragon deity. A fairy warns of the goddess in disguise as an old woman with a water-barrow crossing the bridge. Kao Liang slashes barrels, releasing water to restore flows and save the capital. A copper drum is also carried to repel disease.
London correspondent reports a new criminal type selling babies through fake adoption ads. Annie Roadhouse and her husband allegedly swapped infants between mothers, taking large sums each time. They are said to have placed roughly sixty to one hundred babies with new families, prompting arrest and investigation.
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