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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1890
Page
3
A writer attending a large kangaroo drive on a South Australia Victoria border sheep run describes a brutal hunt that drives tens of thousands of roos toward a head station and ends in mass slaughter. About 40,000 kangaroos are killed to protect flocks, despite moral discomfort and foul smells reported by witnesses.
A shabby pedlar touts a complexion wash to a sharp suburban lady, praising beauty while cashing a sale of two bottles. A farmer’s joke about oxen yields a grim joke on butcher fate. The page carries morals, ads, and quips on gambling, ice, Rome water, and patent medicines with brief notes on science and travel.
A man rebukes Jacob Green for kissing another man's wife, who admits it was for her beauty. Green explains the wife uses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, advertised as a guaranteed remedy for numerous female ailments. An 160 page booklet on women’s diseases is offered for ten cents.
In Westminster Abbey preserved effigies of kings and queens display antique robes from royal funerals. Some are very old, possibly Plantagenet, while others two centuries old still wear original garments. These relics, emblematic of history, inspire deep awe and memorial reflections.
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