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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1892
Page
2
A National Observer verse piece laments loss and aging as seasons shift from sunlit grandeur to winter weight. The speaker recalls past miracles and youthful life, urging inward warmth and old tales by the fire as time quiets the ardor of spring.
A Swedish king Charles XI witnesses a supernatural parliament in the Stockholm hall. The vision shows a bleeding king, a crowned boy, an old administrator, and judges, with a ghostly outcome prophesying future fates tied to Gustavus III and his heirs, lasting about ten minutes. The event ends with a sworn report by the king.
A collage of jokes and short sketches from a periodical page includes classroom mischief quotes, deacon and gambler quips, and light New York and Chicago humor. It features a duel joke, beggar gags, a Pat the Irishman tale, and quick one-liners on fashion, manners, and social scenes.
A physician at a state asylum was secretly weaned from morphine by substituting quinine in three daily powders. The dosage kept morphine hidden while increasing quinine until only quinine remained. The patient never suspected and recovered without craving morphine, with relatives unaware of his previous admission. Ohio State Journal reports the odd cure.
The Photographic Society of Geneva studied 151 photographs from 78 couples. Experts found 24 couples showed greater facial resemblance than siblings, 30 matched resemblance, and 24 showed no resemblance.
Readable notes say Egyptian hoop earrings that were fashionable years ago are reemerging in style. Jewelers report rising interest and renewed demand for the bold circular earrings.
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