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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1893
Page
7
A collage of curious reports from distant lands and local mishaps. Stories include Mysore edict on child marriage sparking opposition, gruesome accidents and quick recoveries, a dog saving a woman from fire, a near-fatal well accident, a lightning-like fireball sighting, Turk Newcastle’s legal tale, and daring mechanical feats to recover a locomotive from Marquinez Straits.
A towering 10 foot 6 inch General Electric searchlight in Chicago dominates the city’s display. Weighing about 6000 pounds and powered by 200 amperes, its beam reaches far beyond ordinary sight, with a dazzling blaze that can outshine standard lights and illuminate distant signs.
Major General Tarrell estimates that Europe’s combined armed forces now exceed 20 million, up from 3 million at the Crimean War. He cites Russia about 5 million, France and Germany 4 million each, Austria 2.5 million, and Italy 2 million, with ongoing growth and longer service terms enlarging the totals.
Pens can be made from eight metals steel brass copper gold silver platinum amalgam and aluminum. Aluminum pens are a novelty and are said to last longer than other metals.
Len Carey of Franklin County swears Irmer F Jd Coungry Co based in Toledo will pay a hundred dollars for each unresolved search case. Included are notices for a patent tonic and a claim about Livingston remedies. A reference notes 261 blind asylums and 11 750 inmates with Kings Iron Bitters for digestion and malaria. Traces of a prehistoric city near Zanzibar in Africa.
An assortment of remedies and tonics are pitched by St Hollensworth & Co in Tioga County including Brown's Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and debility, Beecham's Pills for overeating, and generic elixirs. The copy touts values from ancient times and notes prices such as $1.15, with commentary on appetite and nursing women.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative improving health by cleansing the body and aiding the kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them. It claims universal medical approval, notes its pleasant taste, and states it is sold by druggists but manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with the product name Syrup of Figs on every package.
Jesse Barker of Humboldt Kansas reports fifteen years of biliousness and constipation. After failed remedies, a friend recommended August Flower and he praises its effects, saying it gave him a new lease on life and urged others with similar ailments to try it.
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