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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1892
Page
7
A child named Marian aged four challenges a nurse with a question about why the Lord sanctions things. The scene shows Marian’s forehead creased in a mistaken frown as she contemplates the gown of a doll and puzzling reasoning about divine knowledge. The whimsical exchange reflects a child’s direct faith and curiosity.
A garbled excerpt recalls Narcissus, the mythic youth who fell in love with his own image in water. The passage describes him gazing, the water fleeing and returning, and the tale ending with a deadly change of blood into towers and daffodils as a faded, damaged Voice fragment.
A newsboy challenges a gentleman to trust him with change for a bundle of forty four papers and, after a tense moment, the man retrieves the bundle and the change. The crowd teases the man as he fears exposure for attempting to cheat, but the boy returns safely with the papers.
A Cincinnati Gazette excerpt lists lessons for boys on respect for mothers and sisters, honesty, courtesy, and responsibility. It urges fairness, kindness to animals, helping with chores, and being gentle and courageous while avoiding teasing or deceit.
A fragment describes Americans seeking crests inspired by English heraldry and families designing emblems. It notes a Penn Getts family engraving a Thor figure on a book, and mentions a father with eleven children among emigrants, while a furniture maker also uses heraldic imagery.
A pioneer widow with seven children, land and no funds, hid in a hillside cave as winter snared their supply. Starvation neared, yet a cat returned with a rabbit, feeding the family and becoming a symbol of divine aid and humble gratitude preserved by the household.
A survey of global submarine cables totals about 145 011 nautical miles in 1 16% sections with France Britain Germany and Italy providing major shares and private companies owning the rest. Cable laying and repair require 37 specialized vessels and a large fleet. The piece also covers plant growth photography and thoughts on life creation from inorganic matter, discussing Sabatier and artificial protoplasm formation.
The San Francisco Call cites tests showing diamond hardness remains when cut and polished. A tester describes grinding both faces to a knife edge for long ruling use, and G F Kunz notes even novices can tell real diamonds from imitations.Diamonds phosphoresce by friction when drawn over unpainted wood in a dark room.
A parade of curiosities includes Grance Warre at New Haven who bought a 49 pound green turtle from Kelsey’s pond and nearly lost a finger when the jaws snapped shut. Also Nettie Kinsey in Denver rescues her family horse from a barn fire after smashing a window with her umbrella. Other items describe a German clock, a bald-headed man in Ohio, a tremens tale with blue snakes, a Baltimore headless baby, and more oddities from across the country.
A home recipe segment presents Pork Chowpea with beets potatoes onions and a batter fried in pork fat, Pork Chops with broiling method and various sauces, including Sauce Robert and mustard options, and Cureke Nira Rice Chicken with rice soup finishing with bread shapes and fried breadcrumbs for garnish.
The tales recount O Connell overturning a witness with a hat trick and a clever courtroom moment. It also describes how he thwarted The Times over Irish coverage, forcing a Parliament report, and a later Irish speech delivered with flair in the Argo naut style.
The Orient Line Austral uses 3 650 to 4 000 tons of coal per round trip from London to Sydney. Liners like the Oregon burn about 2 tons daily for the Liverpool to New York crossing. Coal stocks of 200 000 tons are kept at stations including St Vincent Madeira and Port Said for steamers.
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