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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1893
Page
2
A vintage note outlines annual spending around 25 million dollars for last rites and funeral observances. It cites editor and proprietor perspectives on burial practices and the economic impact of memorials.
In a recent district policy, authorities disposed of 100,000 horses after a population boom turned equines into a pest. The drastic measure aimed to restore balance and reduce strain on resources.
The 1871 agrarian population stood at 1 153 544, falling to 1 071 941 in 1881 and 980 278 in 1891. England’s population grows while farm workers shrink as wages fall behind other trades.
The Legislative Council of New Zealand narrowly approves the third reading of the Electoral Reform bill granting women the right to vote. The forthcoming December general election will occur under the new law.
England shows higher tea intake now with about five and a half pounds per person last year, up from two pounds forty years ago. Coffee consumption is under half a pound per person, down from over one and a quarter pounds. Cocoa use has quadrupled since 1852.
The New York Sun notes that American colleges expanded annual catalogues from thin pamphlets to board bound volumes. Growth continued until the Columbian catalogue for 934 became a large octavo volume of more than 300 pages.
The Jewelers' Circular notes American makers push to lead furnishing clocks to Britain. In seven months of 1893 US clock imports reached £258000 while French imports totaled $379000, down $22000 from 1892 and up $14000 for the US. Other countries are aggregated.
The article proclaims the bold entry of American pig iron into England. It notes a 400 ton shipment to Liverpool and upcoming exports from Alabama to Derby, calling this invasion a dramatic shift as the U S iron output surpasses English, French, and German production.
The death of Lucy Stone Blackwell signals to the New York Times that the generation of suffrage activists who stirred public life decades ago has faded. The coterie including Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton once delivered ringing speeches and ardent essays on women's rights and suffrage, but few successors have emerged.
The sermon proclaims oblivion as a universal foe erasing individuals, families and civilizations, but argues that earthly kindness, lasting character, and heavenly remembrance endure. It emphasizes memory in heaven, and that God tattoos believers on His hands, ensuring perpetual regard beyond time and worlds.
Mrs. John Paine of F] dealt with a cat that bit her twice as she tried to kill it after a caucus. She drowned the cat after packing it in a sack but the animal bit her again. A man shot at the cat and it fled into brush. she later found her hand swelling and awaiting medical care as the cat remained alive with fate undecided.
Kentucky known for its thoroughbreds and agriculture. The article notes Scott County as a birthplace of four members who sent representatives to Congress, highlighting the state's role in shaping national politics and noting its historical prominence among other states.
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