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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1893
Page
8
A column of brief oddities and anecdotes notes vanity and credulity in everyday life. It mentions a deputy sheriff jailed by a prisoner aided escape, a Christmas Journal feature, a Frenchman’s tiny Columbus egg, and a Boston man selling dark sight spectacles. The piece also covers a singer’s restless father, a seventh breakfast boarder, and Harry Richarrson’s fatal diving accident.
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as essential for superior biscuits bread and cake. It praises the product for decades of use elevating health and comfort, noting its large factory output and leadership in the baking industry.
A Raleigh letter to Governor P W McKinney alleges that James F E Tavior, a boy from Winston NC, was taken under sale pretenses to Tangier Island and held on an oyster dredge as a slave. The governor recommends court action to pursue redress.
The Centre Brick Warehouse ran a large advertisement in Mirror last week about out of the building activity. The next day saw a record sale with thirty loads and twenty hogsheads moved before nine o'clock Wednesday night. Pace and Mirror coordinate to inform the market, signaling continued growth.
Two story house on the corner of Barnes and Spring Streets with six rooms and a half acre lot. Apply to G. W. Blount, number 27tf.
A half acre with a seven room dwelling on Greene Street opposite J D Farriers. Terms liberal. Apply to N22TF W BLOUNT.
A historical note explains drying sweet potatoes in the sun as an easy way to preserve them. Dried slices are rehydrated for baking or puddings, with suggestion to grind into meal for packaged pudding mixes. A potential market exists for dried potato products in Eastern North Carolina led by W F Massey.
A traveler credits Sears Peagain and his mother for urging use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. After three bottles his sores healed and he remains in good health weighing 220 pounds. He has toured the country for twelve years and continues to share his positive experience with the remedy.
Muttering letters describe Blanche a 15 year old afflicted with nervousness and suspected St Vitus dance who improves after using Dr Miles Nervine. A mother testifies weight gain restored arm use and better appetite credited to the remedy sold by druggists or direct from Elkhart Indiana with a money back guarantee.
A Philadelphia advertisement promotes the Compound Oxygen Treatment by Dr. Starkey and Valen, claiming long-term success for obstinate chronic conditions. It offers a 200 page testimonial book free and lists multiple addresses in Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York, and Toronto to prevent imitations.
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