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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1893
Page
8
In a tense moment a doctor announces a new birth while the anxious father asks if the mother is safe. The doctor quips that the newborn is a poet, prompting the puzzled father to seek clarification and the doctor to explain it is a birth of a boy, not a girl.
A gentleman mocks a man pretending to be mute asking five years, while a Western merchant seeks a boy to raise who must wash his neck and heels. The superintendent reveals the boy has been dead since his tenure began.
A couple jokes about Sunday laziness with the wife groaning at waking early and the husband affirming his desire to reserve time for rest. The exchange highlights a shared playful acknowledgment of weekend idleness.
A visitor holds a peculiarly shaped lead and Mrs. Fairocks recalls the bullet that killed her husband at Bull Run. The dialogue weaves a seaside anecdote and a parrot taught to scream you talk too much, ending with a quip on a woman’s reason.
A collection of brief anecdotes on gender, aging, family wisdom, and religious humor. A psychology professor quips about figure eight figures while a student delivers a sharper punch line. A southern colored-school teacher and Uncle Pete share a memory about forgetfulness in biblical figures.
Article discusses the pneumogastric nerve as vital to heart lungs and digestion. It promotes Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine as brain and nerve food claiming cure for sleeplessness nervous prostration dizziness hysteria sexual debility and epilepsy with no opiates. sold by Dr. Miles Medical Co. and local dealer E M Nadal in Wilson North Carolina.
A sensational ad proposes reproductions of Ida Waugh baby art offered with Demorest's Family Magazine 1893. Subscriptions cost $2 with free patterns and a specimen copy available for 10 cents. Names of artists include Percy Moran Maud Humphrey Louis Deschamps and president Harrison's wife.
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