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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1893
Page
6
The army worm has cost the country more than the revolutionary war and Wayne County Pennsylvania laments the loss of its tanning interest. Once 1870’s leading leather producer with a $3,000,000 yearly business only one tannery remains in the county.
The census lists Benjamin Franklin as the most honored, with 63 namesakes including compounds. Andrew Jackson follows with 59, George Washington 49, Thomas Jefferson 47, James Madison 44, James Monroe 43, and James Garfield 24.
The first good roads convention on the Pacific coast gathered in Sacramento to discuss road improvements. Wheel men advocate for better cycling routes while the Sacramento County Humane Society backs safer roads for draught animals and livestock transported along state highways.
The Springfield Republican notes that spoken words could soon cross the Atlantic Ocean by telephone. Professor Silvanus Thompson of London told the World’s Fair electrical congress that ocean telephony is within reach, claiming the means are already within grasp.
A sermon extols seaweed as beautiful subaqueous flora, arguing the weeds are flowers and urging philanthropists to see street children as blossoms. It praises ocean science, recalls shipwrecks, and links botanical wonders to divine providence and human mercy.
A fragment outlines a program by Mrs Bridget Maguir Gretchen Schmidt and others promoting a physical culture system for young women. It describes exercises using a broom handle and a pole with a feather, posture drills, and washing routines with cloths and basins, claiming benefits for the spine and overall tone. The text references a forthcoming book and advance sheets to the New York Sun.
Fragmentary OCR describes a small specimen born in New York State at a farm near Walton. It mentions Bassett and a weight around pounds and height two feet 12 inches, with references to Kitty waiting and a bishop named Johnny. The text is highly garbled and lacks coherent facts.
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