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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1892
Page
3
A collection of comic sketches and quips from various columns and journals. It includes playful dialogues on aging and nature, schoolroom humor, romantic missteps, domestic scenes, and jokes about fashion, circulation, and social norms. The page weaves brief vignettes and brief jokes featuring characters like Bilings, Jr. and Miss Whackster, with punchlines about manners, marriage, and manners.
F M Sweeney president of the National Association of Switchmen, based in Chicago, directs the Buffalo strike actions while advocating peaceful methods. He is under 35, elected about three years ago, and recently spoke before the State Board of Arbitration condemning violence and outlining switchmen demands.
Circulating tale from Constantinople alleges the annual vaccination of Sultanate prisoners during Ramadan was skipped for economy. It claims each inmate would receive 1,400 to 2,000 francs, provoking a massive uproar that allegedly compelled the Sultan to surrender.
A St. Louis court rules alimony in divorce cannot be collected from a man on strike, reflecting a one row at a time approach. The ruling notes a man fighting with his employer cannot be scrapping with his wife, and vice versa.
A young Absecon woman reported a man from the same village after an assault at a toll bridge. Police arrested him for assault and battery, while commentary jokes about kissing at toll bridges. The piece notes Belmont's Newport tomb costing 856000 and jokes about rolling away the stone.
Jay A. Dwiggins & Co describes the Griffti town layout with four rail lines including a belt line, two fuel oil pipes, and nine miles from aes not overlooked. Four factories, housing, and stores sprang up at once as the town developed.
An old advertisement touts Dr Hoxsie s Certain Croup Cure as the only remedy for severe croup relief within half an hour and claims it does not cause vomiting or stupify the brain. It notes the product is sold by prominent druggists and lists A P Hexsie Buffalo NY as a contact. Also mentions Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a simple remedy and cites London weather and China coal figures.
The piece praises a water color portfolio by Charles Graham showing the Chicago 1893 Exposition with bird’s eye views and fourteen main buildings. It emphasizes official, artistic reproductions praised by critics and offered by The Charles A. Vogeler Co. for a small postage stamp price.
A Springfield resident states that August Flower provided immediate relief for long standing sick headache and heart palpitations after failing to improve under eminent physicians in this city and Boston. The testimonial credits rapid improvement to August Flower and endorses it for suffering humanity.
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