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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1893
Page
3
A local account describes a kindly goose at Steuben Park who protected a little girl’s dinner basket from lake water. The bird led the way to the fountain, cooled itself, and kept the basket safe as it waded and returned to shore, then shook off and trotted away content.
An English actor rushing from a Haymarket performance to a later show was seized by a cab driver who mistook him for a thief. The busker shouted for police after claiming the driver, invoking a murder accusation, and the actor lost his train as authorities sorted the confusion.
A Springfield reader reports on the August Flower remedy for sick headache and heart palpitations. The wife, after years of physician care in the city and Boston with little relief, sought August Flower and found immediate relief.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons from various papers feature mischievous vignettes. Jokes about buying for mothers and sisters, traveling men, yacht races, parlor chat, and party gaffes mix with wry exchanges on politeness, manners, and daily life.
An excerpt recalls Ferdinand Hassler, pioneer of the U S coast survey, meeting a Congressional committee in New York. He refused to reveal his drilling details, telling them to go find work elsewhere, then sent them away. The piece also notes historical quirks about royal fashion and a large sculpture assembled from many pieces.
The speed of electricity in a conductor is described as effectively instantaneous. Observers using delicate instruments have claimed speeds not less than 114000 miles per second, with some measurements suggesting speeds up to 240000 miles per second.
One hundred dollars reward offered for intractable catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co. of Toledo listed with West & Truax and Walpiskman & Manrix as endorsers. Cure taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
An archaic patent remedy advertisement claims Brown's Iron Bitters cures multiple ailments including impure blood weakness neuralgia indigestion and biliousness. It asserts the tonic makes old persons feel young and young persons strong and touts its pleasant taste. The text oddly shifts to a historic claim about gold to silver values at the start of the Christian era.
A historical ad snippet promotes Beecham's Pills at 25 cents a box and Beecham's Iron Bitters as the best stomach tonic. It also touts Cure-alls for rupture by S J Hollensworth Co and notes distant prehistoric traces near Zanzibar. The piece mentions blind asylums with 11 750 inmates and a quip about Cupid.
At M. T. Jones & Co. sawmill in Lake Charles Louisiana workers cut 191323 feet of lumber in eleven hours, the largest output by a circular sawmill in that period.
Advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds fevers and constipation. It highlights its supposed health benefits, non weakening action on kidneys liver and bowels and claims wide medical approval. Sold in 50 cent bottles with California Fig Syrup Co branding.
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