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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1892
Page
7
A collage of curious reports from Virginia Big Stone Gap to Germany and beyond. Tales of bold towns enforcing law with volunteer guards, automatic news distributing machines, memory claims of past lives, adventures with crocodiles, unusual lunatic antics, stunts in train travel, and a panoply of remarkable accidents and curiosities in 19th century life.
A post at Fort Sully housed a water spaniel who befriended Company A and refused to recognize any non soldier. The dog woke sleepy sentries each night, allowing rest for the men and earning affectionate care from the troops. He reportedly saved many a soldier from trouble and was kept under guard at night.
A fragmented list catalogs famous writers with ages at which they produced works, including Mohammed, Keats, Dumas, Shakespeare, Dante, Voltaire, and others. The text mixes dates and ages, creating a mosaic of literary milestones alongside a ledger of expenditure data attributed to Edward Atkinson.
A New York Sun summary describes the chaotic Chinese currency system with brass cash, a lack of government silver coins, and heavy counterfeit activity on Mexican dollars. It notes the tael piece as a freely minted silver chunk tied to silver prices in America, and details the everyday damage from tampering and private store stamps.
Colonel William Murrell of Jersey City narrates his Civil War life from 1861 as a Confederate valet to General Lomax to his later service in the Forty Fourth Massachusetts and the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth U.S. Colored Troops. He rose to command in Louisiana State Guard and served on Governor Kellogg’s staff before becoming a newspaper editor.
The text outlines how food expenses absorb about half or more of income for working-class groups in Germany, with family groups averaging about five people. It cites Dr Engel and references Carroll D Wright’s U.S. labor department report on living costs, noting extensive data on element costs.
The article notes high value of attar of roses from India and Persia and large rose garden districts employing many workers during March and April. It traces rose farming in Turkey, attar origins in Cashmere, and uses of rose products from tea scenting to medicinal syrups and flavorings. It also lists rose cultivation history in Britain and diversity of native and cultivated roses with celebrated varieties.
Readers are offered cooking notes for ham salad and tomato dressings. The ham recipe uses boiled ham, pickles, celery seed, and a light salt, while the tomato dish pairs thick tomato slices with mayonnaise dressing and parsley. Also included is Viremsta Fareo Cav kes style chicken with salt pork gravy, milk and cream additions, served with plain boiled rice.
European stick licorice, mainly from Spain, is rarely pure. Adulteration uses Barbara gum from Morocca, plus starch flour and even sand, reducing genuine content to about half in some cheap imports.
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