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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1891
Page
5
A compilation of town items includes tradesmen in town, a tobacco market update, new buildings and houses planned, public offices elected, forthcoming concerts and lectures, and obituaries. Notables include Miss Edith Johnson visiting Wilson, Dr. Johnson’s orders, J. D. Bardin elected County Superintendent, and the death notices of Maggie Purnell and Joe Vick with reflections on life.
Farmers learn the Planters Warehouse is open and will be managed by Anderson and Jones tobac co men who will give consignments proper attention and top prices. They also have T. M. Washington a hustler whose lingo buyers understand to keep auctions competitive.
Dr. D. S. Harmon opens an office in the Gregory Hotel Goldsboro and will stay until October 1. Patients who have consulted him and obtained glasses report high satisfaction with his skill and experience.
The notice promotes Ayer’s Ague Cure as a specific for all malarial poisons and Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for scrofulous disorders and mercurial diseases. It also advertises a fine blooded bull, eighteen months old, for sale by S. M. Warren.
Police report a sensational duel last night in a premier city club parlors. One participant is a wealthy young artist, the other the rumored son of a railroad president. One combatant is under medical care. the other has fled. A beautiful young woman is rumored to be involved. Full details in Estella's Husband by May Agnes Fleming, issued today.
Rumor swirls over the disappearance of a wealthy young woman from a prominent family. Reports claim she was murdered and that a fortunesome young man has been arrested. Police withhold details at the request of influential parties while a new issue of The Shadow Detective narrates the inner history.
At a Saratoga hotel two stylish young girls from Baltimore arrived with an elderly lady and three servants. The elder sister, near twenty, received a lavish reception with costly gifts as her fiancé arrived in a cream colored pony carriage. Plans called for four pale cream India silk dresses matching the cart color within five days, inspired by a New York and Paris fashion design feature.
An old advertisement touts Castoria as a remedy for mothers and children with claims that a woman who became Miss used it and later gave it to her children. It also promotes Fryar's Beer as a tonic and invigorator, recommended for nursing mothers, with delivery or on tap at rooms.
Legal notice states A B Deans as Commissioner will conduct a judicial sale with Bunn and Battze attorneys listed. The notice references August and involves standard proceedings and costs.
The Charles A Vogeler Manufacturing Company of Baltimore promotes Dr Worthington cholera mixture as an established remedy endorsed by eminent medical men in the United States and Europe. Confederate and Egyptian army figures praise its wide use for bowel disorders and relief of various pains and ailments.
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