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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1893
Page
6
The Wilson Mirror notes the green goods operation remains active despite financial hardship. It cites gullible victims and quotes Signor Cocoto, a British consul, on Italian usury extending to small loans at extraordinary rates from forty to twelve hundred percent annually.
The government reports successful falcon experiments for carrying dispatches, chosen over ordinary homing pigeons. Falcons can bear heavier loads and are less vulnerable to birds of prey, owing to their fighting ability.
An American citizen born in Germany, living in Wisconsin, faces confiscation of a legacy by the German government unless he serves in the German army. Though naturalized through his father, he would likely be arrested if he sought the funds in Germany. Similar cases have occurred before, with Germany asserting the right to military service for naturalized foreigners, a claim seen as preposterous when the beneficiary was only fourteen.
The Philadelphia Press argues that salvage from Exposition buildings at close of the fair would reach 800000, a small sum next to the millions spent on the white palaces at Jackson Park. It calls for making the best structures permanent to save future costs and preserve the park’s beauty.
The sermon argues religion must pervade ordinary life not just Sundays. It urges speaking of faith, applying gospel principles to work, and embracing small daily trials as means to spiritual growth, gratitude, and steadfast character.
The Swiss method for hardening cast steel uses four parts pulverized resin and two parts train oil mixed with one part hor tallow. The article is heated to a low red heat, plunged in, cooled, then returned to the fire for tempering. It claims deeper, more uniform hardening and reduced brittleness.
A Detroit Free Press note praises Fallers for singing well while noting critics claim he cannot tell the truth. The remark frames him as the most tuneful lyre in the state.
A fragmented lyric asks about ancient rears and silent courses, pondering origins and antiquity. It hints at a master, birth, and the world, with a midnight crown of minds and a hazy wager on life and fate.
A collage of quips and chatter from a bygone era includes banter about a financier, a burglar, and stage lore. References drift through names and places like Chicago, Westfield Union, and Brooklyn, painting a fragmented portrait of social discourse and entertainments of the time.
The readable fragments show a brief local item with names and places obscured. No clear event date or outcome is present. the text is too damaged to determine specifics.
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