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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1890
Page
3
A correspondent describes the Kursch Uml a House of Lead in Iskub province where inmates suffer extreme confinement. Prisoners endure overcrowded cells, hunger, filth, and torture using ants and sun exposure, with mortality high and guards brutality common. The visit ends with reflections on Macedonian prison conditions.
The article describes Mexico's high altitude and seasonal climate with a rainy three month season and a nine month dry period. It notes lush pampas grass on ranges, green foliage along rivers, and varied forest cover. It mentions mahogany and pine along the Monterey Gulf rail line and limited surface mining. Last year Sonora produced enough wheat for five states, with wealth sent to New York and Europe due to US tariff effects. Mexican merchants visit Europe to buy merchandise shipped back via clipper ships to circumvent tariffs.
An Androscoggin County woman recounts an Alaska incident at Chilcott where a justice code led to the execution of an old chief. After a mining party dispute, a rival struck a son. the elder shot and fled to seek immunity but was hunted by his tribe. The tribe spared him long enough to witness a ritual execution, ending with two weeks of agony before death and his wife’s agonized vigil. The piece also advertises Dobbin’s Electric Soap and patent remedies from Kline and Pierce.
Ex Mayor of Indianapolis D W Grubb noted in Chicago that Mexico favors immigration but opposes a U S negro exodus. He cited peon wages of about eighteen cents a day and argued Mexico has enough cheap labor and will welcome capital but not more workers from the South. This view reflects Mexican press and plantation owner commentary.
Tea Owners of Horses. Thousands of horses die yearly from colic. Dr lobias's Venetian Horse Liniment will positively cure every case when first attacked. The price is a trifle. Used for over forty years by top horsemen including Hiram Woodruff and Philo Bush. Depot at 4 Murray st New York. An honest man cannot improve his situation by hurrying.
Arthur Thomas of New York describes a remarkable full grown tree that sprouts from a brick crevice on the Greencastle Indiana Court House tower. The unusual tree has grown to over a foot in circumference but will be removed when a new court house is built, a pity to many observers.
The high position and universal approval of Syrup of Figs as the most excellent laxative show the value of its quality based success, pleasing to the California Fig Syrup Company. Book knowledge is only the means to an education.
A solicitation page advertises sums from $1 weekly or monthly investments promising fortunes, with offers from Benj Lewis & Co and J H Bauerlein & Co of Kansas City MO. It touts five to one thousand percent gains, mortgage plans, and a $5 cash plus $5 monthly option, alongside medical cures and guarantees for catarrh and eye care.
A humorous dialogue contrasts a fond young mother with a husband who imagines babies would swear if they could talk. The exchange turns on teasing from women and the imagined reaction of a baby when bothered for hours.
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