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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1893
Page
3
A garbled excerpt discusses New Haven and Providence in Rhode Island, noting growth and a national tension. It mentions pros and cons of regional development and potential friction between states and residents over taxation and rent, with a reference to the New York Times.
A man-of-war in pursuit of a Chinese junk halted illegal traffic. Sailors threw thousands of hemp nuts overboard and jumped into the water to escape. The pursuing crew struggled to identify targets, and most of the Chinese crew reportedly escaped unharmed.
The notice warns against cheap vegetable extracts and tin white preparations sold as medicines, urging use of the true remedy, Syrup of Figs by California Fig Syrup Co, and condemns general debility and weak back. It asserts genuine relief from liver cleansing and nerve support.
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises to pay $100 to anyone cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges readers to send for circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The fragment preserves a stark editorial stance questioning a man described as excessive or self-serving. The terse line hints at a moral judgment or social critique, but limited context leaves the exact incident or identity unclear.
Edward Schmidt owner of a Twelfth street store performed a makeshift dental extraction on an eleven foot boa constrictor named Mr Snake in the national capital. The procedure left the snake with a loose tooth and a mouth swollen but the operation was completed with the doctor and assistant detangling from the angry reptile.
James Mundie reports Edmonton traders with hundreds of wood buffalo robes and musk ox robes. He notes large heads and dark hair, a sudden influx of fur from Slave Lake and Peace River, and suggests severe winter drove herds south. Secord’s pack valued at $10,000 with six hundred beaver skins among top catches.
A compact hotel recipe note presents potato salad with cold boiled potatoes chives chervil and parsley seasoned with salt pepper oil and tarragon vinegar served very cold. It then details a peach pie with sugared peaches under a crust and a duck with apple sauce including steps for making the sauce.
In Santa Maria Annunziata a yearly rite gathers thirty orphaned girls aged eighteen listing marriage suitors. A gray headed asylum head and a priest oversee the process as young men present papers and select a partner. The chosen girl linking hands with her suitor leads to the sacristy amid fixed gazes at the Madonna.
The excerpt recalls Daniel Dougherty's view of a charming young man met at Narragansett Pier. Dougherty asserts the man is too refined to have earned wealth, suggesting his fortune is inherited or not self-made, reflecting a social judgment about money and culture.
A small two inch by three quarter inch emory paper proves gentler than a file for smoothing nails. It slips under edges to remove roughness and neutralize color spots from thimble or pens. Carry it with a hair-pin and stamp for emergencies and obtain a finer shine by quick rubbing of nails on the other hand.
A Detroit traveler recalls a Cheyenne scene where a tall thin 24 year old from Denver faced local scrappers in a saloon exhibition. He bluffingly fought with glasses on and claimed a glass eye and false teeth, later revealing the stunt was a crafty ruse to bluff the crowd.
Lobsters travel in regiments led by the strongest. Weaker members lag behind as they migrate in search of feeding grounds.
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