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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1893
Page
8
A New York Herald piece recounts a ranch poker scene with Bill Bowen of Hell’s Gap challenging rivals in a rangy backdrop. It blends frontier bravado with practical farm tips on fattening sheep, hay markets, irrigation in India, and livestock care.
Archibald Forbes recalls Bismarck’s harsh remarks about Francs-tireurs prisoners at Le Bourget and 13 000 free companions captured, plus a desire to shell Tours for hostages. The piece argues his bluster and bloodthirsty tone reveal his lack of gentlemanly conduct both then and now.
A Toronto group of working girls forms a labor union to demand equal pay for equal work and shorter hours. The leader calls for collective action to secure justice and protections, insisting that individual complaints to bosses won’t change conditions.
General George A Sheridan, a Republican orator, quips that after Cleveland's 1885 inauguration Democrats cried for office. He recalls a Democrat boasting of long power and theft, to which Sheridan replies the party hides its deeds and avoids discovery, a joke cited by the New York Commercial Advertiser.
A stylish young woman seeks lasting ownership marks beyond ink or monograms. She has tiny photographs printed and transferred to handkerchief corners, skirt bands, collar capes, and other fabric places to signify possession.
An advertisement promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for ladies seeking strength and for children needing build up. It claims to cure malaria indigestion biliousness liver issues and neuralgia with a pleasant taste.
A Pottsville woman describes severe heart pain and inability to sleep, then credits Dr Miles New Heart Cure with restoring appetite and sleep. She weighed 125 pounds before and 150 after treatment, praising its effect over doctors and other remedies. Sold with guarantee by druggists or Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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