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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
2
A child recalls tales of the past told by grandma and notes rough toys and crude pictures. The speaker prefers present days and expresses affection for grandma while praising modern comforts for herself and her sibling Benny.
Alvin Kraenzlein who set a world record in the running broad jump shares guidance for young athletes. He stresses mind body harmony and confidence, light early training, and avoiding tobacco or coffee to protect lungs and stomach while building a reliable running method.
A fragment from a humorous piece features MR MOUSE fearing a turn and wondering what has caused it while MRS BIRD declares resolve to keep a splendid plan in motion. The playful dialogue hints at a rhythmic puzzle of missing words that rhyme with comple and sense.
A man brags of winning fortune while sitting with a maiden in twilight. He proclaims luck in cards and money, claiming to hold splendid hands and promising wealth and lands if he dares to play. The scene focuses on flirtation and bravado rather than a clear outcome.
A Chinese secret society in San Francisco executes a member by ritual sword. The traitor is spared only to be declared dead, shunned in Chinatown for a week, and ultimately endures a fatal suicide after wandering to the American side. The tale ends with a Chinatown man steal and kill himself.
Exclusive young matrons unveil a ring featuring a baby’s front tooth set with diamonds and turquoise, claimed to enhance its beauty with blue accents. Friends imitate, sending their own bairns’ teeth to jewelers and surrounding them with birth stones.
The Philadelphia Times notes new hatpin ideas that stay secure in hats even if the wearer moves. Patented splits with a bath spring and amber decorative heads linked by a gold chain prevent hat loss. A pearl band may serve as brooch or pin, matching the hatpin with flexible jewels or plain gold.
A sharp saying notes that when a man marries a charming woman she pleases him, and warns that if she ceases such affection someone else may seek it. The line reflects prudential humor about marital fidelity and social expectations.
An advertisement touts Parker's Sarsaparilla as a cure for head pains sluggishness and poor appetite. It claims to invigorate the liver purify blood and build flesh, calling it the king of blood purifiers. Sold by B. W. Hargrave.
The article urges parents to involve children in all home tasks to match the child’s growth. Explain, sing, and share duties to keep interest. avoid isolating work. rotate activities to prevent fatigue. Encourage light, pleasant tasks and keep children included in homemaking.
The article notes French law taxes women about ten dollars a year for the privilege of wearing men’s trousers. Rights are limited and granted as rewards for merit, with few honored exceptions such as Georges Sand and others. Mme de Valsayre’s bid to wear male attire was refused, illustrating strict enforcement.
The article argues tight shoes and stockings irritate babies and worsen temper. It warns mothers to buy shoes and stockings at least one size larger to prevent restricted circulation. Demorest Magazine advises this for healthier, better tempered children as they grow.
A rubber corset designed for women learning to swim uses a double chamber that can be inflated to provide buoyancy and confidence. It aims to replace bulky life preservers by offering a discreet, shapely buoyant aid that helps learners move through water before discarding the device.
A new bracelet features a heavy gold ring design that slips on and off. It is studded with a jade stone, amethyst and coral. A second novelty shows a heavy gold loop suspending six animal design bangles including pigs goats dogs and horses, used also as watch charms.
The zoo alligators entertain spectators with a pyramid game and a follow up scramble as the Sandow gator toppers tumble down. The crowd cheers the victorious gator and watches the defeated one struggle to rise. The antics unfold multiple times daily as the gators show a playful, competitive display.
An interpreter reimagines the nursery rhyme four and twenty blackbirds as a full day of astronomy. The king is the sun, the queen the moon, and the pie’s crust the sky while daylawn and clouds appear as celestial images. The ending blackbird signifies sunset.
In a simple experiment you can blow large bubbles using only your hands and bath suds. Wet hands, cup them, and emit a current of air from about a foot away to create bubbles exceeding a foot in diameter after a few trials.
An English newspaper offered £5 for the best reply to the question Who makes the best wife A ready housewife won the prize with the reply Yours truly Jemima Boggs per the late Oliver Ditson quote
A sensational health offer claims the Nervine Tonic cures stomach weakness and indigestion. It promises immediate relief and universal efficacy with no failure, endorsed as pleasant and safe. Sold by E. F. Nadal, Druggist, Wilson North Carolina.
Schedule notes effective May southbound details the Nes 405 and 402 trains with solid vestibuled Pullman sleepers and coaches between Washington and Atlanta and Pullman sleepers Portsmouth to Atlanta. Connections align at Atlanta for Montgomery Mobile New Orleans Texas California Mexico Nashville Memphis Macon. Tickets and sleepers via J W Brown Jr and company officials listed in Norfolk.
An old ad promotes Browns' Iron Bitters as especially valuable to women and useful for backache weakness and pallor. It claims the remedy restores health and strength, suitable for sickly children and overworked men, and notes it is sold by many dealers.
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