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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
3
In a crowded dispatch, a New York court hears Arrington vs Arrington over $7,836 with claims of long hiding and family disruption. Meanwhile U S reports detail Philippine operations, insurgent actions near Morong Pasig Macabebe and Manila, and President McKinley’s hardline conclusions urging continued war effort and unconditional peace terms.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat piece a Sherlock Holmes figure deduces from cigarette ashes toothpicks and a pencil note that the last user called the busy Illinois Central freight office. He predicts the memo and freight office line will soon be free as the scene ends with a terse exchange.
A St. Louis woman died of pneumonia contracted at a faith care gathering. The column mixes aphorisms about life and society with a brief note on the tragedy, reflecting a local newspaper’s opinion page style and casual observations.
A slender girl with a pale face asks to sing and play the mouth can at a theatre. The manager, while not unkind, tells her to learn both skills first and promises possible work washing windows. The Detroit Journal note frames the scene as a cautious rejection and a humorous pursuit of a stage career.
A playful dad remarks about his son Bill and a plumber bill, noting the boy’s small size as a humorous contrast to the family task. The exchange captures a domestic moment of family life and work.
An odd health snippet claims rheumatism relief by a sap of Sarsap Willa through acids in blood. A separate line cites a Q about taxing bachelors with a vague answer about waiting another week for help, referencing a Chicago Post quote.
In a Cleveland style boast a young man confronts his father in law to win consent for marriage. He recalls a dollar wager proving his own effort and determination to earn a place beside his beloved Ann. The exchange highlights resolve and family resistance.
Advertises for several trustworthy persons in the state to run a home based office business. Pays a straight salary of 900 dollars per year plus definite expenses. Monthly 75 dollars. Requires references. Send stamped envelope to Herbert E. Hess President Dept M Chicago.
A humorous exchange shows a dogged exchange about a person’s leadership and temperament as the speaker questions and defends a decision, noting uncertainty while asserting the subject is not yet decided.
The piece extols the home as the center of rational government and laments vanity dressed as ancestry. It condemns credulous frauds, warns against statist statistics, and cautions that politics attracts good men but is seduced by rogues. It critiques ministers using scripture as theater and notes secrecy harms honesty and equity.
In a courtroom quip Mrs Dorens-Why challenges a pew woman’s aim to claim earth as hers. Dorens replies with a biblical line that the meek shall inherit the earth, drawing a lighthearted judge’s nod.
A dated advertisement claims relief from kidney and bladder disease within six hours using a product labeled New GREAT American Kidney Cure. It touts rapid pain relief for bladder and back, with immediate reduction of water retention. Sold by E F Nadal Druggist in Wilson, North Carolina.
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