01 Apr 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1891
Page
1
A long muse of aphorisms on kindness honesty and faith. It contrasts home remedies and poets with scenes of aging and memory noting assurances of hope through hardship and the glow of virtue amid adversity. It blends sentimental maxims with images of nature and enduring love.
The essay recalls an Easter morning after stormy weather, describing radiant skies and a symbolic rise of Christ. It frames the day as a vivid sermon about mortality, dust to dust, and the blessed rest promised beyond life’s cares. It ends with a peaceful reverie of a mother’s lullaby-like calm.
The Wilmington Star, now in its twenty fourth year, is praised for its high tone, purity, and influential editorials. The notice highlights plans for enlargement and ongoing improvements under Bernard and Duffy, promising continued vigor and success.
A reflective piece contrasts youth and maturity in love. It argues that seventeen year olds chase dazzling appearances while twenty one year olds seek genuine character. It warns against marrying brilliance at seventeen for social ruin and praises steady, loyal partners.
A Durham Globe writer humorously describes a mysterious awaiting vision seen as cars passed through Rocky Mount. The piece notes a beauty with a wart on her nose a squint eye and injuries from a family dispute, yet still calls her a daisy and a vision of brightness.
The Orton Hotel in Wilmington lowers room prices to two dollars nightly and up, offering first class furnishings and comforts for travelers. General manager J. E. Montague earns praise for tact and management in delivering pleasure and luxury to guests.
The Intelligencer former business manager J. A. Holloman becomes editor of The Daily Capital of Raleigh. A Wake Forest College graduate, he is praised for polish culture and literary attainments and expected to lead with refined taste and sound judgment.
A traveling drummer, after roaming the state, declares Wilson has the fairest women he has seen. He describes a silhouetted scene of a girl in a doorway under moonlight, praising her beauty in lush, poetic terms.
The scene centers on a passionate exchange where a lovers term of endearment provokes a fatal reaction. A besotted pair share intimate dialog as a harsh truth advocate, known for defeating lies, grows uneasy. The drama ends with a fatal embrace.
A reader notes a scene of unreciprocated affection as a man courts a woman under gloomy skies. He expresses sentimentality while she, unmoved, resents the display and mutters of displeasure as wind and rain intensify the mood. The exchange ends with her biting remark about the day and his influence.
A humorous florid account details a wedding kiss after a magistrate declares a couple man and wife. The prose mocks romantic clichés with a playful, exaggerated description of their lips meeting and the moment they begin their life together as one.
The Messenger paper was auctioned last week and bought by Pembroke Jones for 4500 dollars. Readers hope the existing staff remains, including chief writer Dr. Kingsbury and city editor T. W. Clawson, to keep the paper’s quality and lively local coverage.
An old country lady asks for ruta baga hats in Miss Lucy Johnson's millinery. Lucy, blushful and perplexed, urges the customer to point out the style. The hat is bought, the old lady departs, while Lucy laments the depravity shown in the columns of Tue Wilson Mercury.
A humorous recital in a church choir where tenors altos sopranos and basses join in a playful refrain We all like sheep and the group ends with a comic reveal that all have gone astray The mock performance elicits giggles from young and old alike and shows communal lighthearted mischief.
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