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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1892
Page
2
Poem depicts a cradle rocking to the rhythm of harvest life. The reaper’s swing mirrors the baby’s sleep by the door, linking labor and love with golden grain and shared meals. The verse ends praising labor by the fireside and the universal rhyme of care.
A May 18th century Maine frontier tale recalls Mercy Cary and her family facing two Indian captors who seize Mercy and her brother Josh. Reuben Wilson tracks them, kills one attacker, frees Mercy and Josh, and the party safely returns with the brass kettle recovered. The kettle remains a prized family heirloom for forty years.
A collection of cartoon captions and humorous exchanges from New York papers. Jokes about smart boys, fathers, burglars, barbershops, dolls and pets, with wry lines from the New York Herald Weekly and Detroit Free Press. Readings titled Good News and humorous quips on daily life.
In central Europe a famed hare drive ran across four squares on ten thousand acres. Hunters and drivers moved in circles. hundreds of hares rose as gans cracked. Totals reached 458 in the first square, 256 in the second, and 356 in the third before dusk.
Clara asks if this is the first time Jack proposed to a girl and he answers yes. She then asks if it will be the last, implying a pivotal moment in their courtship.
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