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Wilson Mirror

Location

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1890

Page

7

Better is a living dog than a dead lion sermon

A Sunday sermon argues that a living dog represents greater value than a dead lion, illustrating with biblical lions and dogs, then praising everyday deeds, philanthropy, and the urgency to seize present opportunities for good before death or judgment.

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War era seaman recalls Norfolk Navy Yard blaze and crippled ships

A veteran recounts the Civil War blaze at the Norfolk Navy Yard after the USS Cumberland and other ships were destroyed or damaged. He describes trains of powder and gunpowder priming, the burning yard, and the sight of masts alight as Confederate ironclad careened through the Merrimac era.

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Alaska's hooch tale and a polar pol latch festival

A Washington Star report recounts an Alaska beverage derived from distillation in improvised copper cans and a wild feast known as a pol latch. It describes a harsh northern custom where a big man spends his wealth and hosts revelry, with drunken excess and chaotic pandemonium.

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A Vain Shot and a Tragic Death Near Comfort Texas

Miss Eliza Kargar aged sixteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Kargar of one mile north of Comfort Texas, was dragged in a rope accident while leading a spirited horse from a stable to a pasture. Her father, confined by illness, shot the horse to try to save her, but she died.

Eliza Paul Kargar Comfort Texas

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