27 Apr 1892
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1892
Page
1
A collection of humorous maxims and witticisms on daily life. The pithy sayings cover honesty, pride, love, work, and social expectations with playful critique of manners and beliefs. The fragment ends amid the closing lines about a woman facing a harsh world and politics.
A florid discourse extols kissing as art and passion yet admits limits. It describes intimate gestures from the arm around the waist to lip contact, detailing sounds and sensations while cautioning against excess that tax lips and jaws and spoil mornings after.
The last nail in the Woman's Department Building will be driven by Mrs. Potter Palmer and the nail shown in Helena. Spectators expect drama as she faces choosing the nail end, locating the correct spot, and wielding a hammer. The spectacle invites crowds despite doubts she will attempt it.
Dr Kingsbury and the Wilmington Messenger praise Henry Blount editor of the Mirror. The notice lauds his original plan and development, graceful prose and charitable tone, hoping he continues to guide the paper which pleases many readers across North Carolina.
The piece argues that cheerfulness prevents sour moods and conflicts. It cites Washington as an example of disciplined temper and warns that anger harms one’s cause, relationships, and happiness. Good temper is precious. bad temper harms both the individual and society.
A brisk riff urges the town to abandon gloom and invest in corner lots. It mocks doom and promotes constant buying as life’s path to fortune and bragging rights, framing real estate as a route to immortality and social prominence.
A satirical critique of the so called ladies man. The piece mocks the ultra fashionable look and smooth talkers who court women with hollow charm. It describes these men as lacking soul and brain while praising sensible women who see through their flattery. It suggests such men should remain bachelors or pair with equally vain partners.
A poetic vignette describes a child in a moonlit room with a face in a mirror. White fingers in her hair, sleeping eyes, rosy cheeks, rosebud lips, and a tiny strip of hairpins. Wings of innocence, dropped shoes, and the hush of a ghostly night prayer end with a sweet snore.
A Wilson youth pleads for Mildred amid despair claiming he cannot endure a future apart. He vows to self harm without her love as Mildred offers solace and promotes Hewyside Nerve Squelcher with money back guarantee and testimonials.
A dialogue unfolds as a nervous young man seeks the hand of Laura with a shaky proposal and a tangled prospectus. The father warns that without clearer persuasion Laura may remain an old maid, urging a more experienced canvasser to carry the message.
The piece extols duty to God country home wife and society, asserting the grand essentials of a happy life. It claims that a glorious consecration to the Democratic party gives existence completeness and elevates man to angelic status.
An Irish newspaper prints a poem starting with the line Do ghia cfaintu gan ba gan punt, gan aireamd soreigh. The piece is praised for its rhythmic mellifluence and the author is noted to possess divine inspiration in abundance.
A poetic description of a bright Sunday morning on 11 May with silvery light, budding flowers, woodland melodies, and a sense of heaven joining the earth in radiant calm and joyous atmosphere.
An aged speaker muses on the swift advance of age and the memories of youth. A fleeting image of a child with a face and hands glistening with molasses evokes a wish to be touched by the past.
A reflective meditation on how this world mirrors a better one where brightness and darkness switch places yet balance. It suggests that imperfections arise from temporary arrangements of planetary life and invites contemplation of deeper order.
A kind hearted man meets a crying boy on a Friday afternoon and asks why he cries. The boy replies that crying is the only way he knows, saying he cannot shed tears any other way.
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