05 Aug 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1891
Page
1
A reflective birthday meditation tracing memories of happiness and sorrow, urging gratitude for kindness, divine comfort, and hope in the afterlife. The narrator recalls joys and trials, spiritual solace, and the mercy of Christ guiding through life’s sea toward eternal peace.
The Wilson Tobacco Warehouse held a gala grand opening sale on Monday with enthusiastic crowds. Pace led the event with a rousing speech, praising Wilson tobacco farmers and foreseeing a new era and higher prices for Wilson and eastern district tobacco.
Joe Robinson writes of Frederick Brokaw of Elberton New Jersey a wealthy New York merchant son and college athlete and of Wendell Vandrah an emigrant fading in Chicago who both died heroically saving others. The New York Recorder funds a monument for Brokaw and the piece extols universal heroism across classes praising shared duty and humanity.
The piece extols flowers as a force for beauty and moral uplift while recognizing tragedy and reward. It contrasts a flower garden’s limitless variety with human experience, noting the refining influence of blossoms on hearts amid life’s hopeful and grim facets.
A reader vents frustration at the harshness of labeling someone a liar and proposes gentler phrases to express inaccuracy or exaggeration. The note ends with a firm injunction not to call Lima Har.
Tribute lauds Col. A B Andrews for completing the Western North Carolina R R project linking Murphy Cherokee County to Asheville Old Fort and beyond. It notes his 56th birthday milestone, private funding, and his leadership turning an unknown mountain region into a connected rail corridor from Cherokee to Currituck and Morehead City, transforming North Carolina.
The piece declares sorrow is hard yet blessed by divine comfort through Christ. It cites Jesus’ beatitude and equates night, darkness, and trial with heavenly rewards. It likens sorrow to clouds bringing rain that renews life and promises spiritual blessing amid distress.
A young man leaves home for six months to seek gold in the Black Hills, using a pickaxe and mining chemistry. He achieves success faster than hoped and sends a note to his parents asking for a blanket, old pants, and a hat as he nears home.
A patron declares milk, coffee, tea, and water unsafe while praising whiskey as the safest drink. He drinks a glass of brandy behind the counter, contentedly finishing it amid the saloon setting.
Henry Blount pursues a “Romeo” role with kingly dreams as he plans a pairing with Wilmington Messenger. The text extols a woman’s refined beauty and noble bearing, portraying her as an uncrowned queen fated to rule a heart with compelling charm.
A lyrical piece extols a woman's beauty and charm using celestial and musical imagery. It compares her gaze to stars, her smile to music, and her grace to a gazelle, inducing envy and soothing sorrow with a playful, romantic tone.
A lover promises poetic comforts to a woman but she later finds a plain pallet waiting on the back shed after she says good night and eats baked beans with raw onions. The scene blends dreamy language with a rustic, comical twist.
A man at Briggs Hotel yesterday asked what is this now about the soup. The waiter replied it is bean soup. The amused patron noted he could become a good paragraphist for a newspaper.
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