09 Aug 1893
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1893
Page
1
A flowing editorial on female grace and allure discusses the kissable woman as an ideal, praising gentleness, virtue, and devotion while exploring how admiration, flirtation, and love shape relationships. It weighs beauty against character and imagines marriage as a shared, transcendent bond.
The passage extols perseverance as the defining human quality enabling greatness, using examples from schooling, history, and character. It contrasts the steady, plodding pace of perseverance with genius’s fragile speed, and elevates love as immortal, sacred, and central to life, describing its resilience amid adversity and its heavenly beauty.
The piece extols marriage as the fountain of good government and civilization. It claims life lacks meaning for women without love from a good man and for men without a worthy woman, asserting love and marriage bestow priceless joys.
An old man asks for damp sheets and the hotel clerk replies obligingly that they can sprinkle them if desired. The exchange shows a polite service quirk in a lodging setting.
A meditation on tiny indiscretions and rumors spiraling into ruin. It warns that a single word or small act can seed widespread misfortune, as harmless acts fuel ripples that become storms affecting reputation and life, echoing through time.
Eddie describes a kiss as an anatomical juxtaposition of two aris muscles in an ecstatic state of blissful contraction.
A meditation on how time eases terminal sorrow after the loss of a loved one. Time heals wounds, softens pain, and leaves a lasting legacy of gentleness, upright character, and kindness that consoles the living and honors the departed.
A humorous church choir scene unfolds with the tenor alto soprano and bass delivering the refrain We all like sheep with playful mischief. The chorus prompts smiles tittering and a deacons bemused reaction as the singers finish with an altered moral line and final note.
A reflection on how the brief words Yes and No shape will and character. The author argues No signals firmness while Yes implies surrender and weaker resolve, contrasting gratification with integrity.
A verse advises avoiding danger by staying near the hen when a lovely woman throws a rock to scare. It counsels seeking safety quickly and standing near the hen to protect oneself.
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