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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1888
Page
5
A collage of items about residents, events, and assignments in Wilson including elections, marriages, schools, and public notices. Mentions primary on the 18th, a graded school for Tarboro, L. M. Conyers as co president, and a marriage in Kinston. Also references to Miss Hobbs, Miss Sue Edmondson, and local social observations.
A mourning notice for Annie Young, a sixteen year old girl, who died Thursday at 5 am in Wilson. The tribute praises her bright spirit and joyful nature, recalling her playful presence, radiant laughter, and the comfort she brought to friends before death. Her soul joins her sainted mother at home.
The article exhorts readers to shed sorrow and trust in divine comfort. It frames grief as transient, contrasts fading autumn flowers with future springs, and urges looking to heavenly rewards and present joys. It urges faith, resilience, and trust in God through trials and nights.
The Second District Congressional Convention met in this place on Friday. James Norfbet of Henderson nominated the incumbent F M Simmons, whose acclamation followed after applause. Clem Manly and Dr King spoke to enthusiastic support before adjournment.
On Thursday Fayetteville club faced Wilson in the Diamond and struggled despite strong play. Wilson won 30 to 6 in the first game and 23 to 3 in the next, leaving visiting players praised for deportment and fine qualities.
The Roanoke News notes a fixed fact plan for a 35 mile Burgaw and Onslow Railroad as a spur of the Wilmington and Weldon line. It would provide access to New River oyster beds and eastern county corn crops, passing through rich timber lands and offering a valuable feeder route.
In a playful verse set at the Base Ball Ground, Eddie's machine is blamed for sharp pain to the soul as a white ball defies the striker. Children cry out while the umpire explains Billie twirls the ball, a humorous note on baseball mischief.
L Thorpe is elected Chair man of the Nash County Democratic Executive Committee praised as a gentleman of sound sense and discretion. Sam L Arrington is named Secretary praised for political sagacity and energetic leadership.
A Wilson resident claims after study and reflection that a kiss is not a paroxysm but a vociferous vibration tied to atmospheric influences and the vacuum created by the act of producing labial products meant to keep fond hearts in sweet delirium.
Henry C Adcock and Mrs John Adcock were jailed in Oxford last week on a charge of murdering Mrs Henry C Adcock. Henry allegedly plotted with his brother's wife to remove her rival as he had clashed with his brother John who often fought with him. Henry had deserted his wife and lived with Mrs John W Adcock at the time of the poisoning.
The writer recalls infamous traitors from history and mocks a modern petty deceit where youths splashed soap on an elderly man’s bread and claimed it was molasses, highlighting the harm of such cruel trickery.
A pedantic contrast frames a man and a bachelor arguing over head to head reasoning. The bachelor decries joint thinking as a sign of lost reasoning and unsound conclusions, labeling the exchange as miserable and cynical.
A meditation on conscience as the force that forges either eternal torment or eternal peace. It describes its fires as tormenting and its fountains as refreshing, with enduring, rhythmic images of fury or serenity.
A playful verse notes summer air and nature thick with broom while urging a late night sprint to chase mosquitoes roaming the room. The light-hearted scene captures seasonal annoyance and domestic antics in a simple poetic sketch.
John Wagner, the affable and efficient druggist at Dr. Anderson's Drug Store, is praised as a perfect gentleman. Neighbors and friends speak in warm terms of his character and outgoing nature.
A casual spectator anecdote describes a boy asking S. B. if he saw a circus during a calm game moment. He recalls a girl attempting to scale a fence earlier in the day, noting it as a notable sighting.
Theodore Hobgood prepares to publish a Democratic newspaper early in Murphy Cherokee County. He brings push and vim and energy, and his success is hoped for in the new enterprise.
A Wilson girl frightened her lover from thoughts of marriage by presenting him with the hymn I Need Thee Every Hour. He replies he would share much of his time but needs daily outdoor exercise for his health.
The Knights of Labor met in Wilson on Saturday and nominated a ticket for public office including Senate candidate Dr. Tom Person and House candidate Benajah Peele along with local officials Sheriff Daniel Whitley Treasurer F. I. Fine and Register Tom Moore. Pep-o-tash advertised for cholera Infantum teething and other summer complaints with the Life Quilt urged.
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