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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1890
Page
5
A collage of small notices and opinions from North Carolina papers includes praise for The Raleigh Signal revival, comments on local editors and printers, socialite introductions, and updates from Asheville and Wilson. Mentions of Prof Middleton, Miss May Barnes, and Miss Lizzie Simpson illustrate era gossip, education, and culture with a regional focus.
A reflective notice describes a moonlit encounter of two lovers in a tranquil garden scene. The piece lauds their tender kiss and inward rapture, contrasting earthly sorrows with heavenly calm, urging respect for the lovers’ privacy and cherishing the beauty of their bond.
The author recalls a lifelong dream to see Europe and London's Westminster to ponder Burke Grattan Pitt Fox and Shakespeare. They fear storms and distance but trust eventual safe passage and note a claim that Atlantic evaporation could dry the ocean in eight hundred thousand years followed by a plan to drive across six in hand.
A Monday evening concert at W. P. Simpson’s home features Miss Annie Yeatman of Washington City. The vocalist’s pure, sweet tones captivate listeners, with critics praising breadth, depth, power, and beauty.
A printer in the story feigns devotion to a coworker as a playful ruse. The scene escalates when the girl's father enters with shooting stick and ejects the suitor, declaring he will not permit such news printed in his house. The girl laments the disruption and exits in tears.
Col J B Stickney hosted a refined social evening in his elegant parlors on Thursday in honor of Miss Mary Laughinghouse of Pitt. The host and his wife presided with courtly manners, creating a free and welcoming atmosphere amid refined hospitality and sophisticated courtesy. The event exuded charm and grace, described with poetic imagery.
E M Nadal the Tarboro Street druggist offers a fine hat to the man who brings the best half pound of tobacco by September 16. Capt Pace will appoint a committee to judge samples, then all samples will be auctioned for the benefit of the Oxford Orphan Asylum.
A sad notice reports the sudden death of General Gen Fentress at his San Francisco home from brain disease. He was brother to M E Nadal and attended the General Conference as a California delegate. His wife and younger child arrived in Raleigh to visit family before his death on the 16th, and the widow traveled across the continent for the funeral.
The passage lampoons a scene where Ella struggles with an awkward fence climb and a “terrible miss-fit” ascent. It notes a gaze of despair on Ella’s face and mocks the attempt as a failed, courtly movement. The author promises the secret of the world’s movements will be revealed in the Great Hereafter.
Stockholders of the Knitting Mills in Goldsboro laud the Argus Knitting Mills as a mainspring of local push and progress. The Argus responds with appreciation, noting the paper’s philanthropic role and hoping for continued success and broader accomplishments.
A fine sumptuous feast was spread last night for the Wilson people in Mamona Hall. The entertainment was under Mrs. Fred Woodard who wore a glittering coronet of triumph. All performers deserve praise though the Mirror cannot print more due to foreman Mr. Dinkins. The lassies were bright sweet pretty and attractive and the scene carried witchery and springtime enchantment.
Fragmented notes describe Dave Cooper and a refrain about offering a rush and a question about wisdom. The readable lines hint at a music or performance theme with Cooper as central figure. No clear event, date, or organization is present to specify.
In Harness Again, a bold writer described as a gentleman of culture and ability. The Democrat is said to possess aim, push, energy, tact, skill, and power to advance into the front rank of influence and serve with brilliance and usefulness.
A young boy named Henry Meredith, son of contractor Joe Meredith, broke his leg when descending a ladder and attempting a jump just before the foot of the ladder. The accident occurred on a Monday and the injury was caused by his leg being caught beneath his body.
The Rockingham Rocket reports Messrs W R Hawkins and Wm Harri son have invented a water cooler. Their process uses chemicals to lower ordinary water by 10 to 12 degrees in minutes yielding about 50 degree drinking water. A patent has been applied for.
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