28 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1889
Page
1
A reflective plea extols water as nature’s pure gift and contrasts it with alcohol. The piece questions whether alcohol brings virtue or vice, praising water’s refreshing, life sustaining qualities and denouncing drink as a path to ruin or depravity. It invokes vivid nature imagery to celebrate water’s primacy.
Fragmented prose extols home as a source of warmth memory and joy. Refrains celebrate the word home as bright shelter and anchor, invoking imagery of meadow brooks cattle pasture and boyhood sunshine. The piece imagines the word’s power across literature and life.
A dated reflection extols the role of a wife as the central support of her husband, claiming her presence calms, guides, and elevates him. It contrasts masculine faults with feminine virtue and lauds the tender, nurturing influence of wives and mothers as essential to a noble life.
The passage estimates a world population of about 1.45 billion and outlines regional densities from densely populated Asia to sparsely populated Americas. It classifies people by clothing, housing, and civilization levels, noting vast contrasts between highly developed and barbaric living conditions and a large portion living with minimal shelter.
A devotional lyric expresses deep trust in a guiding presence like a star in darkness. The speaker compares reliance on the divine to a child’s trust and a traveler’s relief upon finding a home. It frames heaven as present and comforting whether near or far.
A young girl gnaws corn on the cob and finds the corn silk strands snag her teeth. She wistfully wishes the corn makers would remove the basting threads when the corn is prepared.
A collection of whimsical items and short opinions from a 19th century page. The items touch on letters, politics, science, culture, and odd anecdotes from diverse places and times.
The itemized notes cover multiple early 20th century developments in North Carolina. A Warnesville roller flour mill project is announced, a white woman elopes with a Black man from Charlotte, and 15 000 Black residents are said to have left the state since last November. New venues include an opera house in Hickory seating 750 and a Baltimore crockery factory planned for Wilmington. Obituaries note Matthews Gibbs dying at age 108 in Cen tre. A dubious bar advert drawn by alleged prostitution is mentioned. Dissatisfied Mecklenburg Black residents plan a Republican split. Rev. Jarvis Buxton resigns from Trinity Episcopal in Asheville after four decades. Col W J Green heads south, visiting ex President Davis at Beauvoir. Mount Olive Telegram expands to seven columns and improves its typography. The Board of Public Charities is named with E Burke Haywood as chair. North Carolina teachers presented to Queen Victoria receive a hiddenite stone set in gold tobacco leaves with The Old North State engraved. Major Harrell kissed the Queen’s hand with Princess Beatrice’s laugh recorded. President Gray pegs Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway damages at about 20 000 dollars. Rail service aims to resume Bennettsville to Mt Airy by the 26th. The North Carolina Insane Asylum lists its board. A Mount Holly fair accident kills Cronaut K Perry who died of internal injuries. he leaves a wife and two children.
Promotional notice for double chloride of gold remedies claiming cure for opium and liquor habits. It asserts cures without distress and offers free information by mail from Leslie E. Reeley Dwight of Livingston, Illinois, with address details.
A minister appeals to his congregation to stay alert during the collection, noting the oppressive heat as the cause of drowsiness and urging attendees to keep awake for the sermon and offering.
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