A Weekly Democratic Paper
A weekly Democratic paper announces pricing at one dollar a year payable in advance.
05 Dec 1894
Page 1
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1894
Page
1
A weekly Democratic paper announces pricing at one dollar a year payable in advance.
An old verse-like reflection contrasts famine and illness with gratitude and abundance. It speaks of weary workers, scarce wages, and the longing for bread and breadlike sustenance as the people praise God for crops, weather, and survival amid danger.
A stormy Thanksgiving night drives Dr. into a lifesaving mission. He captains a whaleboat through monstrous seas to pull four sailors from a wreck, one being his long-missing son Bob. Back home, wife and doctor celebrate a providential reunion and a grateful family Thanksgiving.
The guide explains methods to save bees from trees using ladders auger holes or scaffold work to reach nests. It covers cutting the tree safely felling toward smaller trees wiring brood into movable hives and securing combs for transport and future clustering of the bees.
The New York World suggests making decorative paper dolls by attaching colored heads arms and feet to bodies and creating outfits from crimped tissue paper. Features include gowns with plaited ruffles kilts puffed sleeves revers and sun bonnets plus hats and bonnets with a wide wardrobe potential.
A collage of short reports notes British India restricting hook swinging at festivals, Florida clerks with two mayors in Clermont, Oregon horse prices, a Japanese ship sunk near Kobe, and a push for uniform game laws in the United States. It covers educational, labor, and mining developments in England and the Yukon, Belgian voting reforms, and a long sketch of Rev. Stephen Beggs’s ministry.
The Tyson family had William Tyson and Miss Jane Tyson exhumed from a Laurel Maryland burial plot and reburied together in one grave. William had been buried 31 years and Jane 16 years. The woman’s body was in remarkable preservation, white as marble, with a relative calling it petrification. Eight men lifted the casket, now in a wooden box, weighing over 500 pounds.
A collage of humorous captions and dialogues from various newspapers. Bits include Washerwoman jokes, literary quips, family banter, and mock courtroom exchanges, all presented in a rapid-fire, cheeky tone with assorted fictional speakers and contexts.
In a Japanese home a masked gang breaks in at night sparing the master, his wife, mother, and servant. The leader warns against killing, takes twenty seven yen and eighty four sen, then departs after apologizing to the women. No one is harmed.
Four miles from Mavis Missouri on J J Pariah grounds a giant oak rises with a single trunk dividing into four branches. The two smaller trunks diverge into leafless forms while the other two run high above, each still with its own bark. The trees intertwine but remain distinct, showing a curious jointed growth unlike normal trees. Nearby France’s education boards elect women to all boards of education.
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