07 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1887
Page
1
A reflective piece urges husbands to value home life and spend leisure hours with wives and children. It contrasts a wife awaiting her husband with scenes of longing and patience, stressing that domestic happiness comes from gentle words, actions, and constant presence.
A long reflective piece extols the innocence and beauty of children and the joy they bring to families. It contrasts tender parental love with sorrow at graves, then closes with a humorous anecdote about a poet realizing editorial kindness can age into wisdom.
A humorous letter asks for a cure for love. The spoof recipe lists Dislike Resolutions Common Sense Experience Time and Forgetfulness, boiled by Love, then kept in the heart and sealed by a Clear Conscience. The fake cure is sold at the House of Understanding near Reason on Prudent Street in Contentment.
A brisk column compiles varied snippets from politics, society, and daily life. It mentions Barnum’s tiger, Prohibition talk, Casselbury quotes, and a colorful range of curiosities from St Louis dogs to salt longevity and newspaper tricks.
Jacques Wissler a noted lithographer and portrait artist born in Strasburg in 1803 died at his Camden New Jersey home aged 8 years. He printed Confederate paper money and bonds in Richmond during the war while secretly loyal to the Union. His fortunes rose and fell with the conflict before he settled near Camden after living in Mississippi.
A fragment from a poem recounts a minstrel whose song turns grim as he laments death and ghosts. The narrator recalls firing and destroying the minstrel, leaving only a postage of what remains, amid a foggy, somber night.
The text presents fragmented lines about crowds, music, and a fool-killer figure. It mentions walls, slides, and a hazy scene of people moving with a quiet, grave mood. The passage reads like a clipped, poetic reminiscence with incomplete phrases.
A sultry scene unfolds as a man pursues a woman beneath a cool piazza and moonlit skies. The magical night heightens desire until a paternal voice interrupts, calling his daughter inside to bed, ending the moment of secrecy.
A woman asks George if he truly loves her and he affirms. She notes a dog bite on his leg from last night on the porch, a detail he only realized after returning home.
Mr. Carlisle was reelected speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday. The text also notes an odd quote and promotes Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as a quick cure for croup coughs and colds, reflecting the era's medical advertising.
A be nighted man limping with rheumatism had never heard of Salvation Oil. The advertisement notes the product price at 25 cents per bottle and promotes its curative claims.
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