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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1924
Page
3
Fragmented clipping recalls a poem about aging and youth, followed by local society notes from Wilson, North Carolina. The section lists friends visiting, DAR chapter hosts, an American Revolution event, travel plans to Havana, a fiddlers convention, hospital updates, and upcoming church bazaars and meetings.
Mrs Dorothy Prussin executive secretary of the Women's Peace Society promotes disarmament by using cream puff shells as a metaphorical weapon. She outlines an ammunition recipe for cream puffs and invites readers to request a new cookbook from the National Cooking Service.
Moiss Martha Best, who has been the guest of Mrs. J T Barnes Jr, will return to her home today.
Rocky Mount NC tobacco market last week sold 3 376 000 pounds at 23.76 dollars per hundred. Season totals reach 13 375 200 pounds at 24.80 per hundred. Market to close for Christmas on December 19 with resumption date to be determined due to weather. Local tobacconists estimate 85 percent of crop sold locally.
The library of Louvain University in Belgium is progressing well after wartime destruction. One wing of the new building is finished and benefactors have donated 245000 books and 40000 pairs of bookshelves from the United States Britain Japan Holland and other lands. The Japanese contribution is noted as among Europe’s most significant.
Leon Grady Peter Grady and Ben were acquitted of making liquor after a gin battle in the Sever Springs area. A party of about twenty worked to produce moonshine when deputies identified two Smiths in the act. The court questioned deputy testimony and voice identification amid loud denials and strong-voiced rumors.
Lillington Baptists approve building a parsonage on a vacant lot beside the church. At a recent meeting deacons and businessmen decided progress hinges on housing a pastor in town, offering the house as an inducement.
Washington moved to resume hearings as the special House committee pressed the Shipping Board inquiry in its final phase after a lengthy session. The panel was set to return to Washington for further testimony and deliberations.
Mayor Silas Lucas finished a large morning court session with swift efficiency. The docket included dozens of cases from minor assaults to larceny and drunkenness, with many defendants fined or jailed and several awaiting trial or appeal.
Berlin December 8 AP reports observers see a distinct setback for the Reichstag and Prussian diet after Sunday ballots. Government officials express dissatisfaction with the results and anticipate political maneuvering in response to the setback.
Paris dispatch reports Premier Herriot cleaning up Communist influence in France as ten foreign workers lacking proper immigration papers were arrested and to be deported. The government expressed concern over Communist presence in France while noting it insignificant, though fear remains.
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