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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1890
Page
5
A livelyWilson segment records social notices from Wilson and nearby towns. It highlights church events, marriages, and visits by notable figures, including Mrs Nerbert Rountree in Kinston, Miss May Barnes visiting Wilson, and Prof Britton and wife spending Christmas in Wilson. It notes December shipments from Wilson, and plans for rail and hotel developments, plus a Christmas concert and church pledges for a new edifice.
A reader urges sensible gifts from local merchants Davis and Gay Heilbroner Mrs Williams Co and suggests practical presents for wives husbands and children. The writer critiques sidewalks in Wilson and imagines a Durham style board of commissioners to clear paths while newspapers attract ads and revenue.
The issue lauds James A Martin of Shuford Hardware in Hickory for a stylish calendar and praises W P Simpson joining Hackney Brothers carriage factory. It lists North Carolina tobacco factory stats and extols George Warren son of May Warren, now at Medical College Mobile. It praises editor St Clair of Sanford Express and highlights Webster’s International Dictionary expansion and global use.
The Wilson Collegiate Institute lists students for the third quarter of Fall term 1800 and notes a oculist visit by Prof. Nye on December 28 at the Briggs Hotel. Major Steaman of Wilmington buys Hyde Park land in Hyde county for 40 000 dollars with 10 000 paid today and 30 000 likely within ten days. Dr J H Daniel reports a successful cancer treatment testimonial from A M McKay M D of Dunn NC.
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