Christmas greetings and notices from Wilson Mirror
The Wilson Mirror page for December 26, 1888 salutes readers with Christmas wishes, social notices, and local updates. It highlights whether Miss Lew and Sew, Miss Tassie ff, Miss Julia Gay, Miss Lena Taylor, Miss Alice Barnes, and others visit Wilson, plus social ties, concerts at the Institute, and gifts to Rev. Mr. Cordon by Wilson’s young men. The issue also notes the next publication date and an evening concert at the Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Avery
Mattie Branch
Hennie Green
Peace Institute
H. F. Harris
Aleigh
Lena Taylor
Nash County
Alice Barnes
New Raleigh schedule improves travel on W and W RR north
The Raleigh News and Observer reports a revised schedule effective last week that enhances travel between Raleigh and all W and W R R stations north of Selma and Goldsboro. The R and D fast freight at 8 10 a m connects at Selma with Wilson Tarboro Rocky Mount Weldon Petersburg and Richmond. Return travel from that region connects at Goldsboro or Selma with the R and D passenger at 3 20 p m to Goldsboro 4 20 p m to Raleigh 5 25 p m, with further connections to Durham Greensboro Charlotte and western North Carolina. An 1 02 p m departure from Raleigh reaches Fayetteville via Selma and Short Cut at 6 30 p m and Wilmington via Goldsboro at 6 p m.
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Raleigh News and Observer
Raleigh
Selma
Goldsboro
Wilson
Tarboro
Rocky Mount
Weldon
Petersburg
Richmond
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Greene County Sheriff Case Resolved in Favor of Sugg
Judge Conner rules the Board of County Commissioners acted properly in declaring Dixon bond insufficient and denies mandamus. The decision names John Sugg as Greene County Sheriff for the next two years after election, bonding, and induction. No appeal will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conner
Greene County
Alty
Board of County Commissioners
Dixon
John Sugg
Nadal’s Drug Store Offers Exquisite Christmas Goods
A vivid description proclaims Nadal’s drug store as a premier shop with stylish displays and a vast assortment. The piece highlights exquisitely bound poems, elegant editions, toilet sets, baby items, and a wide range of Christmas gifts, inviting readers to visit and be satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadal
The Rope of Sand Warns Against Luxurious Comfort
A sermon pleads with readers to reevaluate pursuit of wealth and ease warning that such indulgence leads to ruin and certain downfall, using vivid nautical imagery of anchors and ships drifting to sea.
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Sea of
Ruin
That Better Land and the Joy of Heaven’s Promise
The passage reflects on being drawn away from earthly concerns by the glories of Heaven. It notes loved ones who have died and now rejoice in a fade-less light with patriarchs and martyrs. Their nearness tempers loneliness and inspires a sense of eternal day from God’s throne.
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Earth
Heaven
Graceful compliment at Wilson Methodist Church
After a prayer meeting Rev. J. H. Cordon received a gold headed cane from Henry Blount editor of the Wilson Mirror on behalf of Wilson's young men. Blount gave an oratorical presentation speech praised for beauty of diction and eloquence, delivered impromptu by the writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordon
Wilson
The
News-Observer
Methodist Church
J. H. Cordon
Henry Blount
Wilson Mirror
The Writer’s Visit And a Curious Customer
A dreary day brings a knocking at the sanctum door as a writer meets an eager reader. The man offers to subscribe for two dollars more with praise for the paper, while the scene ends with a promotional note for Rawls’ jewelry and holiday goods on Nash Street in Wilson.
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Wilson Mirorr
Ceya Blount
Wenni
Miss Lew
Lucy Whitehead
Greensboro College
E. A. Wright
Senate
Wright
Ation
George H. Brown
Washington
Shepherd
Ition
Lilly Gay
Addie Earl
Nash‘ile
Rosa Young
John H. Thorp
J. R. Roberts
Anniston
Alabama
Arthur Love
Opera House
Wilson Collegiate Institute
Libiy Gay
Gorham
Coing
Rawls
Gorham's
Gorham’s
J. R. Rawls
Nash Street
di, W
Anderson S
Rug Stor
A, Mi Nadal
Headquarters
Jim Lucas
Nash and Goldsboro Streets
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