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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1924
Page
4
A terse AP notice notes republication rights and editorial credits are used as issued for this pub with standard byline conventions. The text confirms republication permissions and agency attribution for readers.
The piece reflects on the post holiday mood as stores ease from holiday crowds and consumers recover from festivity. It notes children tire from gifts and overindulgence leads to lassitude, while business slowly returns to normal and preparations shift toward the New Year.
A local citizen dies after being run over by a train on Christmas Eve. The wife and child mourn as the city shares in the family’s deep sorrow, contrasting communal cheer with personal loss and gratitude for blessings.
Wilson shoppers packed the city as merchants noted unusually heavy Christmas business with visitors traveling long distances. A better road system could further boost sales as Farmville buyers and others frequent Wilson’s stores.
A man recalls how his wife secretly ordered Roger’s new book as a Christmas gift. After a package arrived via Brentano’s in New York City, he paid COD and presented the book to her, fearing a possible argument later.
A garbled mix of remarks mentions Texas fishing streams, increasing grasshoppers, and a favorable coal outlook. It references farming culture, neighborly comments, a Chicago incident, and Australia in a disjointed, unclear passage.
Chicago leaders and A G Gulbransen argue that widening general music education will boost opera appeal. They praise piano transcriptions and instruments as tools to teach and democratize access to arias and themes, citing Il Trovatore and global audiences learning through phonographs and pianos.
Four persons were killed when a tree toppled from a Bluff and crushed the Morton stage near Chealis Washington. The dead include Dan Shuler Buck Belcher and W S Kaiser all residents of Klickitat prairie. The incident occurred this evening and the victims were identified as local settlers.
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