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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1893
Page
6
The poem laments losses after war and parenthood, imagining empty nests and fading splendor. It recalls a shadowed life of memory and longing, ending with a prayer for light as the household door opens to the Father.
John Tilden escapes Fort San Jago and the pursuing Spaniards by fleeing through the Thirst Land and a hidden water source, crossing perilous terrain to reach the Pacific coast where he dies after defeating a venomous foe and succumbing to wounds and thirst.
The story recalls General Butler joking about a dog theft at a Lowell meat market. Paul Butler’s dog took a fine sirloin, prompting the butcher to bill the dog’s owner. Butler advised sending a bill to the owner, which yielded a $1 payment plus a $100 legal fee, collected by the General.
Notes and Queries reflects on the phrase God bless you and the Fiji greeting Mbuke as a blend of Malayo-Polynesian and Papuan peoples. A London physician notes sneezing marks a near death moment, possibly explaining why interruptions are frowned upon.
A battered ship, described as a teak bark in good condition, rammed the beach with crews abandoning ship and taking only clothes. The cargo was saved, the vessel lost, and locals recalled a later claim that the ship was insured for fifteen sixteenths of its value.
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