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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1891
Page
5
A long OCR text covers tobacco yields, railway talks, schools, and local officials in North Carolina. It mentions Asheville, Raleigh, Oxford Orphan Asylum, a new evening paper in Raleigh, and local courthouse events. Details include farm crops, civil docket delays, and gubernatorial era figures.
A letter describes a sixteen letter acrostic riddle with clues about letters from words like Moment Ivy Smiles Street Dearest Every Love Lula Alice and others. The text proclaims the solution reveals the name of a Tarboro North Carolina woman, sent by a friend in Rocky Mount NC.
The Wilson county Board of Health meets at Wilson courthouse on Monday February 2 at 12 noon to elect a county Superintendent of Health after the death of Dr. R. W. King. The board includes physicians in the State Medical Society, plus the Wilson mayor, county commissioners chair, and county surveyor. Joan K. Ruffin chairs.
Wm Woodard Jr named administrator of Repsy Pittman estate calls all debtors to pay promptly and all creditors to present claims by January 10 1892 or be barred. Attorney J D Bardin acts. Notice dated January 10 1891.
The estate of Rufus Worrell deceased calls all debtors to pay promptly and requires claimants to present duly authenticated claims by January 14 1892. If not, they will be barred from recovery. This January 8 1891.
Local utility reports stable service after a line fault. Crews are repairing a damaged feeder and restoring commercial power by noon. Residents affected by the outage are advised to conserve energy and monitor updates from the city.
Administratrix Ella R Brodie gives notice to all persons indebted to the estate of Dr Walter Brodie to make immediate payment and to those holding claims to present them properly authenticated on or before January 15 1892 or the claims will be pleaded in their recovery. January 13 1891.
By decree of the Superior Court of Wilson County in a special proceeding petitioned by Woodard Thomas and others, the Maryann Bridgers lot on Green Street Wilson will be sold at the Court House door. The lot contains about two thirds of an acre and borders Mrs Tede and Meedee Gardner EF. N. Mercer and John Bridgers. Terms cash. Date December 180m.
A public appeal requests payment of fall subscriptions and urges readers to inform neighbors about a special offer for new and existing subscribers. Advert mentions page Sth for details and stresses funding needs.
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