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Newspaper

Wilson Mirror

Location

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1889

Page

3

Slandering Creed Dismissed by Evangelical Sermon

In a Sunday sermon the speaker rebukes critics who mock evangelical creeds and argues for the validity of Protestant doctrines. He defends justification by faith, regeneration, and vicarious sacrifice, cites personal conversions, and condemns scoffers as parallel to London plague era cynics.

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Kentucky Elopements End as Kratz Retires in Indiana

A vacancy opens in Jeffersonville Indiana for a willing young man ready to hustle as a matrimonial agent replaces William Kratz who retires after a legacy enables new ventures. Kratz mapped couples at the Louisville Jeffersonville ferry dock and offered a card with a brief inscription signaling his elopement service.

Jeffersonville Ind William Kratz Kentucky Elopers

Eloping through Jeffersonville looks to Kentucky marriages

A World article details William Kratz offering wedding parties in Jeffersonville Indiana to elope couples from Kentucky. It explains lax Indiana rules allow underage marriages with fake age affidavits, high license fees and magistrate charges, and notes the spring season and Thursdays as peak times for elopers.

Jeffersonville Gretna Green Kentucky Elopers Louisville Indiana Anit

Canary Birds and the Canary Islands Trade Origins

The history traces canaries from 1475 when Henry the navigator brought specimens to Europe from the Canary Islands. Cocks and singing birds were valued high by Spanish ladies, with breeding spreading to the islands. A wreck in 16th century Italy spread the birds, leading to rapid adoption in Elba and beyond, ending the monopoly as knowledge circulated to Germans and others.

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Married Women in Persia and the Anderoon Life

The piece describes the Persian anderoon post marriage, its secrecy, and the gendered social order. It notes that clubs are absent, the wife holds influence comparable to European women, and the husband retreats to private family life inside the inner apartments guarded by eunuchs and slaves.

Persia Wee York World

Wonderful Indian Horsemanship Exhibition

Fifty young men on ponies perform complex maneuvers before tents. The riders split, weave, and pass in close formation, then display individual feats including bow and arrow shots beneath the horses necks. The display lasts nearly two hours with exhaustion on both riders and horses at sunset.

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