19 Feb 1890
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1890
Page
1
A reflective piece weaves a night journey to Nashville with vivid nature imagery and a dawn panorama. It blends meditative verse on beauty, God, and memory, then shifts to a plea for kindness to the living and remembrance of the dead.
The piece laments the poor man's plight as honest toil yields little reward and patrons fail to pay. It warns that continued hardship will strip away even pants, while a sea voyage note adds a seasick passenger’s wish to leave.
A collage of brief Weltanschauung items notes on politics liquor canal and industry. Includes mentions of Blair bill Brazil Brazil Republic Nicaraguan canal Transvaal gold exports and Promoters in London finance circles. Also reports on Shad fishing Chesapeake Bay weather stipulations and cultural tidbits from Russia Canada and United States.
State news reports talk of a Mt Airy bank opening, a Morehead City canning factory, and a rising gold fever in Montgomery County. Anson County claims a 749 pound hog record while Jule Carr plans a non sectarian university at Durham. Raleigh races over a negro post office janitor, and aging citizens Polly Slough and E J Lilly die in Caldwell and Fayetteville. Wilmington Weldon railroad plans and Wake Forest sermon invites appear with New Bern Institute studies, a Charlotte area marriage, and obituaries of Dr L A Woodson and Mrs Charlotte Woodson.
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