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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1890
Page
6
Poem describes longing for sunny lands beyond winter’s reach and the easing of cold by the advancing season. The speaker imagines song birds, flowers, sunlit seas, and a heart that wanders beyond the harsh northern cold. Notes W.G. Patten attributed in Yankee Blade.
In Vermont during Burgoyne’s 1777 campaign Polly Green struggles with vanity and loyalty. She hides twenty guineas for finery, faces Tory temptations at Boston and in Bennington, helps protect family goods, and ends courted by Captain Ward who later returns with gifts from England.
Scribner's describes upper Congo villages with 50 60 log huts and a female based economy where women serve as currency through metal adornments. It notes daily plantation work, elaborate toilet customs, crafts like fishing nets pottery and basketry, and a blacksmith shop as a social hub.
Fragmented text describes farmers facing tax and market barriers. It notes that Cairo, likely in a historical context, reflects national issues of export taxes and produce sales. The passage mentions a large surplus yet limited local capacity to market crops. Multiple references imply economic strain in farming communities.
A correspondent asserts the native Esquimaux of the Kaskoquim Valley in Alaska are wholly free from drinking. Moravian missionaries’ statements support that these people are largely natured, though some polygamy and other customs persist, unlike the Thingiet clans on the southern coast.
The report notes harsh conditions from winter weather leaving regions with limited sunlight and icy surfaces. It highlights how air quality and visibility are affected, with people experiencing difficulties from persistent snow and cold.
Fragmentary note indicates phonograph entertainment programs have been arranged for public viewing. Details truncated, listing unclear.
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