Cheering Words and Local Happenings in Wilson
A bustling column notes visits by Alice Ford and Miss Amerson in Wilson, society notices, and a slew of neighborhood remarks. The piece highlights Judge Shepherd in Wilson, Dr Pennington’s nervous prostration, a new Fayetteville daily The Journal, and local praise for physicians and residents. It ends with a moral reflection on the power of kind words to lift spirits and inspire effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Durham
Weldon
Ifiss
Alice Ford
Whitakers
Elatives
Wilson
Suipr
Rai
Shepherd
Tilsy Barnes
Edwina
John L. Weaver
Pennington
Fayetteville
Grady and
Myr
Dr. Brothers
Stantonsburg
Carolina
Night Meeting Seeded by Love and Religion’s Light
A nocturnal scene ends in comic embarrassment as a lovers gate moment is halted by an unexpected kiss misdirection. The piece pivots to a sermon on the beauty of holiness and Christlike virtue, praising religious refinement as enduring and angelic in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Jesus Christ
Christ
Earth
Beauty as Spirit and Sustaining Love in Womanhood
The excerpt contrasts physical beauty with spiritual radiance, arguing that true beauty comes from love, sympathy, and sacrifice. It warns against wasting charm through vanity, noting some women lose inner brightness while chasing external adornment.
They Blame Us For Cleveland Stop At Wil son Depot
A local column defends residents for missing President Cleveland and his wife during a last Tuesday stop in Wilson. The piece notes mud and rain kept crowds away, defends the community’s honor, and later reports the president did pass by the depot at 7 38 with bonfires and cheers as he and his wife acknowledged locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wilson
Grover
Washington
Rescue at Toisnot swamp shows Bridgers braving flood to save family
Sunday afternoon near Toisnot swamp a riding party, including W B Bridgers and children, was swept by floodwater. Bridgers kept the horse’s head above water with one arm while shielding the children, guiding all to safer ground. He notes the high water and urges local authorities to review bridge and flood duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bridgers
Toisnot
Mr. Bridgers
Terra Firma
Township Board of Supervisors
Bridge Commissioners
Promoted Conductor Bob Southerland Moves to Main Line
Captain Bob Southerland, long on the local freight between this place and Fayetteville, has been promoted to conductor on the main line passenger train. During his stopover in Wilson he earned universal respect and friendship for his genial, courteous, high minded conduct and refined demeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Southerland
Fayetteville
Wilson
Southerland
President Cleveland Passes Goldsboro Amid Brilliant Illuminations
The Argus describes President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland traveling by train through Goldsboro last Tuesday night. East and West Centre streets lit like a broad pathway as the Carolina Music House Band played from the Gregory House balcony. The crowd cheered, Carriages rolled along, and the President and his wife acknowledged with bows and smiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Argus
Cleveland
Goldsboro
Fremont
East
Centre Streets
Carolina Music House
Gregory House
Anon
Tecumseh Visitor Returns After Extended Stay
The Tecumseh Nebraska resident C W Pool and his wife left our region praising the climate and hospitality. They enjoyed their stay with friends here and reported improved health for Mrs Pool. The author jokes about local blizzards and recalls Bill Nye visiting from Asheville, contrasting mountain and prairie climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Pool
Tecumseh
Nebraska
Brother Pool
Bill Nye
Bill
Asheville
Trip to Greene Promises Fresh News for Editor
The editor plans a holiday journey through Greene County to refresh his spirit after a long stay in the editorial den. He hopes to meet Brother Fulford of the Enterprise and return with new ideas, promising a first report titled a trip to Greene next week before daybreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Brother Fulford
Enterprise
Nashville
President Cleveland Visits Toisnot Amid Frenzied Cheer
A correspondent describes Grover Cleveland's presidential visit at Toisnot where about a thousand townspeople gathered at the depot. A tar barrel bonfire lit the scene as the presidential party arrived and the crowd roared with cheers and a vow for Cleveland as the next president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toisnot
Cleveland
The
Star
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
A Fayetteville paper markets its ad as a bold labor issue
The Fayetteville Messenger promotes itself as a red hot labor paper with no fixed political bias. It pledges to criticize faults and praise virtue in politics while promising occasional common sense journalism for $1.00 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Blount
Kingsbury
Boyd
Caldwell
Card of Thanks from Thomas P. Line
Mr Epitor please allow me space to return thanks to friends of Wilson who sent many good things as tokens of esteem and good will. These favors are highly appreciated. Thomas P. Line Pastor Missionary Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Epitor
Wilson
Thomas P. Line
First Gray Hairs Herald Hope and Aging Beauty
The passage reflects on how some people feel ashamed of grey hair yet view it as proof of approaching wisdom and beauty. It likens aging to spray from breakers on an eternal sea and praises the stainless shores of luminous, radiant foam as a symbol of glorious, enduring aging.
Florida trip fuels paper growth and reflections
Bro. Gop of the Landmark departs for Florida hoping for a profitable journey with new subscribers for his paper and enjoyment of the balmy air and local society. The note likens his voyage to the President’s Florida visit and hopes Gold avoids crowds who followed that trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gop
Landmark
Florida
Society of the Land of Flowers
Hope
Gold
Crowned Prince Col. Stickney to testify in land suit
Col. Stickney, a courtly figure described as a crown prince among noble gentlemen, departed last Wednesday for Washington to serve as a witness in a significant land dispute case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Stickney
Washington
Shilohs Cure and Local Infrastructure Notes
The notice cites Rev. Geo H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana crediting Shilohs Consumption Cure for saving his life and his wife. Advertisements list reps Dr W S Anderson Wilson NC and E G Moore Toisnot NC selling Shilohs cures. A railway branch from Red Springs to Percopolis Robeson county is being built. Also notes cost per capita for Goldsboro colored insane asylum at 147.53 with total expenses 26462.22 and North Carolina property valuation increase 9111453.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon, Ind
Shiloh
W. S. Anderson
Wilson
E.G. Moore
Toisnot
C. F
V.R. R
Red Springs
Percepolis
Robeson County
Colored Insane Asylum
Goldsboro
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Pany Blount
Elsons N
Court House
Que Tramp
Herbert Rountree
Kinston
John R. Peacock
St. Louis
Motte Amerson
Larry Farmer
Tasstr Earl
Sheriff Crowell
Raleigh
P.S. Pepper
Courier
Brother Pender
Glorious County
Baltimore
Savage
Warren
Joe Blow
John Fields
Lancaster
John
Henry Drake
Joe
Ndter Sloan
Cotas
Ende
Jay Mina
Ste Perseses
Pastor Missionary Baptist Church
E. G. Moore
North Carolina
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
J. Palmer Gordon
Grand Outfit Free
Addressavs & Co
Augusts
Maine
Riverside Nursery
Allen Warren
Greenville, MN
James
Hallett & Co
Portland
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