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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1894
Page
2
A lyric meditation on fear and hope describes the darkest hour before dawn as a time of doubt followed by faith and courage. The imagery centers on morning light piercing darkness and a call to rise with renewed strength and song.
In the early days of Weston, George Bently becomes a Justice of the Peace and faces a chaotic night. A couple elopes with a license, a marriage is performed, a childlike authority falters, a swearing in, an inquest for a sudden death, and a smoky night ends with breakfast after a night of improvised justice and mishaps.
Accounts of various cults and individuals revered as gods or demigods. From Queen Victoria worship in Orissa to Nichol Sen deified by Punjab sects, and explorers like Cook and Lander hailed as divine. A Siberian official who claimed godhood ends in confinement.
In Jamestown New York 1808 settlers cleared the common by cutting trees so stumps remained. City fathers enacted a scare law that punished drunkenness by forcing the offender to uproot a stump. Heavily intoxicated offenders uprooted large stumps while moderate drinkers tackled smaller ones, leading to the stumps’ disappearance.
A 30 hardness black diamond resists polishing leaving a rugged specimen. Jewelers note its extreme durability challenges and potential for unique finishes in lapidary work.
A children's poem by Clinton Scollard, printed in Prank Leslie's as a playful daydream. It contrasts rainy weather and study duties with imagined sea adventures in the hay mow. The speaker climbs rafters to swim the hay as waves, hoping to become a diver man one day.
A shipboard pet tale from the Hag ship Chicago recounts Dick the West Indies rooster who befriended sailors, sparred with his own reflection, and joined shore forays at Ensenada Argentina. His bold crowing and roving antics lighten the voyage toward the Columbian naval parade.
A California girl named Jennie Friend aims to grow the state’s largest pumpkin for a Sacramento fair. She tended a special garden bed, watered diligently, and planned to present a remarkable entry at the annual exhibition where growers, breeders, and fruit rivals gather.
Reports from Thoraclit Sheffield describe experiments converting to oil fuel at several large works. Mes ton Chambers & Co Limited shut down due to coke shortages while oil furnaces supplied heat and steam for blast furnaces. Early results show heating power adequate, suggesting oil could replace coal in large-scale iron production.
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