16 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1889
Page
1
A reflective meditation on the soul's primacy, warning against worldly vanity. It contrasts the graves of fame with the enduring worth of eternal duty, interwoven with poetic scenes of life and moral warning. The piece ends noting the author and a midsection about contemplation.
A.Slocum of New York advertises a positive cure for consumption claiming thousands cured. He offers to send two bottles of his remedy EREE to readers who provide their express and post office addresses.
A collage of brief items covers politics, society, and culture. Notables include Jefferson Davis’s frailty, the 1889 Senate term, William’s papers, Miss Ethel Mackenzie’s journalism, and Miss Langtry’s New York visit. Also noted: Dunsmuir’s income, world boxing plans, cabbage shipments, and Grover Cleveland’s retirement with Harrison’s ascent.
State notes report 46 Farmers Alliance legislators, Raleigh union meet for Confederate Veterans on the 22nd, and a Clinton hoop machine boiler explosion kills two and injures three. Durham to get a 200000 dollar cotton factory, Meck link votes on railroads, and Durham Shuttle and Bobbin Mills to start soon. News covers Governor Fowle inauguration plans and local political contests, with railroad growth seen as prosperity.
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