Whimsical Aphorisms and Local Gossips Collide in Wilson
A jumble of maxims and social notes fills columns with pithy sayings on labor, charity, winter coal, and youth. Entangled praise and vivid portraits describe Miss Fannie Green, Miss Sallie Ruffin, Miss Pattie Braswell, Miss Ida Barnes, Miss Lizzie Battle, and local scholars guiding Wilson schools.
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Cear
Sallie Ruffin
Washington
North Carolina
Pattie Braswell
Charlie Moore
Lee Woodard
Black Creek
Middleton
The Press as Public Pulpit and Power
A reflective piece extols newspapers as cheap yet essential, calling them the nation’s authoritative messenger. It contrasts the editor’s reverent duty with the presss limitless pulpit, citing Rev. DeWitt Talmage on the printing press as a summons from light to the dead nations.
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Globe
DeWitt Talmage
Lord Almighty
Lazarus
A Glorious Tribute to Ingersoll and the Noble Woman
An oratorical piece praises Ingersoll as a powerful eloquent speaker and lauds a Louvre painting of Mary Magdalene with Christ’s bleeding feet. It argues the world’s harsh slander cannot drive a noble woman from her husband and extols the sanctity of woman in human speech.
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Louvre
Mary Magdalene
Christ
Marys Little Pup
A playful poem riffing on Mary and a mischievous pup named Jack Bologna. The verses recount the pup’s fleas, mischief around town, and a fatal railroad incident ending with Mary reclaiming the dog, altered but beloved.
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Tie
Fast Express
Mary
Jack
Bologna
Faith and the Power of Faith in History and Art
A reflective meditation on faith subduing kingdoms and stopping lions, with praise for a steam fire engine and bread from Heaven. It extols faith as the greatest poet, quotes biblical passages, lyre-like verses on time and eternity, and lauds Michelangelo as enduring through faith.
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Faith
Love Your Wives and Cherished Home Life
An exhortation on marital affection praising a wife’s influence. Love and appreciation refresh her, making her strong and keen in family welfare. A husband’s support and pride empower her, sustaining vitality and happiness through life.
Will You Marry Me Eddie and Sybil Scene
A dramatic exchange unfolds as Eddie pleads with Sybil to marry him and claim a life together. She resists, seeking air as the moment crescendos with whispered vows and a tense, unfulfilled kiss.
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Sybil
Darling
Eddie
Comforting Sermon From Rev Sprunt on Love and Hope
The Rev Mr Sprunt of Henderson preached a comforting Presbyterian sermon from the parable of a king inviting guests to a marriage feast. He extolled the tender love of God and Christ, painting heaven as a loving throne, and urged faith as a ladder from earth to glory, praising divine solace.
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Mr. Sprunt of
Henderson
Presbyterian Church
Earth
A Catalogue of Metaphors For The Nation’s Past
A literary list enumerates symbolic fragments from ages and events. It blends images of governance, fame, scorn, death, faith, and discourse to evoke political memory and rhetorical aspiration.
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Ship
Ladder of Fame
Post of Honor
Music of
Despond
The Castaways in Wilson Delights Local Audience
Harry Lindley presented The Castaways in Wilson on Friday night to a small yet highly delighted crowd. The nautical drama offered first class staging with lively scenes and merriment. Eight year old Mable Paige charmed all as a gifted child actress, delivering grace and poise beyond her years. The supporting cast impressed, promising a warm reception should the troupe return.
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Harry Lindley
Wilson
Mable Paige
Sumptuous Wilson Romeo and Juliet at Monday night
The Wilson audience enjoyed a lavish Romeo and Juliet with Miss Alberta Gallatin Jenkins as Juliet, delivering flawless, intoxicating devotion and refined sweetness. Mr Clarke as Romeo impressed with a rich voice though lacking some passion. F Sylvester as Mercutio and Miss Adele Dessert as the Nurse aided with standout acting, leaving lasting memories.
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Shakespeare
Wilson
Alberta Gallatin Jenkins
Juliet
Mr. Clarke
Romeo
F. Sylvester
Mercutio
Miss Adele Dessert
The Old Home Remembered in Quiet Nostalgia
A reflective meditation on the enduring pull of the childhood home. The piece contrasts present happiness with the heart’s longing for the dear old place, likening memories to a Mecca guiding the soul back home despite life’s joys. It evokes family bonds and the bittersweet pull of youth.
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Mecca
Scriptural Charity and Universal Beneficence
A writer contrasts charity with broad beneficence and defines charity as love. The piece urges feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and aiding the suffering as expressions of Christlike love that covers sins and inspires thanksgiving and heavenly praise.
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Leasant Reflections
Henry Blount
Charity
Tomor
Ege
Ella
Knights of the Bath
Fannie Green
Lizzie Battle
Nash
Marys
Milton
Bryan
Marvy
Michael Angelo
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