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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1888
Page
2
A reflective verse recalls journeys across snow and sea with images of Florida oaks Italy and childhood memories. The speaker hears voices across years and graves as a loved one bids farewell and a promise to go to a sweet land beyond doubt.
Rose recounts how two sisters Winifred Morton Heath and Mabel Heath posed as widows to gain independence in Longmede. Their ruse ends when their Australian brother-in-law Richard Heath reveals the truth and reconciles with Edmund Morton, who later marries Winifred. The episode leaves lingering questions about trust and consequences.
A Detroit Free Press piece quotes Gardner arguing marriages crumble under fault and that divorces arise from immorality and dissatisfaction. He says men and women often live in misery, with divorces avoided only by fear of murder or further unhappiness, and suggests law changes to ease dissolving.
The report states 1887 surpassed all prior years in U S railway expansion with 2,724 miles of new main line laid. It notes hundreds of miles of track and thousands of miles of road added, reaching about 150 710 miles of track for the year and a total United States network around 351 000 miles.
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