Ocracoke Visits Highlight Local Suitors and Dignitaries
A feature column catalogs Wilson and surrounding towns residents, noting many women by name and their visits or returns to Ocracoke, Henderson, Tarboro, and other locales. It praises charm and virtue while tracing social rounds among Miss Ida Taylor, Miss Lola Wells, Miss Lida Leigh Best, Miss Estelle Brodie, Miss Addie Earl, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Taylor
Kenly
John D. Wells
Ocracoke
Lola Wells
Mamie Hines
Wilson
New Stampshire
Lida Leigh Best
Greene County
Heaven
Mary Ashely Kirby
Goldsboro
A Rose Remembered From a Long‑Ago Love
A faded moss rose in an old envelope stirs memories of a youth in Nash and a girl called Lisbet. The writer recalls the flower’s symbolism of love returned and revisits a sunlit walk by the pond with visions of the past and a heart embalmed in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L
Elise
Lisbit
Old Nash
Lisbet
Ourself
Hidden Rose Echoes From a Dreamy Afternoon
A wind scatters ashes in a room as a late afternoon romance about a rose unfolds. The speaker notes they have daydreamed through the moment and cannot recall who E. L. was or the rose’s origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L
The Resurrection Vision of Immortal Health and Glory
A sermon-like passage envisions the righteous rising in perfected, immortal bodies. It contrasts present suffering with a future where disease, infirmity, and grief are removed, and the glorified human form shines with divine likeness.
Unwritten Music on a Rainy Wednesday Night
On a hot dusty afternoon the city sweltered until evening when clouds gathered and the sky darkened with color. The patter of rain created a soothing, lullaby like atmosphere as listeners drifted into peaceful sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
A Longing Nightwatcher Waits for Cream
The scene describes a white robed woman on a window sill under moonlit streets. She sighs with yearning as she gazes outward and anticipates a visitor. Her deep blue eyes brighten with hope when she says, He comes and hes got the cream.
Kiss and Courtship Mastery Across Cultures
An expansive essay extols kissing as an ancient science found in all societies. It details techniques from first contact to ardent embraces, warns against forced and awkward advances, and links kissing to love, manners, and social refinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Byron
de Levis
Sunrise over an Aurora Painted Sky in Wilson
From Wilmington we rose to Wilson at dawn and watched a dawn performance like a sacred scene. The sky opened with a crimson temple of splendors as Aurora spread rosy fingers across the East. Clouds formed a ragged hill as colors flowed in harmony and a radiant flood poured forth, prompting awe and a sense that God himself was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Wilson
Aurora
Daisy and peril in a field simile
A daisy nods in a field as a distant plough nears. The text compares ten thousand flowers to creatures unaware of impending disaster as the furrow approaches to overturn them. It uses images of radiant innocence facing looming danger and fate.
Laugher Laughter’s all embracing power and effect
The quotation extols laughter as a universal force that banishes malice and softens harshness. It notes laughter touches infancy and old age, eyes and lips, in all faces it comforts, relaxes, overpowers, and reshapes the human form with contagious joy and no lasting sting.
Pleasure and domestic duties shape a woman's charm
The passage compares pleasure to the sun for the flower, noting moderation brings beauty and refreshment while excess leads to deterioration. It argues that domestic duties exercised in retirement nurture female sensibilities, essential to full development of charm, like shade benefits a rose.
A Reflection on History as Divine Poem
The passage describes world history as a divine poem and every nation as a can to and every man a word. It notes centuries of strains, cannon, and dying men, yet claims a divine melody of hope and halcyon days to come for philosophers and historians.
Walking beside a young lady to church advise
A correspondent asks which side to walk on with a young lady to church. The answer favors staying on the outside of the lady for more space and easier movement, noting the inner side is cramped and impractical.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Blount
Sid Clark
Katie Gardner
Norfolk
Eddie
Nellie Moye
Lucy Whitehead
Herbert Rountree
Alice Williams
Tarboro
Lily Gay
Otto
Bedford Springs
Rosa Young
Estelle Brodie
Henderson
Addie Earl
Nashville
Earth
Eden
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