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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1889
Page
6
A speaker recalls a fatal river crossing on a train bridge with a drowning child figure. The poem paints white fear and horror as waters rise and the child prays, her golden hair and blessing fading into the whirlpool. The narrator, amid the bridge’s peril, witnesses the child’s brief, radiant presence.
In a select boarding house two sisters discuss marriage and ideal mates. Josephine hopes for a kindred spirit in Adrian, a mysterious poet who may meet her. A purse drops during a planned meet, reveals Adrian as Junkin, a known waiter, and Josephine is rescued by Jack Rogers, who becomes her husband.
The Massachusetts Rebate Association in Boston allegedly pays subscribers a dividend on their everyday purchases. Members pay 22 for a one year ticket and receive merchant coupons worth 5 to 50 percent commissions from about seventy retailers. Coupons are sent in monthly for payout, with funds held by International Trust Company after a small retention.
A German traveler in New Mexico narrates a sand hill crane gathering so solemn it seems a court. Cranes convene by a spring. a crane speaks with gestures and is applauded. A crane is judged and killed by the others, leaving one stone dead at the end.
The New York Tribune notes Seth Thomas clocks for China use circular character dials with inner eight divisions and outer twenty four. Shortest hand completes a two hour cycle while the song marks a full day. A piano purchase is mentioned without ownership and a joke about trying it on a dog follows.
The speaker describes a Brooklyn Methodist Church campaign where a farmer and his wife each pledged fifty dollars after a pastor’s request. The tale unfolds as the farmer jokes and the crowd responds, culminating in two farms contributing a total of $270 and the fund reaching $1,800 in under an hour.
The loquat, misnamed Japan plum, is described as a tall evergreen tree from Japan introduced about a century ago. It bears clustered white blossoms and yellow plum-like fruit ripening March to May, with birds lingering until July. It thrives in Florida, yields high prices in markets, and propagates by seeds or grafting onto quince or related roots.
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