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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1889
Page
6
A reflective verse on memory and the ache of loss. The speaker longs for forgetfulness as remedy for enduring sorrow and the burdens of time. The poem contrasts lingering grief with the elusive comfort of oblivion and the inevitability of change.
A brilliant yet irascible physician Marmaduke Gray lives withdrawn in Mordham Mansions. Noise from Mrs Vernon’s third floor piano prompts a late-night visit, rekindling memories of a past romance with Margery. In time they reunite, leaving Gray to abandon science for a second honeymoon with his wife while Teesdale and his wife note the reunion.
In Cannonville a Mormon squire captured a train gang but outlaw Smith with two hidden revolvers forced a surrender. Smith ordered the squire to stack arms, then recovered rifles for his captured partners, and rode away with a courteous farewell. Smith later escaped in a prior Canyon Diablo haul.
A compendium of jokes and light verse from various papers pokes fun at trains, seances, social manners, and daily life. Jests reference a bouncing baby, patent medicines, gun care, romance, disguises, and idle wit, reflecting turn‑of‑the‑century humor and social quirks through named periodicals and characters.
A collage of witty exchanges and comic snippets from various papers including the Chicago Herald and New York Weekly. Jests about gas bills, poets at gatherings, affectionate pies, and a jailhouse chicken roast charge appear, alongside retorts and brief anecdotes from diners and court quips.
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