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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1893
Page
6
Poem recounts the Irish felon’s grave with reverent tribute. It speaks of a prisoner with gyves, who died for his land, and asks no tender farewell yet pledges lasting memorial in a nation’s heart. The piece extols his manhood and sacrifice as sacred beyond distant shrines.
Lucia Marsden grows into a beautiful woman faced with her father’s greed and Ang Howland’s poverty. After years of pressure to marry wealth, a California dream and a mysterious letter lead Ang Nowland to reveal a canceled mortgage that saves the family home and reconciles love with duty.
The article details Sunday inspection and general muster aboard a man of war as a lengthy,punishing ritual. Preparations begin Friday night with deck cleaning and lime for holystone prep, followed by exhaustive scrubbing, polishing, and tar coating. On Sunday the crew dons best muster clothes and endures a formal tour, reading of Articles of War, and paymaster duties, making the day a punishment rather than rest.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer correspondent explains the Chinook wind as the west wind of the world, noting its wide reach and distinctive effects. The wind arrives from the west, brings an earlier spring to Eastern Washington and Montana, and lingers into New England, with its origins remaining partly mysterious.
A collage of humorous vignettes and jokes from early 20th century periodicals. Items feature puns about lovers, weddings, and social foibles, plus cartoons on marriage, poetry, and idle aristocrats. Characters include clever landladies, bakers, and suitors with punchlines reflecting social foibles of the era.
The article notes frogs are plentiful in Australia and disrupt daily life at sheep ranches. A large burrowing species contains water, natives dig them up for drinking, and some frogs hold a wineglass of water. Other threats include rabbits, large bats, and poisonous stinging trees causing severe pain and animal deaths.
A report describes a shepherd's plan to poison wolf bait after a Mexican hunter killed a wolf and wounded a second. Blood attracted a coyote and another wolf, prompting sheepmen to pursue experiments claiming blood bait may prove effective.
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