04 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1891
Page
1
A collection of satirical quips and verse on manners, language, and life. Notes on sincerity, dreams, greetings, and love with playful puns and light moral musings. Includes jokes about trees, ghosts, anchors, and courting, ending with risqué verse on romantic conquest.
A Monday evening audience at Mamona Hall praised Adele Frost as Parthenia in Ingomar and lauded Matlack as Ingomar. Critics commended J Edwin Brown as Polydor and Sydenham as Miron while noting strong overall support and expressive acting, acknowledging the manager Mr. Hickey for staging a sumptuous dramatic feast.
A reflective meditation extols children as sunlit, innocent jewels of family life. It contrasts their purity with a world of sorrow, notes parental love, and ends with a religious hope that little ones are gathered into the Kingdom of Heaven.
A young student at Wilson Collegiate Institute asks the cook for herrings with highly verbose scientific phrasing. The exasperated cook flees to warn the mother that such "book larning" spoils girls, and the girl’s diction is described as impractical for routine tasks.
A meditation on obscure heroes who perform noble deeds and endure sorrow, unseen by the world. It argues that true character is proven by small acts of kindness rather than wealth or public acclaim, awaiting a universal accounting before the Judge of all.
The Durham Globe marks its one year anniversary praising its bold aggressive style and vivid coverage. It lauds founder Fairbrother as a Vulcan at the forge and extols his wife as a gifted writer whose refined verse and wit elevate the paper.
A long devotional passage defends growing older with a romantic view of nature and love. It extols the ceaseless beauty of moonlight, noontide glow, sunsets, flowers, cascades, and streams, and centers on the belief that woman is God’s gift to man. The narrator finds greater appreciation and spiritual calm as age advances.
At Capt. Calvin Barnes residence on Wednesday afternoon C A Young a leading local merchant wed Miss Annie Barnes a woman of strong character and affectionate nature. The ceremony joins two prominent town residents in a union described as loving and blessed.
A reflective piece celebrates how cheerful people raise spirits and fill surroundings with music and fragrance. It compares lively souls to orchards in autumn, whose presence and kindness spread joy, sweetness, and life to others.
The piece speaks to care laden and trial burdened people in dark despair. It extols religion as the sun light that chases gloom from hearts and minds. It highlights Christ’s eternal gain and ministering spirits in daily life as sources of consolation and inspiration.
The Daily Sun of Durham celebrates five years with a brighter appearance and a more attractive format. Editor Jim Robinson is praised as clever genial and versatile, guiding a paper described as incisive lively and loyal to Durham’s interests. The town urged to support the sprightly newspaper.
Eddie asks his girl's father for permission to marry. The father refuses money and jokes about matrimony. Eddie reacts with frustration as father lightens the moment with a pun about wedlock.
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