12 Mar 1890
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1890
Page
1
A veteran tobacco expert outlines soil selection and land adaptation for yellow tobacco. He stresses avoiding spongy or trenching soils, proper barn and curing skill, and choosing varieties matched to soil type. He notes weather and pest factors, urges careful experimentation with Hyco and Bradley, and urges progress in varieties and methods.
A reader questions male authorship of a sentimental piece about women's sorrows and memory. The essay contrasts male forgetfulness with female constancy, praising silence as a source of power and invoking literary and religious figures to contemplate steadfastness, suffering, and death.
A Danville Register note recalls a prize winning 100 word letter by Mrs. A. M. Aiken describing foundations for married life. It urges love, faith, charity, patience, thrift, devout conduct, and steady attention to please a husband while honoring his family.
A man addicted to lofty diction ignores danger until a blaze consumes his clothing. He escapes and shouts for firefighters to bring the mechanical apparatus for suppressing combustion, delivering a dramatic, obsolete query in a street scene.
A disparate column surveys global farming, finance, politics, and culture. Items include Ohio river width at Cairo, Australia wheat estimates, Germany's treaty mood, Nebraska rail rate cuts, and opulent real estate gains in Washington. It also notes pension claims, court life, and social curiosities across nations.
A Raleigh report notes Senator Theodore W. Poole of Martin county died suddenly. Dr Tyre York lies seriously ill in Forsyth county. Greensboro sees over 100000 in real estate transfers in one week. A widow marries nine times. six husbands remain living. Henderson fire at Southerland's stable claims ten horses. Hassell's library valued above 5000 dollars. Raleigh court cases against railroads involve twenty suits of 500 dollars each. E C Smith of Raleigh named to chair state committee. A large Polk county wedding between James Beery and Henry James. Two former Raleigh bankers begin public road work. Seven Springs property bought by James A Bryan. Oxford Orphan Asylum inmates earn 6000 to 7000 yearly from manufacturing. A county couple ties the knot James Beery and Henry James. Trinity College numbers exceed expectations. Crowell era highlighted by large classes and budgets.
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