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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1891
Page
6
A Pittsburg Dispatch fragment presents a dramatic meditation on bells as symbols of human failings. The poem contrasts din and mercy, linking banked cash, shopfront jingles, and urban squalor to a chorus urging gathering in amid suffering and social temptations.
I tell how Bessy, engaged to Kenneth, endures an austere uncle’s plan to disinherit the cousin after a political quarrel. A burned will conceals a homeland of secrets, and Kenneth later learns the truth as he seeks reconciliation, leaving a widow’s faith and a hidden secret kept from her husband.
A New York Times obituary recalls Reuben Heffner’s father John Heffner born in 1816 in Berlin who came to Reading Pennsylvania in 1843. He raised a vast brood across three marriages totaling forty one children with twenty surviving, and was killed by a locomotive while crossing a railroad track in fall 1885.
A New York Supreme paper notes leaf cutting ants in Texas destroy valuable trees. The ants coordinate by splitting labor, one group climbs to cut leaves while another gathers fallen foliage to nests. Remedies include dusting foliage with poisons and pouring salt brine or oils into nests, with tar protecting tree stems.
A collage of humorous skits and gags from a 19th century press. Jokes about umbrellas, alarm clocks, dogs in baggage cars, and a string of witty one liners appear alongside cartoon captions and light wordplay. The piece pokes fun at fashion, manners, and daily life with a breezy, magazine humor tone.
The New York Times reports exceptional tea from Cer growers with untiring care and skilled curing producing leaves sold in London at a record 21.75 dollars per pound. The sample is described as bright golden with exquisite aroma and grain-like appearance.
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