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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1888
Page
2
A poem describes winter’s long day when winds whistle and world feels gay despite lack of growth. It contrasts barren fields with a carefree, dancing world, as the speaker notes nature’s stillness and a sense of freedom as the season advances.
A country observer watches life in a crowded city tenement. Mary Hall endures abuse and poverty while her husband Harry reforms after a revelation. Laura Avery helps a romance steer toward hope as Harvey Dalton forgives and builds a united future with Laura.
In St Paul a couple wed atop a carpeted platform in the Ice Palace court as a brass band played and mounted police controlled the crowds. The Rev Samuel G Smith officiated joined by George C Brown and Eva N Evans as witnesses amid carnival clubs and festive chatter.
The Minneapolis Tribune recounts two sisters aged eleven and thirteen who were late for school and caught in a storm. They sought shelter in a straw stack where the older girl dug a hollow, sheltered her sister, and kept them warm by rubbing feet as the younger slept. Parents feared the worst, but the girls returned home safely as the storm ended, proving a wise head can come from youth.
Arthur complains about a young lady from the Browns rejecting him. The exchange reveals tension as he states the refusal was personal and intimate in nature.
In a Maine hotel during a blizzard travelers discuss church politics and a joke about a church committee that hires a parson who never preaches on religion or politics. The tale ends with the parson remaining silent and still in the pulpit.
Kingston reminiscences recount Henry Rosencrans a Kingston barber recalling cold era days and large hearths. He notes celebrities visiting town and stage lines from Newbury to Alber. People remembered frozen bodies and log fireplaces burning high to heat homes in a bygone Kingston.
The article describes planning and teamwork for collecting thick ice, building a covered stack with flooring, straw, and cornstalks to protect blocks. It advises laying a foundation, stacking tightly, and keeping the stack in a shady area ready before houses open, to ensure a safe, efficient harvest.
A Mississippi practitioner attends a gentleman and brings a mastiff to a crowded one room house. A fierce struggle breaks out among assembled people and dogs. The mastiff bites and the owner coughs no more after the event, though a dog goes missing during the fracas.
A fragment from a Massachusetts tale recalls a girl named Eve who resisted a warning about green apples. After eating the fruit against advice she falls ill, and later a physician or guardian laments the danger of misdeeds and fruit temptation.
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