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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1892
Page
6
A reflective verse by Exven B. Currier from the Boston Transcript. The speaker contrasts his personal world with the poets world, favoring homegrown flora birds and everyday beauty over Romantic laurels. The piece ends with a pledge to roam the poets world as if it were his own.
Mrs. Berrydale and Melanie savor sea sunsets at Pebble Point before sneaking into an old tower. Captain Maryland confronts them, tensions flare, and a near-disaster with a powder magazine brings order and a vow to wed.
English engineer John Isaac Hawkins began making upright pianos in Philadelphia in 1800 and secured a national patent for his "portable grand." Thomas Jefferson, visiting Philadelphia, praised the device as an ingenious improvement that could be bought for Monticello.
A young American music student in Florence falls ill and hides her worsening condition. Four black robed figures with eye slits transport her to a hospital ward where she receives devoted care. Her relief comes after the Order of the Misericorde intervenes, a centuries old service trusted in Florentine society.
A collection of humorous vignettes on courtships and money. A mother advises a daughter on marriage for money while other sketches poke at social climbing and frugal living. Various light jokes about love, writers, tailors, and social pretensions appear in brisk, satirical snippets.
A report from Calhoun states that the largest hog ever known in the area was killed on Friday by B. K. Smith. After dressing, the hog weighed nine hundred pounds and was four to five years old. At three years old the hog weighed just over two hundred pounds. Smith credits regular feeding, with eight to fifteen daily rations, for the hog’s extraordinary size.
A concise aphorism notes that the liar despises those who trust him and also harbors hatred for those who doubt him, highlighting a paradoxical contempt for both faith and disbelief.
A 1920s note explains tanning inner membranes into leather fabric used for hand goods. The process yields soft, durable skins with chamois-like feel, suitable for pockets and bags, and can be dyed. It rivals alligator in appearance, with potential bead decoration and wide color options.
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