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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1891
Page
4
Publication line shows Wednesday edition in Wilson North Carolina dated March 25 15891 with pricing terms for advance payments and editor proprietor label. The fragment signals a small town newspaper masthead style and period pricing note.
The piece condemns harsh judgment toward those with differing opinions and calls for fairness. It likens dogmatic critics to Pharisees and warns that rigid certainty breeds intolerance and mudslinging while others may offer valid, even sharper insight.
The Durham Globe argues public roads in North Carolina are a disgrace and urges building turnpikes with tolls. It cites Ohio and Indiana as examples where graded roads and tolls eventually produced durable, surveyed routes, noting wartime and immigrant anxieties about Italy’s influence and U.S. protections.
The obituary notes Gen. Joe Johnson, a top Confederate leader described as the war’s greatest general, died in Washington City on Saturday night after contracting a deep cold while acting as pallbearer at Gen. Sherman’s funeral. It praises his exploits and his place among the Lost Cause heroes.
Eleven Italians involved in the assassination of Chief of Police Hennessy were lynched by about three thousand New Orleans citizens last Saturday. The incident drew protests from Italy and officials in Washington. The Italian government demanded a vigorous protest while Blaine and the President issued official statements. Public meetings and indignation spread in Chicago and other Italian communities.
A South erner criticizes the Legislature for failing to improve a flawed road law. He argues farmers control the body yet roads remain muddy and wagons suffer, calling the current statute a criminal farce and a delusion.
Senator Palmer faces presidential push from Western politicians led by Francis Missouri Boies Iowa Winans Michigan Campbell Ohio Peck Wisconsin Boyd Nebraska to address a large Springfield gathering in a few days likely the biggest yet in the city.
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