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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1889
Page
5
Local column reports social visits and events in Wilson North Carolina. Notables include Prof. Britton, Capt. Newell's wife, Heilbroner merchant, Miss Kate Barnes, and Miss Mary Yerkes visiting area families. Church matters mention Methodist exodus debate and a Presbyterian bazaar with Bishop Lyman preaching. Also notes on Em orson Vick finding ore near Toisnot and Dr. Zeno Brown wedding details.
A reflective meditation comforts readers that sorrow is temporary. Joy passes like dew and the night sky yields to sunrise but returns. The article links celestial imagery with spiritual resilience, noting angels of comfort and the continuity of hope.
The Greenville Reflector lauds Judge H G Connor of Wilson for his honor, dignified bearing, and masterly charge on the law. Solicitor Worthington of Martin prosecutes with clear reasoning as the court staff perform their duties.
The Missionary Baptist Church received preaching from visiting ministers, notably Rev Miles S Read of Franklin Virginia who made a lasting impression. Rev A J Hires of Kingston filled the pulpit on Sunday delivering well received morning and night discourse. The Charlotte Chronicle’s praise for the paper’s editorials is celebrated with a poetic tribute to Henry Blount and The Wilson Mirror.
The Wilmington Onslow East Carolina Railroad move from dream to near fact with trains expected to run from Wilmington to Jacksonville within six months. Attorney A M Waddel represents the company with New York financiers T A McIntyre and others on the corporate board. The project, backed by local landowners, plans to develop Pender and Onslow counties and promises substantial city stock benefits.
The passage extols truth as a divine, indestructible life force that endures beyond wealth, talent, and authority. It likens truth to a guiding spirit, ascending through trials and flames to reveal its heavenly source in the eternal God.
A sentimental meditation on graveyard influence calming envy and passion. It contrasts sacred ground with imagined domestic scenes a child at night and a ghost kneeling, ending with a tender, serene image of prayer and sleep.
Mrs. Budd of Philadelphia once famed as Miss Anna Murray visited Wilson on Saturday at the home of her old schoolmate Mrs. Alvin Clark. The Caroline Gillespie figure who was a pupil at Wilson Collegiate Institute accompanied her, reviving memories of their girlhood days and the cherished scenes of the past.
The Raleigh Visitor reports the Penitentiary Board cut several staff salaries reducing total annual pay by about 7500 dollars. A contract with Wetmore Shoe Leather Company will employ convicts as shoe makers with initial small crews to rise to 360. Also arranged are steps from the last legislature to lease convicts to railroads and other uses.
The note praises Dr Herring author of the one hundred page volume Ingersoll and the Diest calling it a thoughtful work. Readers are urged to send 50 cents to Doane Herring to obtain the book and enjoy the author’s polished prose and serious reflections.
The Weldon News reports on fast railroad runs, noting engineer McMillan on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad achieved a record night run. From Wilmington to this place, 162 miles in three hours and seventeen minutes with three stops, the average speed neared 64 miles per hour over the full distance.
Fragmented OCR mentions Richmond State and a birthday celebration. It references a Dr Ningsbi and a lively, enterprising tone but lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable outcomes.
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