06 May 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1891
Page
1
A miscellany of quips on health philosophy love and politics with jokes about dentists storms and poets. The piece threads moral reflections and cheerful maxims urging sunshine faith and reverence as life’s storms pass.
Two prominent journalists from the Fayetteville Observer and Wilmington Messenger praise Blount of the Mirror. They celebrate the Mirror’s tenth year, its literary and civic contributions, and extend heartfelt wishes for Blount’s health and a peaceful departure.
The article follows James Hitchcock released after 33 years in a Minnesota prison, declared innocent at last. Now aged and destitute, he seeks $3,000 from the legislature, while his wife is dead and his family dispersed. The piece laments the toll of wrongful conviction and the stark new world he enters.
W R Henry of Henderson will deliver the annual literary address at the Wilson Collegiate Institute commencement on June 2. He is praised as a magnetic orator and a sound logician, with eloquent, majestic speeches. Prof Warren earns praise for his choice, noted for good taste and judgment.
A meditation on death as universal tragedy from palace to hovel. The piece muses that all lives end in the same grave, questioning social pretensions and urging mercy and justice from a divine judge.
The article extols an editor’s rewards and burdens. It notes editors receive free admission, complimentary rides, and freebies for advertising, concerts, and festivals while doing much unpaid work for the town and facing ingratitude. The tone emphasizes the editor’s supposed special status and frustrations.
A playful old verse lists body parts paired with things they lack or avoid. Ears hear not cornstalks, arms hug not wind mills, tongues talk not tables, heads think not cabbages, noses smell not pitchers, hands clasp not watches, spokes speak not wheels, pine they pine not forest, lashes whip not the eyes.
Mrs T F Sanders died suddenly in Dunn on Tuesday and her remains were taken to Wilson for services at the Baptist church. She is described as an excellent, consecrated Christian and is laid to rest at Maplewood awaiting the resurrection. Her husband is cited as the best and kindest of mourners.
The note thanks Misses Ione May and Annie Joyner for flowers sent to the sanctum. It praises their beauty and fragrance, describing them as radiant and angelic and expressing delight and reverent admiration.
A young woman claims a compound of two mysterious chemicals can remove warts. many note the remedy is as undesirable as the warts themselves. The piece bids readers consider the odd cure with skepticism.
Eddie shares a playful poem predicting a picnic day filled with sun, bees, ants, lemonade, lemon soaking, ragged meals, and a tick-filled, dusty return. The piece mixes whimsy with light mischief as companions move from preparation to post picnic discomfort.
Friends celebrate Mrs Mena Branch Roberts as she recovers fully and returns to her Aniston home. A large reception honored her restoration and praised her outstanding character and grace.
A passenger comments on a depot air pump sounding like a big creature gasping for air. He notes the device seems tired and nearly out of breath as the train arrives yesterday.
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