Memorial Day Observance Honors Wilson Dead With Flowers
The Wilson community postponed Memorial Day exercises to Monday for a large gathering at Mamona Hall. Speakers included Dr. King and Prof. McIver, with T. J. Hadley presiding, then a procession to Maplewood Cemetery where women laid flowers on the graves. The piece extols flowers as living memorials and devotion to the war dead.
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Wilson
T. J. Hadley
Confederate Veterans
Capt. Leath
Willie Stallings
Pell
King
McIver
Tuttle
Murray
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Maplewood
True Love Burial and Resurrection
A lyrical monologue contrasts a buried, scorned love with a revived vision of affection. The speaker recalls burying love under winter snow after a partner’s cold dismissal, then imagines it returning as a bright spring presence, prompting reflections on female strength and resilience.
Odds and Ends From a Busy News Sketchbook
A wide mix of notes on society, finance, and world events. Mentions S6,000 spiritualists in Boston and a range of topics from treaties to literary figures with brief, glanceable observations.
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Boston
State News Briefs From North Carolina to Virginia
State events report Greensboro convention dates for the King's Daughters and Oxford medical meetings May 27 29. North Carolina factories and estate spending are noted along with tax and fertility policy endorsements. Local incidents include a Salisbury arsenic poisoning scare a widow’s death in Raleigh and a Duke tobacco factory output. Railway expansion from Rutherfordton to Marion and a new Rutherfordton depot are outlined. Tillery hotel site purchase by North Carolina Lumber Company and upcoming Scotland Neck to Greenville rail service are described with schedules and arrivals.
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North Carolina Lumber Company
Tillery
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