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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1890
Page
6
A reflective poem contrasts joys untasted with the approach of death and regret for duties neglected. It laments broken pledges and unspoken words while urging that life is worth living despite past wrongs, ending with the refrain after awhile.
In a warm sitting room Nancy Brigham plots with two suitors Job Whitlock and Ephraim Muller. A prank using phosphorus in the garret scares the men, leading Nancy to marry Job after revealing her choice and the pair later prospering on a western farm.
A physician describes paresis or softening of the brain as a hardening disease caused by worry and overwork. He links the condition to the drive for wealth and cites that self made men with undisciplined minds are most at risk, noting newspaper men have not died of paresis.
A collage of witty quips and light anecdotes from newspapers. The items feature social satire about marriage money and business, playful language puzzles, and jokes about fashion, trains, shopkeepers, and ingested Latin. Notable lines reference a Mayflower passengers debate and social manners in everyday life.
Philadelphia Times reports on Joseph Thompson Hare, famed as the highwayman of 1818, his Baltimore capture after robbing the Havre de Grace mail, and his connection to a plot to seize President Madison for the British. The gang, including his brother Louis and Alexander, faced execution and imprisonment.
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