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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1888
Page
7
A preacher deplores jealousy as a universal vice, tracing its destructive power from biblical figures to modern society. He cites rulers, scientists, clergy, and presidents to show how envy drives assassination, defamation, and social ruin, urging emulation and constructive effort instead.
Ben Botier Senator Voorhees and Roger A Pryor have agreed to defend Pittsburg labor leaders in a forthcoming damages suit arising from the Brace Bros boycott. The action targets organizers cited for economic pressure during the dispute.
Marrox Harlano as a literary exemplar and model mother impresses with hospitality and control. Wife of Rev Dr E P Terhune, she edits magazines and writes, keeping books on wartime reading. Her daughter Christine Terhune Herrick follows in her mother’s literary footsteps, noted for diligence and talent.
The piece recalls the barn stormers and traveling companies of the past, noting actors who rose from troupe life to fame. It contrasts grand wagons forming a temporary theatre with barn stages improvised on barrels, and mentions actors like Gustavus Brooke Edmund Kean and Campbell who began in that era.
The Philadelphia Times notes over 5,000 women have entered employment in recent years across mills factories stores and offices once held by men. Women now work as stenographers typewriters bookkeepers cashiers and in professional offices alongside bankers brokers and lawyers, with high praise for their punctuality steadiness and intelligence. Many are breadwinners amid economic reverses.
A Pekin Gazette memorial from the Governor of Aliassatai warns of a rat plague in Outer Mongolia Khalkha region. Swarms have devastated pasturage for two years, eaten grass, and burrowed everywhere, threatening horses camels and courier supply.
Baron Rothschild challenged the Bank of England after it refused to discount his bills. He and nine clerks spent seven hours exchanging twenty one thousand pounds in gold, tying up tellers and drawing attention from the king of bankers. The bank then announced it would pay Rothschild’s bills as its own.
Army orders detail hoof preparation and shoeing rules for cavalry horses. The directive bans knife work on the frog sole or bars and mandates rasping and cutting pinchers for trimming. It requires flat upper shoe surfaces with a concave ground and warns against oversizing or overheating shoes, issued after a board study at Jefferson Barracks.
An Illinois farmer regrets that farmers' boys drift from the farm. He recalls eight sons all became farmers except one, Bob, who left at twelve to city life and later edits a farm culture page titled How To Do Farm Work. The exchange contrasts farm passion with city interests.
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