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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1889
Page
6
Poem lines urge small deeds to merit divine favor and eternal light. It praises minor tasks and virtues from kindness to patience as treasures that outshine earthly praise and rise to celestial heights. The verse emphasizes God crafting all things and small acts accumulating into lasting glory.
Bruce Webster tracks the missing calf Tom and a captured fugitive Caddo Bill in a ranged valley near Fort Griffin. Bruce shoots the armed savage, aiding a Griffin pursuit party, and Tom earns credit for the daring rescue as Bruce earns reward money to bolster the herd.
The Detroit Free Press notes a growing fad of tea smoking among young women who roll tea cigarettes with rice paper and rose leaves. A drugsist warns tea is a strong narcotic containing theine, caffeine’s active principle, and may cause pale complexions. A rope made from devout women's hair was used in Kioto temple construction.
A collage of light verse and humorous vignettes from a late 19th century page. Items include banter between sportsmen, quips about gun safety and grenades, socialites and society jesting, barroom bravado, domestic wit, and spoof dialogues. Multiple names such as Puck, Detroit Free Press, Texas Siftings appear in clipped captions.
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