13 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1889
Page
1
A sermon-like meditation portrays the Christian life as ceaseless work amid obstacles. It compares faith to a river gaining strength through trials, where labor below yields rest above and ultimate reward in celestial triumphs. The piece urges persistence, courage, and trust in divine guidance.
The piece extols a mother's kiss as the spark of genius for Benjamin West and as a universal force. It argues no life escapes the healing, guiding power of a kiss whether from mother, friend, or beloved, shaping memory, resolve, and enduring love through sorrow and time.
A satirical recipe describes mixing falsehood envy malice and jealousy to brew scandal. The mock formula warns against mischief and suggests silence as a remedy, urging wire talkers to read and ponder the instructions.
A scattered column of quips and items covers politics in Chicago and Washington, new police appointments, European debt, Edison letters, Harvard honors, climate of social reforms, shipping, and imperial travel. It mentions North and South Dakota statehood, Cronin murder probes, and William II’s possible U.S. visit with naval and world fair angles.
Raleigh excavations, mica finds, 102 miles of rail laid this year, brownstone near Durham, thirty bonded distilleries in Person and Granville, Fayetteville centennial planning, N W Craft wins Paris Exposition medal, Ellett Furniture Company in Charlotte with 100000 capital, tobacco prices up, Durham murder case to be hanged, Egypt NC coal shaft 425 feet deep, R and D Railroad ops extend to Yadkin River under R R Bridgers.
The poem invites a calm farewell with lines about not wanting tributes or sorrow. It envisions green grass, rain and dew, and a future memory or forgetfulness. The speaker foresees a silent death without hearing or feeling, dreaming through a twilight neither rising nor setting.
A vintage medical advertisement touts 90 year a gold chloride remedy for opium and liquor habits. It promises home cures in four weeks, painless treatment, and no loss of food sleep or work. Free literature and cure details are offered by The Leslie E. Reely Cr Dwight Livingston Co Illinois.
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