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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1887
Page
7
A fragment notes organization on October 8 1883 and charter by the North Carolina Legislature on March 9 1885 with a stray name Williams suggesting a formal entity entry.
The 1880 census shows Massachusetts District of Columbia and Rhode Island with the largest female excess. Across states, females outnumber males in most Atlantic coast areas while Idaho and Montana show the smallest shares. Immigration drives shifts. overall U S saw fewer females per 100000 males by 1880 due to era migration.
A Dartmouth graduate lives as a recluse in a half cabin dug-out among Wyoming hills. Once a California gold hunter, he spent seventeen years prospecting with wealth never achieved. He now hunts and traps in the Sierra and Snake River region, alone for seven years, with few friends or ties, content yet disillusioned.
Signor Crispi, premier of Italy, is described as an indefatigable worker. He reportedly works through full court days in Palermo, travels to Naples to discuss cases, then to Rome for speeches before Parliament, and on to Venice to serve as judge in the Court of Marine Arbitration.
A frontier Texas encounter in 1571 recounts King, a white English bulldog of the Fourth Cavalry band, grappling with a wounded buffalo leader. Despite the beast’s power, the dog holds on until two soldiers shoot the animal. King is spared from extinction by a special order years later.
A humorous comparative sketch contrasts Paris and London on manners, housing, meals, religion, and daily life. Paris is described as compact, social, and bustling with public spaces while London is vast, private, and orderly with a quieter rhythm.
Robert Colby a Wall Street broker and former New Hampshire governor’s son is described as remarkably fit at over seventy. He walks daily between Murray Hill and Wall Street, works out thrice weekly, swims daily in summer, and credits athletics for his health and success.
Rev George Meek confronts Uncle Aaron about a Sunday fishing outing. Aaron confesses he has fished four hours in the same race where his boy caught fourteen fish last Sunday and has nothing to show for it. He fears going home in shame.
Gallatin county Tennessee issued 220000 in bonds twenty five years ago. More than 1000000 in interest has since been paid on them but the bonds themselves have never been redeemed.
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