29 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1893
Page
1
A long reflective poem about the heart's sway despite reason. The second tale from New Orleans Picayune recounts Sallie’s quiet charity to a sick Confederate prisoner, later revealed as Charlie, who returns as a life saved by a child. The piece ends urging pride in honest domestic service as dignified work for women.
A Raleigh youth Willie Bailey is praised as a gifted editor in the Biblical Recorder with strong political pieces on the front page. The Wilmington Messenger notes Bailey, at twenty, effectively edits the paper after his father's illness, urging him to pursue journalism and rise to the top in the profession.
The New York Ledger Thanksgiving issue highlights attractive illustrations on the cover and a serial run including A Lover from Across the Sea by Werner. Also featured are A Well Earned Dinner by F A Robinson and Elizabeth Olmis, A Thanksgiving Story, a dialect poem Back to the Old Homestead, serial installments, and a memorial resolution set by Wilson Collegiate Institute students for Miss Sarah Bonner with mourning observances and a 30 day badge.
A poem about longing for forgiveness and affection if the speaker dies tonight. Friends would recall kindnesses and overlook faults, while even estranged hearts might soften. A Danbury citizen story follows, where a destitute man says he needs bread or tobacco.
A jumble of local notices includes Rev J K Nowell to lead a community service at Rocky Mountain on the 36th, and Baptist assembly plans in Alexandria in November 1594. Reports cover Siberian escapees' detention in San Francisco, a Milton Oregon bank robbery, and Congressman Oates discussing silver coinage policy from Washington.
The Observer reports the rock crusher at the city quarry failed yesterday after midday. Superintendent Sossamon and the observer had praised it earlier, but the machine is now a faded flower and will require repairs for about a week, raising questions about the guarantee and overall reliability.
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