Advertising offers for Six Three and Twelve Months in Wilson NC
Advertising rates offered on application for six months in advance and three months in advance. The MIRROR promises largest circulation in eastern North Carolina. Subscriptions available for five dollars cash or from the MIRROR for three fifty plus offer valid until November 1 1857. Geo W Biouart Wilson NC November 30 1887.
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Cine
Wea
Seeress
North Carolina
Geo. W. Biouart
The Most Sanguinary War In American History
Investigations in Washington show the Civil War was the bloodiest conflict on record with 296,855 Union soldiers buried and total losses likely surpassing 500,000 when Confederate kills and captures are counted. The report compares battles like Gettysburg and Chickamauga to European wars and notes high casualty rates.
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War Department
Washington
War Office
Shiloh
Antietam
Stone River
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
McClellan
Grant
Sherman
Waterloo
Wellington
Murfreesboro
Atlanta
Senator Ransom Visits The Star in Fine Health and Forty-Year Ties
The Star reports a pleasant visit from U S Senator Gen M W Ransom who is in fine health and vigorous at age 62. It notes he will have served seventeen years in the Senate by March 4 1889, longer than any North Carolinian. The piece recalls a welcome address he delivered to President Polk in 1847 at the University and praises its timeless stature.
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U. S
M. W. Ransom
Senate
Kransom
President Polk
General Ransom and the Wilmington Political Scene
The passage praises General Ransom as a long-time supporter of Wilmington and the Cape Fear river improvements. It notes his influence in Washington, his skill as a party manager, and hints at his strong prospects in the upcoming Senatorial race, describing him as an early political bird chasing the worm.
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Ransom
Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Washington
Corner Stone Laid for Durham Court House by Leading Masons
Grand Master Charles H. Robinson of Wilmington with Deputy Grand Master G W Blount of Wilson and other senior wardens oversaw the laying of the Durham Court House corner stone on November 17, 1887. A large parade led by the Durham Military Company and a brass band, with Knights of Pytheas, I O O F, fire brigades in regalia and officials, marked the ceremony. Orator Hon. Thos W Mason spoke eloquently, introduced by Mr. Manning of Durham.
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Charles H. Robinson
Wilmington
G. W. Jlount
Wilson
James Southgate
Julian S. Carr
Durham
Durham Court House
Durham Military Company
Knights of Pytheas
Thos. W. Mason
Manning
Bloody shirt rhetoric from Northern Republicans enrages supporters
The speaker condemns the so called bloody shirt billings hate and narrow minded vitriol from Northern Republicans including Foraker and John Sherman. He argues such attacks on the South and its lost cause insult the intelligence of Americans under a single impartial government.
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Foraker
John Sherman
Parisians at trial mockup and menace in unrest
A commentary laments Chicago anarchists and the trial of Herr Most. The writer urges swift punishment and calls for Judge Lynch to quell disturbances and uphold peace, condemning torch-bearing actions and extralegal punishment.
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Chicago
Herr Most
Lynch
Judge Clark Named as Governor Candidate
The Scotland Neck Democrat reports rumors of Walter Clark resigning as judge but expresses strong belief he would be an excellent governor. He is praised for legal mind, learning, and executive ability and noted as a leading gubernatorial hopeful from Halifax County.
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Scotland Neck
Walter Clark
Judge Clark
Clark
Halifax County
North Carolina Conservatism and Native-Born Prosperity
The speaker asserts the South can prosper through slower but steady growth and native-born talent. He endorses conservatism and cites Mr. Mason’s Durham speech that a native North Carolina baby is worth emigrants, arguing self-reliance saves the state from unrest and anarchists.
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South
Mason
Durham
North Carolina
National Debate on Constitution and Nation Stance
The Argus editorial cites a calm unbiased view of the nation’s status through the constitution. It asserts a steady vantage grounded in lawful framework to judge current affairs without political bias.
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the Argus
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Wilson Mirror
Henry Blount
GEQ
W. Blount
Cccescereess
Cyclopedia
Godevs
Senator Ransom
Empertay
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Patapsco Mill
Korr City
Din
Eme. Maryland Inc
Patapsco
Cape Henry
C. B. Gambrill Manufacturing
Commerce Street
Baltimore, Id
Alexander Greene
A. Bellezza
Hail Over Herring’s Drug Store
Central Hotel
Royal Brieee Powder Co
Wall Street N. Y
Mme, Charlotta Demeyers
Sixth Avenue
New York
Ceater
Harper's Bazaar
Brainard & Armstrong
Wilson Collegiate Institute
Wilmington and Weldon R. K
N. C
Silas E. Warren
Prin
Poe
John Danner
Wwrartenande Inher Co. Manufactures of
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Ohio
U.S.A
G. W. Blount
New Strie No
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Rightful
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