16 Oct 1889
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1889
Page
1
The piece offers sober advice to young couples about marriage. It warns that idealized love can yield to disputes and urges husbands to express affection openly. Endearment, kind attention, and tender words sustain harmony and beauty in the home.
A prose portrait celebrates Mr Long and Miss Short who wed after twenty-five years of courtship. The piece extols unwavering devotion through storms and time, praising a lifelong marriage as noble and divinely steadfast, with grand, florid imagery and moralizing tone.
A compact column offers brief, pointed sayings on conduct and character. It blends light anecdotes with admonitions about time, confidence, patience, and kindness, inviting reflection and steady effort.
The article extols the Bible as the great book of books and contrasts its timeless sublimity with poets. It also includes brief items on Gen Boulanger's winter plans in Egypt, an Oregon girl's inquiry to Anna Dickinson, and Swiss rifles tested with smokeless powder.
The Durham Globe reports Sam Jones speaking in Durham with witty asides about old minds. He quips that he would rather be an old maid than a drunkard's wife and notes amusing reactions as he links old maids and bachelors to moral duties and dogs.
A fragment from a 19th century page blends quick quips about Sam Jones and public figures with social tidbits. It mentions Miss Louise Theron’s Boston nuptials, comments on politics in the Dakotas, a fatal soda fountain blast in Washington, and various brief anecdotes about ministers, railroads, and society gossip.
North Carolina counties report diverse growth from water works polls to electric lights in Goldsboro set for the Fair opening. Coal discoveries surface in Stokes and Granville along with possible mineral riches in Stanly slate and Pitt tobacco lands. Linville City grows as a summer resort. railroad expansion continues with Sanford boasting fourteen daily trains.
Promising medical claims for cures using Double Chloride of Gold remedies on opium and liquor addictions. Advertises the treatment as proven over a decade with no distress, offering free literature on request from Leslie, Akreeley, and Dwight Livin.
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