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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1893
Page
5
Local reflections report circus pictures in court ads, a band providing music for a Rocky point event, and price changes. The College opens with high attendance and grounds expanding. Randolph Uzzell plans a law office and a large initiation event occurs. Rev Egbert W Smith slated to preach in Wilson. appointment to be announced.
Mr J L Fryar spent Sunday in Wilson with his family and Congressman F A Woodard visited town this week. Col Thomas W Strange was in town last week and B Y Briggs traveled to Wilmington on business. Sheriff Crowell reports a fine time in Chicago and a safe trip for all. Judge Connor and wife went to Tarboro for consecration services. Masters Harriss Barnes and Whitehead attended the State Fair to see the football game. Rev Mr Wingate officiated at the Tarboro consecration services. Eddie left for the State Fair with business interests and Raleigh Typographical union attendance. Miss Emma Lee Wells left for Hollins Institute for further cultivation. Ministers and others journeyed to Tarboro for consecration services of Assistant Bishop J Cheshire, stopping in Wilson. A welcome awaited James E Shepherd, and the new Methodist church in Black is to be dedicated Oct 28 29 with sermons by Rev G A Oglesby.
Clarksville Arkansas editor recalls Henry Blount and R. A. Skinner once living in Wilson. The writer notes skinner’s return to the west of the Mississippi and reports large audiences showing delight in Blount’s presence and remarks.
W B Isaacs of Richmond was installed for the 51st time as Grand Secretary of the Virginia Grand Chapter. He also serves as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge and Grand Commandery. The Grand Chapter presented him a morroco chair amid expressions of esteem.
A Raleigh alert notes plans for a fee on the 18th to fund better roads. The proposal suggests employing convicts to systematize the work to build improved highways across North Carolina.
A derailed note from a damaged page recalls a morning scene where crepe on storefronts hinted at a baby death. Witnesses felt a swift heartache and offered sincere sympathy to grieving parents amid the town’s bustle.
The text asserts life originates in the upper spinal cord near the brain base and notes the sensitivity of this region in medical research. It mentions the heroic system and even references heroin as a deadly example, reflecting early scientific debates.
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