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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1887
Page
7
Bank president W Barnes leads Wilson banking scene with four branches and ties to Wilson Cotton Mills and Menser State Board of Pharmacy in regional business notes.
The New York Herald reports that enlistment efforts for the German army in the United States violate federal law. It outlines the 1854 to 1856 debates, Supreme Court interpretations, and the stance that foreign enlistments on American soil are a domestic offense, with England and Russia referenced for historical context. The piece emphasizes strict neutrality and the duty to enforce prohibitions against hiring or retaining individuals to join foreign service.
John B. Finch, chairman of the Prohibition national committee and head of the world wide Order of Good Templars, collapsed at the Eastern depot in Boston from heart disease after a Lynn lecture. Born March 17 1852 in Chenango County New York he was a Harvard graduate and lifelong temperance advocate who led the Prohibition party and IOGT. His wife Frances Manchester and one child survive, with Finch remembered as America's foremost temperance platform orator after John Gough.
A scene from Right Against Might shows a prompter guiding the leader and actors during a dress rehearsal. Toga clad actors, a female role named Katy Field, and a brass waistcoat figure appear as cues trigger lines about rum and crackers and a roman drama’s action.
An army of painters calls Paris home with about 8 000 artists. 2 000 to 5 000 are women and 300 are foreign born. Roughly seventy are famous, while others include wealthy amateurs, government employed artists, and potboiler producers who paint for inexpensive dealers or export.
New postal regulations restrict inscriptions on fourth class mail to only the sender’s name and address preceded by from plus the article number and names. Any writing beyond that will incur letter postage rates.
A Boston Tran script fragment shows Margery playing with a kitten and receiving a sharp rebuke from Kitty Sternly. Margery trembles lip then commands the kitten with a stern request for a pin, echoing her mother's bearing.
Readable lines describe political discourse and a mention of a feast day. Names and places are garbled but imply a historical political confrontation. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or events.
The earliest iron ore find in the country traced to Virginia in 1715, marking the initial discovery of iron resources in the region.
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