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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1888
Page
6
A lyrical reflection on summer’s fading beauty. Butterflies emerge as thistles blossom in August, their souls carried in the air exalted by sunlit glades. The piece evokes nature, time, and transformation, with St. Nicholas noted at the end.
A narrator learns of Marianne Denny a shy schoolmistress who funded a tower observatory with Tom Burns wealth to study stars. After her death the telescope yields no further visitors and sits unused, yet Marianne finds lasting joy in one year of celestial pursuit.
A collage of humorous exchanges and verse tidbits features Maidenly Fears Miss Prunella Bombazine and a sleeping car scene, a medical dispute over a crippled ball player, a knot tying quip by Webster, a waiter gag with names, Mormon suitor comedy, pension for a citizen, and a Brooklyn grocer joke set in a cartoon style.
A collage of quirky lines and short items shows mixed society scenes, jokes, ads, and brief reflections. From a peddler’s plea to try “big money in them” to a case of a flat sale, and a playful exchange about marriage and patience, the page blends humor with everyday notices.
A. Glover the Excelsior window trimmer creates a central faux house with rail fences and a forest to mimic the first Cleveland schoolhouse from 1817. The scene includes a teacher and 20 scholars, with 25 residents funding the $198.70 project. The display opens today at 9 o clock on Superior Street and will use the window as a playground setup managed by a schoolmarm.
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