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Wilson Mirror in Wilson, North Carolina

26 Oct 1887

Page 6

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Wilson Mirror

Location

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1887

Page

6

Turf's Youthful Rise Ushers 1887 Racing Era

The 1887 racing season is hailed as America's greatest yet with many unknown horses rising to prominence. Hanover, a top three-year-old, faces heavy competition from Laggard Firenzi and Banbury as Monmouth Park and Saratoga host thrilling races amid rising purses and concerns over overwork.

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America William Connor New York Brooklyn Jockey Club Hanover Freddy Gebhardt Eole Barnum H. J. Woodford Messrs. Dwyer Brooklyn Dwyers Runnymede Stud Paris Dwyer Brothers Monmouth Park Long Branch Monmouth New York City Philadelphia New Jersey Sheepshead Mr. Withers Laggard Appleby Johnson Bradford McLaughlin Saratoga Kingfish Firenzi Volante J. W. Guest Kentucky Mr. B. Withers J. Haggin G. V. Snedeker Esquiman Kingston Uncas John D. Morrisey Banbury Tue Baroy
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Celebrated Talkers and the Decline of Rivering Conversational Power

A vivid essay traces how steam and the telegraph eroded the art of talk once prized by Johnson, Goldsmith, Coleridge and their circle. It recalls the Mermaid and Cheese taverns, Met at the Mitre and Turk's Head, and the brilliant wits of Burke, Garrick, Reynolds, Lamb, Hazlitt, and Macaulay.

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Ben Jonson Shakspeare Coleridge Lamb Dr. Johnson Burke Fuller Ben Mermaid Jonson Beaumont Fletcher Samuel Johnson Goldsmith Boswell Johnson Bezzy Doctor Mitre Tavern Turk’s Head Literary Club Edmund Burke Sir Joshua Reynolds David Garrick Oliver Goldsmith Leigh Hunt Hazlitt Charles Godwin Sheridan Elia Coleridge Lamb Macaulay Sydney Smith Thackeray Fw Prout Douglas Jerr Maginn Maclise Pat Costello Prout the Mermaid Master Jonson Blackfriars Playhouse Yard Fleet-street Voltaire Pope Bolingbroke Congreve Cavour de Quincey Lrom Hamilton Fr Carlyle Lamartine Cousin 2 Bonne Quincey Burns Hume Chateaubriand Jon Irving Benjamin Fran Sheri Tom Moore Pitt Fund Walter Bh North
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Marrying His Cook With Crape on His Hat

A lunch table discussion centers on a Western man who married his cook within six months of his wife's death. Observers note his prior fortune shift after a St Paul deal left him cleaned out while the cook earned 59000 in wheat, raising debate on commercial integrity and prudent margins.

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St. Paul Waill-street News
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The Man for the Work and the Reputed Lawyer

A fragmented report describes a lawyer named Johnson tied to bad debts and a request to assist four neighbors. The account hints at urgent action to help a child and fix a financial issue, with emphasis on speed and legal intervention.

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Bob Finchley Johnson
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