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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1890
Page
2
A Joaquin Miller verse parable describes two travelers reaching gates at sunset. One passes a cripple, the other stops to share bread and water and aid the wounded. The late gatekeeper and the sun set reveal the moral: to save a soul one must lose it in service, lifting the fallen along the way.
A young wife recounts inviting a hotel friend, hosting a party, and secretly cleaning silver with a mysterious pink packet. When the silver vanishes, a bungled burglary and a courtroom twist reveal a traveling silver soapwoman posing as a helper.
The Fernandina Florida News describes a terrapin farm an inclosure of about twenty feet square with half sand and a four foot deep tank below tide level. Baby terrapins emerge a few days old in mud and sand and live by suction until spring. They sell for 18 dollars a dozen in New York. A terrapin lays four to five times per season starting with nine eggs and ending near three.
A collage of jokes and quips from humor pages, touching on trains, posies, love, weddings, and social scenes. It includes light exchanges between couples, witty lines about tailoring and neckties, and brief comic exchanges from newspapers such as the New York Weekly and Chicago papers.
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