03 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1890
Page
1
The writer meditates on an earthquake's awe to reveal God’s hand in creation. He contrasts mortal insecurity with a hoped for new earth and heaven, urging reverence, humility, and trust in divine sovereignty amid nature’s force.
Last Wednesday night in Wilson observers witnessed a moonlit panorama as a gentle breeze stirred clouds into a radiant display. The scene featured a pearly halo around the moon, conjoined with shifting colors from lemon to emerald, blue and violet, while stars glinted in a celestial drapery above. In New Jersey growth continues with Hoboken at 43,000, Trenton at 68,454, and other towns listed.
A collection of brief items covers Spain’s wheat shortfall, Mecca and Jed dah cholera decline, London milk costs, and a looming Paris Eiffel Tower sale. Other items note fires nationwide, Louisiana Farmers' Alliance opposition to lottery, rising silver in London, California fires, census gains in New Hampshire, and political noms.
A wide array of notes from North Carolina items: a murder case in Kinston. quarry activity by Mt Airy granite workers. prospecting by Prof Atkinson and an Englishman. political moves with Jno H Leary and D P Meachum challenging B H Bunn. Concord’s new large cotton factory. Pitt County convention nominees W R Williams Harry Skinner and J D Cox. mad dog scare in Catawba. hydrophobia deaths in Newton. Caswell County farmers endorsing Vance. a Stokes egg bet saga. Whitner lands sale in Swain County. a Tarboro man presumed drowned with his body later found in Tar River. Wake County prohibition convention nominating S M Parish and others. Rocky Mount fair stockholders set dates and rebuilding plans.
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