11 Sep 1889
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1889
Page
1
Special Bulletin from the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station warns of the cotton worm threatening leaves and boll development. It reviews history, risk, and prevention methods including Paris Green poison, dry and wet applications, and practical advice from Mr. W. G. Upchurch near Raleigh for treating an acre efficiently.
In memory of Mollie W. Simpson eldest daughter of Rev J P Simpson who died at her home in Enfield North Carolina August 26 1839. The article praises her kindness meekness and steadfast faith noting her gentle presence through illness and her final blessing to grieving friends with the words do not weep I have no tears to leave you.
A broad mix of items notes failures in hop crops and scarce peaches, rail and streetcar issues, rising electric transit interest, and a collapsing salt trust. Other items mention English rains, Oregon forest fires, Vienna water fears, Upper Egypt events, a Chicago typhoid surge, and a white-winged boatman motif. Fifteen states vote this fall for state officers amid aerial navigation interest and a Savannah ice trust.
The piece notes Confederate and Union losses with North Carolina bearing 14 522 dead, compares state totals, and highlights NC regiments at Gettysburg and Seven Pines. It recounts Col Harry Burgwyn and the famous charge of the 26th North Carolina, plus a historical postmaster statistic.
A collage of brief notes covers religion and sages, local matters in Custer County Montana, a boxer’s potential bout, a Russian frontier earthquake, GAR membership, pensions, cotton trade, and agricultural gains. It notes Earth history, tax shifts in Chattanooga, and Edison phonograph progress with future sighting.
Sixteen fairs planned across the state. Goldsboro oil mills expand. Moore county grows sorghum. Sam Jones to speak in Durham in October. Tarboro forms cruelty to animals society. Nash county crops improve. A boy in Chatham county weighs 114 pounds at age 1 year. Goldsboro to gain an artillery company. Maryland syndicate to invest 3000 in Elizabeth City. Poindexter owns a 32 year old mule. Many negroes may leave Rocky Mount area in fall. Henry Winford, 12, to be hanged in Salisbury on Oct 25. Penitentiary may start Roanoke River farm. Senator Vance to address Murfreesboro fair. Wayne cotton prospects improve. Wake Forest College opens with 18 students. 250 expected by Oct 1. Raleigh and Goldsboro seek Union depots. Agricultural and Mechanical Arts College in Raleigh to open Oct 3. London strikes widen. 130000 workers idle. Britain’s oldest and youngest admirals noted. Ogden Utah bear lake canal project costs 3.5 million dollars. Dayton Convention praised by Democrats. Harrison visit stirs Republican rifts. London strike grows to 130000. World’s Fairs debate 1892 sites. Washington proposed. Old violin dated 1714 found in Bagley’s shop. Durham farmers hopeful. fine corn, cotton, tobacco. Huntley’s cotton on model farm near Wadesboro impressed. Forsyth baby Zeb Vance Tise aged 16 months, weight 14 pounds. North Carolina has 116 cotton factories running. Nellie McGilvary to Siam via San Francisco, sailing December.
Ad advertises the Leslie E Keeley Cure offered by Dwight Livingstone Co Illinois. Claims opium and liquor habits are cured without distress or nervous shock. Marketing copy emphasizes treatment methods and availability.
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