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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1887
Page
3
A ship docks as a crowd gathers and a smiling captain salutes. A maiden attracts eyes and guards scrutinize, but a sudden outburst of Schubert’s Serenade reveals a ruse. The officer’s detection ends with the maiden passing through, her blushes fading as she exits with a parcel.
A humorous tale recounts a man who stopped writing letters after a mix up with envelopes. He transposed addresses causing a cascade of misfortune as his wife returned early and chaos ensued, ending with a simple note on mislaid correspondence.
An 1887 narrative recalls the lone western pioneer life as traveler Julian Ralph describes behind the rails. It recounts the dash across the Platte, bone messages along the roadside, and storms and hardships faced by settlers guided by Nez Perce aid and wary safety on routes beside the Canadian Pacific.
A Boston Transcript writer notes three famed lives marked simply by humble stones. Emerson rests under the pink white rock, Hawthorne’s grave bears only the name, and Thoreau’s slab records his birth and death. The piece asks where else in the world such austere, meaningful markers exist.
A man mocks streetcars as too slow to yield to a funeral procession. He then repeats profanities and chases after a car for a half block, while his preferred corn remains out of step with the scene.
In Merida Yucatan the site of the Maya city Tihoo was chosen in 1542 by Don Francisco de Montejo. The first houses followed aboriginal designs with palm thatch walls and mud fill. Large stone mounds were demolished to build the Plaza de la Independencia and new structures. The Montejo facade, a mix of Spanish and Indian art, features portraits of Montejo his family and King Fernando with a surviving gallery of mythic figures.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports John W. Mackay has been awarded the Legion of Honor with a red rosette and diamond cross for his role in landing a transatlantic cable at Havre and linking France with the New World. He remains unaffected by the honor and continues his plain California routine.
A pane smoking on the streets of Saugatuck Michigan during a dry spell prompted the village council to consider arrest under local orders.
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