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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1887
Page
5
The Wilson Mirror highlights local scenes and commentary in Wilson North Carolina. It covers community reflections, school openings, fairs, health board picks, and cotton market notes, naming groups and local figures while praising civic virtue and town life.
A lyrical meditation contrasts summer passing with autumn’s arrival and the inevitability of death. The piece urges readers to settle accounts, reflect on life fulfilled, and seek peaceful readiness for final moments, aided by financial and moral closure.
A reflective meditation on inner anguish behind outward calm. The piece compares cheerful exteriors with private storms, noting brave endurance masking deep pain and silent heartache that others cannot perceive. It evokes quiet strength amid shattered hopes and lost brightness.
Town Board enacts law to fine disturbances of worship caused by snoring in church. Informers, not police, will report offenders, with punishments limited to fines. noted preachers and deacons are cited, urging snorers to pay into the MIRROR or church box.
The Argus extols the Wilson Mirror and its management. It welcomes J Howard Brown’s return to New York and praises Geo Blount as business manager and Henry Blount as editor. The piece lauds the editor’s reputation and hopes for broader circulation, while expressing gratitude to Henry for his generosity.
A wounded narrator describes a man who idolizes a woman then learns she scorns him. He drinks misery like a bitter potion, losing joy in birds, flowers, stars, and the world as sympathy fades and hope dies.
Tilghman McGowan left jail doors open while feeding prisoners. Charles Simms escaped and fled behind Hackneys carriage shops seeking refuge near Doug Hackney's home. A block was surrounded until Simms was found and then urged by Jake Edwards to abandon his wanderings.
The document lists extensive assets with values across categories: land holdings including 51,655 acres owned by White, town lots 607 valued at $555,628, livestock counts such as horses 1 278 mules 1 765 jacks and jennies 2 cattle 3 254 hogs 16 978 sheep 1 525, furniture tools and household items valued at $209 247, cash on hand $45 598, solvent credits $721 121, other personal property $267 812, and bank stock $47 660. Total real and personal property income and bank stock reach $3 602 445, up $271 635 from 1886.
For sale two acres partly cleared and cultivated. Land suited to clover rice tobacco wheat oats and potatoes with several acres in clover this season. Part of farm near mill and gin, two and a half miles from Postoffice. Large 14 room house, price 5000, terms cash. W S Barnes Stantonburg NC.
The article praises Hugh F. Murray Esq for contributing to the State Chronicle and News-Observer. It lauds his life of Judge Manly and his polished writing style. The piece commends his intellectual culture and merit, noting his growing influence in journalism.
William Friedberg of Goldsboro dyes clothing for a living and is in great demand. He is known for never failing in dyeing and for always giving perfect satisfaction, having worked for a number in Wilson and reliably delivering well dyed garments.
In a tender exchange the wife tells her husband life would be dull without sentiment and he replies with a humorous remark about onions. She smiles and sheds a tear as she looks at him, sealing the quiet intimacy of the moment.
The Murphy Bulletin quotes a Murphy resident posting in his shed a fierce warning against loose livestock. The sign vows drastic punishment for cows or oxen entering oats and declares the author a Christian man who pays taxes yet condemns careless owners.
A minister praised a young lady as one of the town’s handsomest. She replied he was the prettiest man she ever saw. Observers note they both smile widely after street meetings and surely check their mirrors at home.
A moonlit night turns tense as a quarrel erupts among locals over tickets given away by the chief of the Quintette. The writer, H. D. W., vows no apologies to Quintet and Previous, while praising some, blaming others, and promising a kiss to seal the stance.
The Black Diamonds, a fine musical group, perform at Mamona Hall next Monday night for a charitable purpose. Admission is 25 cents with reserved seats at Nadal's drug store.
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