17 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1890
Page
1
A reflective piece on the sacred bond between a mother and her daughters. It extols a mother’s care, laments disobedience, and urges children to honor and serve their mother with unwavering respect and gratitude. The article intertwines religious sentiment with family affection.
A playful essay distinguishes vegetable and animal corns, naming corn types like unicorn capricorn corn dodger field corn and toe corn. It notes corns arise from tight shoes quotes doctors links corns to behavior and even defines a corn dodger by a street prank on a corn afflicted person.
A mixed column reports on Emil Zola earning 500000 from books and John Boyle O'Reilly's estate reaching 150000. It notes political shifts in Arkansas and Vermont, a San Francisco shipyard accident involving a sixty five ton locomotive, and local figures like William Walter Phelps and George W. Childs. It also covers cattle and cotton news, social quips, and Indian affairs with brief sketches of leaders and events.
A compilation of state items notes Raleigh’s approaching centennial in 1992, a new Greenville well, a brick Methodist church at Oxford, and Guilford County’s treasury. It cites a Danville railroad depot at Morganton, the Agricultural and Mechanical College opening, and oyster cannery plans for New Bern.
SOCTAT recounts a family scene where Mamma scolds her daughter for making a penwiper for a nonexistent little sister. The daughter cites Sally Stuckup as having a sister, claiming their father copies the Stuckups’ every move, exposing a playful rivalry in a domestic vignette.
A grateful father praises a young man who ran into a fire to save his daughter. The hero jokes about payment, asking if a couple of dollars would be too much. The exchange highlights a fearless act and modest reward offer.
A Boston family hires a new nurse who begins rocking the baby with a lullaby. The infant abruptly orders cease and declares that atmospheric vibration would cause a suspended citadel in a tree to oscillate.
Buffalo Bill purchases a house in Naples seeking a gentler climate and a place where lassoroni recall his frontier life on the plains. The move hints at a quieter retirement or year round residence away from harsher western conditions.
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