23 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1891
Page
1
A collage of aphorisms and musings on life, virtue, fate, forgiveness, and social manners. It weaves lines about trust, deceit, and duty through scattered anecdotes and portraits including Eddie Eve Noah Arch and a preacher at a donation party.
A lecture argues preachers are the happiest workers because their thoughts are Godward. It contrasts clergy optimism with dour stereotypes, urges ministers to radiate joy, and likens heavenly splendors to earthly beauty while celebrating cheer as a moral choice.
A spoof rhetorical speech mirroring Mark Antony at Caesar's funeral. The speaker praises Caesar yet mocks Brutus and his supporters, recounting Caesar's generosity and alleged ambition while lampooning quotes and crowds. The piece ends with the decision to bury Caesar rather than praise him.
A moral exhortation urges men to live for real purposes. Do good and write names on hearts through kindness mercy and love. By steady virtuous acts across years one can achieve lasting remembrance beyond fame or words.
A vivid portrait of the country editor's demanding duties across life’s stages. He must seek news from palaces to hovels, endure sermons, weddings, funerals, and fires, and file rapid reports while managing proofs and reader complaints, all in a single day.
A reflective piece urging focus on lasting subjects and noble deeds. It extols rising to a higher intellectual life through social and study experiences, trampling anxious weeds of life, and measuring time by heart-throbs rather than clock figures. It emphasizes deeds and feelings over years and breaths.
A reflective passage extols the hidden strength of small actions and natural forces. It compares King Canute’s futile command to stop the tide with the coral insect that reshapes seas, and notes how sunlight and rain erode cliffs over time, illustrating that minor forces can yield major results.
A note from Concord Standard replies to a complaint about a missing 4 page feature. It says the gap was a pure accident and promises brighter days with Blount’s canopy presenting stars and youth yearns for musical play.
The author extols home life as a bundle of delight bound by comfort and love. They argue daily family joys reflect moral heroism and romance, and that society’s social well being rests on women's care and devotion as the foundation stones of homes.
A private note from a grieving young woman praises The Moroe for comforting her loneliness. She says the weekly message comes like a messenger of peace, easing her deep grief and providing sweet consolation during a dark time.
The Wilmington Messenger lauds Henry Blount of The Wimson Mirror for public speaking prowess. It notes he has been solicited by friends, describing his rhetoric as superb and his elocution as a blazing potential in lectures.
Poetic verse reflecting on joyous nights of love, the harvest of cheer, and imagining a future wedding. Lovers dream of enchantment, sweetness, and the bliss of marriage dwelling in them. Selah.
A playful verse notes summer’s bloom and the need to spring from bed at night to chase mosquitoes roaming the room. The speaker uses light humor to depict the nuisance of insects during warm, lush evenings.
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