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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1892
Page
6
A poem by James Sullivan recalls a past era in a rural valley. The speaker contrasts wartime memories with peaceful scenes of home life, farm work, and an evening church, ending with a faded sign of Marlboro and Mansfield. The cadence blends nostalgic verse with rural imagery and a moonlit atmosphere.
Henry Hamilton, a stylish Washington government clerk, becomes entwined with Marie Forrest and Major Lockwood. Their courtship scenes, rivalries, and social rides reveal a reflective tale of ambition, flirtation, and a failed romance set against Washington's elite circles. Marie ultimately weds Maturin Delano, leaving Hamilton defined by longing and class.
Plymouth is a bustling factory village rich in landmarks from Pilgrim Hall to Burial Hill and Plymouth Rock. The rock’s journeys include moves to town center, Pilgrim Hall lawn, and a final return, with descendants of Mary Chilton and John Alden linked to its first steps and Longfellow claiming Alden as an ancestor.
A list of authors and the ages at which they completed or published notable works. Names include Machiavelli, Goethe, Newton, Tennyson, Dickens, Voltaire, Spenser, Persius, Cervantes, Johnson, Virgil, Dante, and many others, with ages ranging from early twenties to mid fifties. The compendium presents a historical snapshot of literary productivity by age.
A French pharmacist reports that ammonia vapor can stop stubborn gasoline fires. After a bottle of ammonia water was broken in a burning room, the vapor extinguished the flames instantly, suggesting further study of this extinguishing method.
In early Brazil, Portuguese explorers mocked natives for lacking J and R in their alphabet and questioned for faith and governance. The Mohawks reportedly resisted labial sounds, arguing that p and o could not be spoken, as noted by Argonaut.
In a terse exchange a stranger asks why a boy was attacked. Urchia replies that he believed he could defeat him, signaling a confrontation born of assumed advantage rather to resolve a dispute.
Philadelphia Record reports a brief train clash where two locomotives and about a dozen cars tried to move after a switch dispute. Engines shifted, sparks flew, and both sides pressed the throttle without progress for about seven minutes.
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