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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
7
A Riley era poem fragment features a narrator warning against toying with bumblebees and recounting observations of their slow buzzing and stinging. The speaker recalls a bee climbing a jimson blossom and an eerie claim about the Raggedy Man.
A historical note on the King’s Champion, heir to Marmion lineage, and the ceremonial duties at Westminster Hall. It traces the descent from Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion, the Dyham and Dy- Fen lines, and how the champion would ride in armor to proclaim the new king. It mentions Frank Dymoke as a future heir and the spectacle of coronation preparations.
In a six story New York tenement at 25 Henry Street, Irishman Murphy clashes with Hebrew tenants led by Ike Lipschitz over pork and onions. A confrontation turns violent with doors barricaded, a stairwell brawl, and a police intervention ending in Murphy’s $5 fine.
The scene centers on Sir Edward Dymore who demands the title of Champion. The king questions the claim noting James is crowned King of England, not Scotland, and remarks there is no need for two separate champions. The exchange ends abruptly with Primoke named Champion for Great Keeee.
Epicures prefer miniature garden produce and truck farmers supply tiny potatoes, turnips, carrots, cauliflower and even cabbage heads the size of a baseball. These small vegetables are said to be more easily digested with tender fiber compared to mature specimens.
An advertised tonic named Febri Cura claims to fight chills and fever, sugarcoated as a strong iron nervine medicine. It touts superiority over quinine, guarantees cure or money back, and warns against substitutes sold by B. W. Hargrave.
Directory item shows train connections between Florence Weldon Wilmington Norfolk Goldsboro and Wilson with multiple train numbers and times. Aldermen include Mayo Davis Anderson Moore Riley and city officers City Attorney Jno E Woodard City Clerk Jno R Moore Collector W E Deans Treasurer W E Warren Supt Water Works R J Grantham Electric Lights J T Wilson Electrician Ernest Meredith Street Overseer Amos Walston.
H MARSHBOURNE chief FRANK FELTON Geo MUNFORD G P BRYANT EPHRIAM HARRELL listed in a community notice or roster.
List of regular meetings for Mt Lebanon Lodge 117 A F and A M Chapter 27 Commandery 7 Lat Williams U A M I O O F Wilson Lodge 1694 Contentnea Lodge 57 K of P Enterprise Lodge 44 and related fraternal bodies with venues and weekly timings in the town heading Nash and Goldsboro streets with bank and hall references.
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