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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1887
Page
1
A mid 19th century column discusses editorial independence and public faith. It critiques notable preachers, praises honest journalism, and records church events including Rev. Browne and Rev. McFerrin memorials, plus local church meetings and trustees appointments.
A village editor recalls a gentile man praising his daughter for her delight in a hymn, urging fathers to treat daughters with dignity and public politeness. The essay urges respectful introductions, considerate invitations, and parental example to shape daughters’ tastes and sons’ future behavior, stressing spiritual tidiness and domestic order.
A proposal on extending hospitality to guests who cannot reciprocate, urging host families to invite one or two travelers for meaningful companionship. The author suggests choosing a shy or lonely guest such as a retired teacher or a caregiver, inviting them for a brief stay, and treating them kindly to share in life’s burdens and joys. This charity mirrors Christ like giving and offers mutual brightening of days.
Fragmented verse depicts trees debating obedience to the great pine and the course of nature. A sly, moral question emerges about who truly leads the forest: the steadfast pine or the surrounding woods, with a lesson on humility and duty threaded through archaic diction.
A fragmented religious fill-in prompts reflection on self control kindness and prayer. It urges family harmony, patient speech, mercy, humility before God, and resisting anger while recognizing sin’s inevitability and the need for repentance and mercy. It notes listening as a virtue and suggests personal growth through disciplined behavior.
A fragment from a 19th century sermon and household guidance piece argues for a gentle practical religion that calms anger, fosters patience in family life, and treats servants kindly. It weaves moral exhortation with odd do it yourself remedies and domestic tips, including corn salves and care for fabrics and stoves.
Polly and Kitty contend for a best scholar prize, a watch or cash, while Grandma guides moral choices. Polly seeks honesty and generosity, choosing study with rivals over self gain as Miss Kidder notes, and a sermon on virtue frames their decision.
A fragmentary piece describes a five year old girl recounting daily routines at home and school. She contrasts busy adults with a barefoot street scene and wishes to be that carefree child. The Mississippi River question ends with a quip about fame.
A farm guide shows many uses for stale bread including griddlecakes soaked in water with milk, frying with butter lard or beef drippings, turkey dressing style bread chunks, bread crusts dried for croquettes or fish, or a custard pudding. It emphasizes economy and practical substitution for waste.
An Englishwoman shares a thrift lesson with an American friend on preserving a stair carpet. To extend the carpet's life she and the mansion lord plan routes, one side for up and down and the other to the left, keeping to the center avoided.
How to clean hair brushes with spirits of ammonia. Use one teaspoonful of ammonia to a quart of water. Dip the brush without wetting the ivory, remove grease, rinse in cold water, shake, and air dry. Soap or soap and water softens bristles and turns the ivory yellow.
A Naplist Weekly excerpt debates cheerfulness as sacred rather than levity in worship, warns against dismal post-service moods, and argues faith rises beyond proof. It contrasts modesty’s true vs false forms and notes plans for a memorial window for Bishop Simpson at City Road Chapel in London, asking why not McKendree.
John Ruskin addressing the Boston Ruskin Club criticizes national wartime spending, calls it a folly, and urges that people mind their own business while entrusting wealth and life to God, on both sides of the Atlantic. The remark frames a religiously tinged defense of limits on national power.
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