24 Jun 1874
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1874
Page
1
J T Robertson announces a new store offering a spring stock with dress goods and millinery. The Dress Goods Department features latest styles including Grenadines Japanese Jenapine printed lawns and muslins. A dressmaking department led by Miss Liddia Taggart is featured for ladies in Abbeville.
J T Robertson reported associated with April 15 1874 events noting a 850 dollar per month figure set for 6 50 pm and 6 35 pm times in the record.
In a small Abbeville village a wandering Parson Lee captivates townsfolk with reformist sermons and bold claims. He praises blood purity and touts Dr Pemberton’s Queen's Delight as a cure for disease, drawing crowds before vanishing without trace.
A rambling narrative follows Henry Parkwell of Squashville as he seeks Mr. John Smith and his wife Melinda Byrne. Misunderstandings, mistaken addresses, and comic misadventures lead to a reunion, a near scuffle, and Bay of reconciliation with John Smith, Melinda, and Hattie, culminating in a hinted engagement and wedding plans. The piece blends social satire with a rural-urban crossfire of identities and local politics.
A fragment sketches Rev. Wet. S. Plumer D D LL D in a Columbus journal style portrait. It notes his age seventy one, vigor, role as leading theologian and professor, and his influence in the Assembly with references to his eloquence and prophetic tone. It also includes unrelated domestic anecdotes about cattle, gardening, and a farmer's haystack, all conveyed in scattered snippets.
A narrator recalls alighting in a series of mistaken identities while pursuing a wife. He encounters a claim of elopement, denies being Jones, introduces himself as Ronvy Parkwell of Squashville, and visits several John Smith households. He finds a modest Portland residence amid chaos of debris and a barking terrier.
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