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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1891
Page
6
The piece argues about self-sacrifice and brotherly love while noting Clemson College may shift from a farmer training focus. It cites farm commodity prices and questions whether the college will admit enough students, estimating only about one third of six hundred applicants would pass preliminary exams.
Judge Simonton signs order restraining the Coosa phosphate company from mining or claiming rights to the Coosaw phosphate deposit. The receiver is discharged and the order enjoins any further action to claim or grant rights to the phosphate rock.
The cotton market held steady with middling at 7 15 16 cents in New York and about 73 in Charleston and Augusta. Futures rose about 19 points amid reports of worms damaging crops in Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. Favorable showers boost crop prospects as southern ports receive more cotton. Savannah notes potential for broader grading and market comparisons to 1890.
A department of agriculture report notes ideal weather for tobacco growth, two thirds harvested, yields about fifteen hundred pounds per acre, market value from six to eight dollars per pound for high quality wrappers, totaling about 262 50 re. It suggests profitable, careful cultivation for farmers to consider.
A circulated report claimed some Georgia lawmakers offered to sell votes to Mr. Pat Calhoun. A committee was appointed to investigate, meeting Tuesday to begin hearings and hear testimony aimed at exonerating or clarifying connections to bribery allegations involving Gordon’s associates.
A devastating blaze in Jacksonville Florida early Wednesday morning swept through the city center. It destroyed the Hubbard Knight crockery block the Seminole Block the Smith Mattier house and other structures including the Freedman's bank building the Hotel Placide the Ritzeweller residence the Chelsea science and the Simmons Scott shoe store and Lloyd Bros grocery at Church and Main streets.
Later developments suggest Gov Tillman delayed sending the reprieve to Jacobs and Johnson to extort confessions. The Charleston World misreads the act as isolated. observers hope it will be the last such cruel, unjustifiable instance in the state.
In Augusta Georgia last week seven deaths occurred among black residents and none among white residents. The author notes the population is half black and half white and mentions watermelon season and cheap fruit as a driving factor for labor.
Mrs. James K Polk widow of the tenth U S president died at her Nashville home on the 14th inst in her 81st year.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly September 1891 features New York Yachts, Gloriana portrait, and Edward Burgess. It includes naval sketches, Under Four Flags by M C Ker, War Time tales, poems, and short stories by diverse authors.
In Our Dumb Animals the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals condemns muzzling dogs in warm weather. The piece compares muzzling to stripping a man and setting him fighting fleas and mosquitoes, arguing the practice harms dogs and resembles abuse by its own nature.
An old reader testimonial claims De Witt's Little Early Risers relieve constipation and biliousness, praising the effects and urging others to try the remedy for health issues.
The frontispiece features a Narragansett belle with a weekly mix of illustrations and articles. It highlights a Wagner festival at Bayreuth with a production account and a Holy Grail cover image, plus several pieces on reserve operations and current topics.
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