29 Mar 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1873
Page
1
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A memorably rustic scene unfolds as Hodry and companions wander through summer weather. A hidden pool under a purple rock becomes a shaded, jewel like well where a girl offers a rosy cup while a playful shadow lingers. Foxglove and forget me not frame the moment.
The Board of Special Commissioners appointed to secure a site and suitable buildings for the county presents its report with an abstract of minutes. Beginning May 27, 1871, the board organized with Frank Arvin as Chairman and J. J. C. Wood as Secretary. They sought plans, sites, and funding, discussed tax and bond issues, and consulted architect A. Y. Lee on the Grege mansion as a potential court house, noting repairs in circulation.
Aiken County's 1872 county commission reports on buying the Gregg Mansion for a court house. They detail bids, escrow arrangements, tax projections, and partial payments, noting insufficient funds and ongoing efforts by auditors and treasurers to meet the contract terms and finalize the purchase.
From a published Rules for Business Men excerpt, advertising guidance urges using modern facilities and available information channels. It stresses competing with neighbors by leveraging local press to announce readiness to do business and to inform the public through printer's ink.
The excerpt urges selling at small profits for cash and making it known through the newspaper. It stresses that a legitimate concern needs fair judgment, close industry, unwavering integrity, superior workmanship, fair prices, and to treat customers well if possible than competitors, with public publicity.
A satirical catalog of society figures you might meet from Mr. Whiner to Baron Muochausen Jr. Each caricature highlights a tiresome trait or habit such as fatiguing opinions, weather talk, perpetual vanity, loud introductions, feigned illnesses, chronic borrowing, or constant shop talk at dinners.
The text notes how extreme hunger altered behavior among starving men, producing vivid fantasies of lavish meals. As famine worsened, many indulged in imagined suppers while still marching through jungle conditions, with some discussing abstaining from stimulants to preserve appetite and planning lifelong eating upon escape.
Historical sketches describe Thomas Jefferson as calm clear and orderly while John Adams appears emotional and fiery. James K Polk is portrayed proud firm and dignified, and Andrew Jackson praised for firmness and character with Madison linked to originality and diversity.
The passage describes several U S leaders with distinct traits. Franklin Pierce is harmonious and balanced. Zachary Taylor is firm, hopeful, intelligent and honest. Millard Fillmore is courteous. William Henry Harrison is kind and prudent. Monroe is practical and sensible. George Washington shows strong common sense and integrity. John Tyler is brilliant but off-hand. Martin Van Buren is cautious and clear-headed. John Quincy Adams is combative and thorough with extraordinary memory.
The piece notes the inauguration grand ball attended by the President Cabinet and foreign ministers, with social equality framed as non legislative. It states the White House endorses fair chances for Black citizens and marks a shift in race relations and party politics post war. It cites West Point social mingling, James Brooks’ political shift, Cuban annexation by Black Republicans, and Boston censure petitions as signs of changing times.
A fragmented reflection notes that honesty varies with watchfulness and motive. It suggests some people become dishonest under necessity, and money corrupts. people praise the dead while censoring the living. It ends with a question about cemeteries for the bad.
A broad survey of late reports includes Commodore Vanderbilt's donation to Bishop McTyeres for a Tennessee university, the Grand Duke Constantine’s Paris stop en route to Russia, a new steamship line with the Pennsylvania Central Railroad to ply Philadelphia to England, and Wendell Phillips backing expunging Sumner censure. Other items note Catholic unions, women jurors aiding convictions, Albemarle wine growth, a county wine cellar plan, and oddities about oysters and whiskey consumption.
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