Beaverdam and Rock Creek Schools Report Progress and Woes
The Beaverdam community has built a new school with teacher Lillie Bigby replacing Mrs Vermillion as she moved to Williamston High School. At Central, J. Y. Vermillion’s pupils show writing delays. trustees urged faster literacy. A colored Rock Creek scene lacked a teacher at nine, and several schools are closing for winter, prompting calls to keep children in class. The column notes Shiloh’s Lou Wyatt’s steady leadership, Mt. Pleasant’s questionable Beaverdam colored instructor A. J. Parker, and broader concerns about rural schooling and delayed instruction. It also references a New York dog exhibition, Asheville summer normal school, and the Okefenokee swamp bid context.
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Beaverdam
Misa Lillie Bigby
Gret
Ziva Vermillion
Williamston
Misa Bigby
J. Y. Vermillion
Central
Rock Creek
Mt. Pleasant
Beaverdam Church
A.J. Parker
Tupya
New York
National Summer Normal School For
Asheville
N. C
Insitute
A & Genaion
H.8. Little
Henry Jackson
Tts
Maike
Bradbury
Philosophy of the Jew and cantata memories
A long reflective piece praising Jews for their faith and tolerance, discussing Esther and Haman, Mordecai, and a notable orphan story linked to Dr Goulding. The author recalls a local cantata about Esther, lauds its musical impact, and urges youth to pursue refined, lasting musical entertainments over casual social gatherings.
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Atlanta
Porim
Haman
Jawa
Ragland Hind
Europe
Abisbeerus
Artaxertes
Absphaerus
Vashti
Vaebtl
Vashti Qaa
Esther
Empire
Billy Raney
Shees & Horae
Father
Cinderilla
Tsther
Savannah
Goulding
Maraonora
Mordicai
Favora
Hyther
Bradbury
Tragic Death of Mamie Markwell At Ky School
In Fiantxenurs Kentucky a bright schoolgirl Mamie Markwell aged about 9 or 10 took a dose of deadly poison from a box of starchins kept in the home after a disciplinary incident at school. She died at home, her mother distraught and investigating the cause. Her father was away when the events unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lister
Mamie Markwell
Mamie
Lewis Markwell
Mra. Starkwell
Reward for Catarrh Cure and tales from distant Tennessee
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh cure from Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney and Co. A long local anecdote follows about Jack Hunter and Mary Holt, a troubled Tennessee couple, whose years of marriage are strained by betrayal and tragedy. An 1890 Charleston area tale on tomato canning profits and farm canning equipment supplements the rag.
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Hall
B. J, Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Wholeaala
Warpina
Krynas & Mangry
Wholeeala
O. Hall
All
Continent Guards Axe Armorer and Expel Lieut Cottam
A Negro armor named Gilbert Jones serving Continental Guards is expelled after false accusation incident involving Lt Cottam. Jones was briefly jailed while the real thief was later found and released. A separate West Point prank ends with a drummer fooled into a fake shooting scare, then joy at his survival.
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New Orleans
Continental Guards
Cutlam
Company A
Gilbert Jones
Boston
B. T. Cottam, Jr
Company B
Jones
Collam
Enat
Esus
Atlanta
Alote
Hinelda
Tord
Liethart
Hoa
Ley
West Point
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Chiquola Place
D. S. Maxwell & Son
Sullivan Manufacturing CO
Jesse M, Smith
Cotton Planters
The
Brooks Cotton Planter
Elliott Cotton Planter
Sullivan Hardware CO
Sylvester Bleckley Co
Bleckley
Dowlaw
Algo
Eureka
Sylvester Bleckley
Thaghers'golumn
D. H. Russell
Ander
Laura Ellis
Williamston Female College
F. J. Washington
Williamston Colored School
Bin
Shiloh
Mias Lou Wyatt
Richardson
Bill Are
Bron Ant
Kansans
Claus Spreckles
Wallace P. Reed
Tennessee Mountains
Lavon
Colonel Jones
Hodge
Jack Hunter
Jack
Mary
Mary Holt
Hunter
Hays
Iamsio
Tack
Aloat
Huunter
Jackesme
Union
Towers
Allence
LovigyitLe
Henry Owsley
John Merrill
Owsley
Merrill
Allen
News and Courier
Baltimore
Charleston
Maryland
Liv
Norik
Ata
Carneys
Sdule
Cherokee County
Lotta
Georgia
John Brown
Ohblo
Texas
J. H. Burchfield
Oceola
Tia
O. H. Phinizy
United States
France
Germany
Edieon
Sism
Siam
New England
Ebénezer Skinner
Detroit
Cambridge
H. Adler
Obiesgo
Zanesville
Ohio
Florida
London
Washington
America
California Fig Syrup Company
Negro Armorer
Atlanta Deommers
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