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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1900
Page
7
A reflective poem warns that greed and the pursuit of wealth bring no real reward in the end. It contrasts earthly riches with the futility of material gain, noting there are no pockets in a shroud and that death levels all wealth.
A British light dragoons squadron staging a mock wartime raid near the Canadian border unexpectedly veers into a real border crisis. Amid dust and smoke the major leader misreads the route, prompting a tense chase as they fear arrest by U S authorities and a possible international incident.
In a tense scene villagers and Light Dragoons exchange fire as a minor skirmish near a village erupts during a field march. A major volunteers a pistol salute and negotiates a truce while troops clear a firebreak, leading to a calm retreat and promises of future cooperation between armed locals and the traveling force.
An eyewitness recounts a brutal winter mishap aboard a Missouri Pacific freight between St. Louis and Sedalia. A hobo rode under the locomotive, was burned and trapped, later removed at Chamola after a perilous rescue involving crewman Brennan and the engine crew. The piece preserves gritty, non-graphic detail of the peril and its aftermath.
The Philadelphia Record explains a mariner compass divided into 32 parts of 11 degrees 15 minutes. The magnetized needle lies on the card’s lower surface and the card rotates with the needle, suspended on an agate cap. Gimbals keep the compass horizontal, with iron hulls causing deviation corrected by steel magnetic near the compass. The vertical inside box shows the ship’s angle to the magnetic meridian.
An old lady urges perseverance as a girl named Sally explains how she and Gao Gay ate eight apple dumplings that vanished. The line "It is the only way you can accomplish great things" frames the tale of resilience and a curious kitchen riddle.
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