18 Apr 1889
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1889
Page
1
Report notes travels to eastern markets where parties spent considerable time in search of items and opportunities. Details remain fragmentary as text in the source shows partial phrases and unclear events.
The fragment discusses bargains, satisfaction, market quality, and material quality considerations without identifiable people, places, organizations, or events. No verifiable facts to summarize into a news item.
An old advertisement proclaims the cheapest dress goods across various textures and weaves including Charlies, Hemstra, Brilliant fires, Afobair, Silke and Satins with a wide stock of new goods across all market slides. The text emphasizes breadth and value in a bygone market catalog style.
The notice describes a wide range of trimmings including Persian band embroidery braids gold and Hercules styles in various altaides, plus felt and braid combinations. It also mentions Grimps and Gercitudes of diverse descriptions and touts the novelty and elegance of the offerings along with dress linings recently introduced.
To our Establishment, Miss Mallalieu is better prepared than ever to fulfill all orders entrusted to her in a thorough and stylish manner. A full and carefully selected collection accompanies this readiness.
The ad touts laces mull embroideries and hosiery with bold claims of the lowest prices and fashionable items. It highlights a leader product in Hut shade black and white at 20c and promises beautiful flowers airy laces and biblons in latest French and New York fashions aimed at attracting many customers.
A column urges balanced education including morals and health, warns against overemphasis on cramming, and criticizes nerve strain. It notes a new law allowing school districts to levy up to two mills for school purposes with designated allocations and calls trustees to act for longer terms and fair burden sharing.
A ledger of 14 February customs notes two historical strands. First, English and continental youths once used billets and lottery to pair as Valentines for a year. Second, modern observances center on love tokens in shop windows, with Saint Valentine’s link largely social rather than sacred.
A discussion on the Lebel gun and war’s horrors references grim tests and civilian conscience, while Dr. G. D. Butler of Louisville reports a white mocking bird that killed a rat, pecking its eye out and claiming rarity as the only known white mocker in the country.
A reminiscence mixes April Fools at a southern college with tales of Tom King’s expulsion over a bell prank. The piece honors Old Mack, the late faculty, and notes Tom King’s later death at Chickamauga, plus memories of Dr Church and the 19th century campus life.
A humorous vintage guide on proposing to a woman named Angela, urging directness and decisiveness. It warns against vague hints and elaborate excuses, advising the suitor to declare true love plainly and press for marriage without delay, while avoiding deception or misdirection.
The piece tours the Wilderness and Chancellorsville battle sites near Fredericksburg and Orange Court House, noting Stonewall Jackson’s death after being wounded at the Wilderness, the preserved earthworks, plank road history, and ongoing visitor interest across the Virginia countryside. It contrasts peaceful modern woods with memories of 1863 campaign hardship and recounts local scenes and relics found by explorers.
A Statesman Hu Sponks extols Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic. He recounts chronic indigestion and dyspepsia, credits his son Dr Hext M Verry of Philadelphia for ingredient knowledge, and says four bottles in two months fully relieved him. The tonic is sold by all druggists.
A writer argues farmers neglect home improvements and social standing while towns modernize. He questions if farmers keep pace with merchants, professionals, and industry, noting widespread dilapidated rural homes, scarce stylish barns, and a drift toward town life. The piece compares county farming to urban growth and calls for farmers to improve homes and status.
Report quotes Hugh T Ackerman of Abilene on flour dust as a high explosive when dispersed in air, recounting a 1863 Minneapolis mill disaster where fine dust caused a devastating explosion. The account notes risk factors in mills and the role of dust accumulation and confinement in triggering blasts.
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