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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1877
Page
3
A severe gale lasting nearly a day toppled trees, damaged fences and roofs, swollen streams, and washed mill dams while hail and rain caused widespread disruption. Farmers suffered losses as sleet fell by day and blue ridge peaks glistened with fresh snow the next morning.
A forecast warns that within thirty days declarations of war could ignite a broad European conflict. The piece argues America would become a key supplier of goods and foodstuffs, with corn and meat profits rising if cotton demand falters, urging farmers to plant more corn to hedge against disruption.
Fragmented report from Grestiville notes an ordinance on marshal dog control benefiting Anderson. Visitors J A Lafey and Prof MW Bchinitt appear. A large June apple tree blown down. Temperance lecture by Rev W H Strick with proceeds aiding Miss Wilden in China. Local farming, mills, and small-town industry updates included.
The district column reports on farming, religion, and temperance. It notes a farmer who grows cotton wheat and rara bas, the Democratic Club excommunications, storm damage to orchards and depots, and a Virginia or South Carolina area harvest mood. It also covers religious meetings at Sandy Springs and Townville, a new Sunday School, and a temperance division in Williamston with officers elected and banners presented.
A late 19th century advertisement urges buying Hosetrer's Geuan irnor to prevent consumption asthma pneumonia and other fatal diseases. It claims three doses cure and a bottle lasts a winter, with sample bottles and sale through Druggists Wilbite & Williams at 75 cents.
A travelogue from New York on a new cooking school at No 8 St Mark s Place led by Miss Caron and chief cook Monsieur Pallas detailing a twelve lesson course on soups meats poultry vegetables and desserts with thrifty tips and comic remarks about student behavior. The piece also covers the recent telephone concert at the Academy of Music and Steinway Hall, describing reception of melodies transmitted from Philadelphia to New York and Brooklyn with praise for the instrument s potential and planned demonstrations in England.
Obituary notes Mrs Mary E Kai died at home near Honea Path after a long illness. She leaves a husband five children and many relatives. She was a member of Barker's Creek Baptist Church. The funeral was held at the church followed by interment in the church cemetery. A sister offers farewell lines and notes the faith of the family.
The eccentric Greek man Diogenes is portrayed as a sour, crabbed bachelor who lived in a tub and searched for an honest man with a lantern. The piece mocks his bad manners and gloomy temperament, suggesting remedies from Dr Pierce’s medicines.
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