Thachers Column on Education Reform and Morals in Georgia
The column laments poor papers before the Examining Board and praises Prof Morrison and Mr. Mitchell. It urges better trustee oversight, monthly meetings, and contracts for teachers, plus a county library for teachers. It warns dueling and stresses moral and industrial training, connected to rising crime, divorces, and social decay, urging duty to youth and home discipline.
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Phare
Aome
Hom
Ligon
J.P. Smith
Baro
Tightagala
Cauas of
Cso
Old
Slabtown
Piake
Avery
Stabtown
Ww. P. H
IPR
Williamston
Pope
Lander
Hogg
Richardson
Thacema
Ataio
Sancho Panzo
Bie
Adust
Bao
Ben Hill
Hideoua
Alex
Stephens
Thabit
Col Jere
Jet Chin
Nina i
T Mesa
North
George R. Sternon
Boston
Massachusetts
House of Correction
Hampden County
Sodom
Gomorral
Bretson
Jook
Dorchester Anya
Rhode Teland
Connecticut
Stetson
Hia
Georgia
South
Bartow
Opolitia
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Chisago
Drr. Stetson
Sewaleaya
Hotte
Germany
Colonel Towers
Red Courts
Angitatn
Stick to the Farm and Grow Cotton Profitably
The article exhorts young Southern farmers to stick to agriculture, study geology chemistry and plant physiology, and read two good newspapers. It argues that careful tillage improved seeds and manure can double yields, especially in cotton, and warns against professional and mercantile insecurity, urging home ownership, steady labor, and a focus on cotton as the enduring money crop.
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Tubor
Tdeas
South
Jean
Verchant
England
India
Australia
British Columbia
New South
Destructive prairie fires scorch Kansas in 60 mile spread
A roaring wall of fire swept from Nico Demus in Graham County northwest into Norton County destroying homes, barns, stock, and crops. Dozens of properties burned and many left homeless as the tragedy stretched across sixty miles with losses estimated well over $109,000. reports from Snow Falls and surrounding areas cite multiple houses, barns, and farm equipment burned and unknown deaths.
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Caroano
Atchison
Kansas
Gaya
Nicodemus
Graham County
Norton County
Solomon Tiver
North Park
Edmond
Central Branch
Decatur
Lwota Saven
Snovx Falls
Dacors
Henry Strallen
George Fuller
John Jacobson
P. M. Hall
James Hutchinson
C. EB. Greenlan
W. 5. Brooks
William Igo
Edward Walker
Peterkin on Pure Cotton Seed Selection and Ginning
J A Peterkin outlines methods for selecting uniform cotton stalks and bolls, warning against over fertilization and seed mixing. He stresses off field rest periods, single seed lots, and careful planting to ensure uniformity and quality in cotton seed production.
The Length of Days Across Cities and Latitudes
The longest day lengths vary widely by city. From London and Bremen about sixteen to seventeen hours to Stockholm eighteen and a half hours, with St Petersburg Tobolsk nineteen hours and a short day five. In Tornea twenty one and a half hours, nearby Wardburg about two months continuous daylight, Spitzbergen three and a half months. New York on June 19 records fourteen hours fifty six minutes, Montreal fifteen fifty.
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London
England
Bremen
Prusia
Stockholm
Sweden
Hamburg
Germany
Danizio
Prussia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tobolsk
Siberia
Tornea
Finland
Wardburg
Norway
Spitzbergen
New York
June
Montreal
Short Furrows a Waste and Plowing Efficiency
Calculations show waste in furrowing with three furrows nine inches wide and eleven miles plowed per acre per day on nipa quality land. Comparisons note differences by horse and land type, with longer furrows reducing turns. Also included are moral and household adages on gratitude, lemon cure, and prosperity.
Judges Voice on Lynching and Law in 1887 Yorkville
A correspondent from Columbia transcribes Judge Kershaq and Judge Presley remarks criticizing lynch law and urging faithful juries, with Judge Gyscn from Yorkville defending courts’ limits and warning of broader jurisdiction if reform fails. The documents discuss scandal, mob justice, and legal safeguards.
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Aiken Journal and Review
Aiken
Kershaq
Jay
Grand Jury
Richland
Yorkville
Offenes
Hays
Presley
Aiken County
Eiatheee
Areon
Treas
Taimply
Joper
Pan Handle railroad robberies shock Pittsburgh crowds
A vast theft operation by Pan Handle railroad crews and outsiders unmasked across the line from Columbus to Pittsburgh. About 56 in jail, with hundreds more charged or suspected, goods worth nearly half a million dollars stolen from freight cars include sewing machines, guns, silverware, clothing, and liquor. The scale provoked citywide alarm as arrests surged along the route and ringleaders were sought.
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John H. Hampton
Pennsylvania Company
Pan Handle
Fittaburg
Rogman
Euch
Versela
Cada
Kaptizio
Denver
Ths
Witis
Young
Cadiz
Steubenville
Columbus
Denison
Ohio
J. J. Dunlap
James
W. Collin
United States
Chicago
St. Louis
Bushie
Perranurs
Hhere
Perons
Carson
Pittsburg
Baker
Sheridan
Bhiv
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Thachers
J. G. Clinescales
Eprrox
W. 8. Morrison
Wil Jingston
Morrison
Hss
Board of Trustees
County Board of Examiners
Bill
Byun
Mr. Peterkin
J. A. Peterbin
Weeks
News and Courier
Reralian
Jadge Lynch
Mol Law
Columbia
South Carolina
Tom
James 2. Randall
Augusta
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