Thaghers Column on Education Reform at Williamston Institute
The School Commissioner and Board of Examiners join with Anderson and Greenville to form a joint Williamston Institute with three instructors and active teacher participation. Miss Olivia Newton’s pupils and Col. Rice’s support are noted. The piece argues for thoughtful geography teaching, parental influence, and humane discipline, urging teachers and parents to attend and set strong examples for children.
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Pickens
Anderson
Greenville
Williamston
Laurena
Himelf
Bia
de. Lander
Col. Rice
Institute
Aucces
Olivia Newton
Bowie
Howe
Winds as Seed Carriers and Odd Anecdotes at Cambridge
Cambridge scientists led by Alfred Wallace discussed seed dispersal by wind noting five main pathways including wind and birds. They cited Java dust reaching 1000 miles and that many southern plants are very light seeded. A joke pair Eliza and Jane ends with a quip about marriage and monkeys. Sam Jones supports four young men at college in Georgia.
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Cambridge
Alfred Russell Wallace
Java
Eliza
Jane
Jana
Sam Jones
Georgia
A Letter on Simple Lively Living and Spring Remedies
A reflective piece defends simple, homey desires for animals and domestic order. It muses on a return to childhood joys and a practical plan for spring eating, schooling, and household management, urging temperate living, healthier meals, and diligent family harmony.
Sermon Denounces Polygamy At Latter Day Saints Conference
Large audience at Kirkland hears President Joseph Smith declare no belief in polygamy. He argues Adam's single wife, Noah, Levi, and others show God intended one wife. The Banner-Watchman reports Birmingham speculation failing and Atlanta rising as a Southern center, contrasting earlier breathless Birmingham optimism with a cautionary tone.
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Cqnevetano
Latter Day Saints
Kirkland
Joseph Smith
Mr. Smith
Adam
Hye
Garden of Eden
Noah
Nosh
Levi
Judas
Athens
Walchman
Biralogham
Alonn
Alabama
Wall Street
Birmingham
Watchman
New York
Hia
Zno
Lota
Peain
Svar
Pittsburg
Mayer
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Tregard
New Orleans
Chattanooga
T Em
Puzzle of the Horn Dealer Sharply Questions Gains
A Georgia man narrates a trading puzzle involving a horn dealer and a horse. He buys for 80, borrows back for 70, resells for 65, then buys again for 70 and sells for 51. He argues whether the net gain is 5 or 10, acknowledging confusion and mixed feelings about the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose
José
Wanted-A Sky Line. Editorial in the Tasleyinilent
Editorial urges the church to clearly separate from the world like a sky line, arguing that Christians should demonstrate distinct faith through life. It recalls Dr Colverasy’s England fog remark and insists the church must reflect purity, hope, and distinct conduct in public life, as Christ did. The piece calls for Christian separation without severing social contact. Hannah Batlatsby, the fattest war man before the public, weighs 783 pounds. She eats half a pound of candy daily. Before the wedding stay she was dear and he was her treasure, but after Ward she became dearer and Lie trogearer.
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Coume
Bnd
Vistora
Kingdom of Heaven
Calvary
Earth
Cobe
Oor
Mart
Sanford Eave
Smiley
Murray
Day
Carl
Jessie
Judge Bleckley
Screamer Mountain
Theo
Ebaye
Paya
Tltis
Lise
Poet Young
Goldsmith
the Hermit
Sidney Smith
Anil
Colverasy
England
Spirituel Organization
Wathershed
Mewar
Aosta
Chris
Israel
Jesus
Christ
Sky
Hannah Batlatsby
Jyeighy
Board of Agriculture Hears Greenville and Spartanburg Stations Plan
The Board of Agriculture met at the Agricultural Building to consider proposed sites for two low country and one Piedmont experimental stations. Greenville and Spartanburg counties offered bids with bonds and guarantees totaling up to $19,000, plus land offers and county subscriptions. The board adjourned to await bids and votes on locations, with final selection pending.
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Board of Agricultura
Perry
Proponmla
Piedmont
Board of Agriculture
Sta. Woder
Butler
Goneril
Sinkfer
Eutaweille
Berkeley County
L. P. Miller
Georgetown
W. H. Evans
E.R. Melyer
Citizena
Darlington
H. P. Hammett
Greenville
N. F. Walker
Citieas
Spartanburg
William Mayfield
Greenville County
de. E. B. Smith
Marion
Savis
Williamsburg County
Charles W. Forater
Genrzatown
Sluo
Anderson, Pickens
Ocanee
Gréenville County
John Ferguson
P. Milla
Maya Cleveland
Court House
Ous
HB. P. Bammett
Board of Agriculturs
Spartanburg County
Profector
J. .N. Wofford
D. B. Duncan
John B. Clavaland
Jousph Walker
Greenvilla Board of Trade
Wiedmont
Board of Trade
W. Lee
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line
Asheville and
Wall
Encampment Association of
Spartenburg Female College
N. FP. Warren
Ouas
H. Cancisce
Tventy
Union County
A. Gregg
E. B. McIver
B. W. Cannon
McCollough
Missing Bride Appears Inebriate At City Hotel
A newlywed couple from the Red River valley passed through town. The groom, drunk and disoriented, wandered hotel corridors seeking his bride. He disrupted guests, asking for his “rose of Sharon” and shouting “Where's my bride?” before a white-cloaked arm pulled him inside.
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Ryan
Red River District
Cuckoo
Sharon
Valley
Secrets and temperance in a derisive digression
A historicalExtract comments on women and secrecy, noting women allegedly conceal more than men while men discuss fragile truths. It cites Governor Hill vetoing a liquor sale bill at the capital and Dr N S Davie of Chicago who has not prescribed alcoholic liquor in fifty years of practice.
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Sue
Enon
Brother
Slater
Cerong Vetrets
Hill
New York
Baw
N.S. Davie
Chicago
Remarkable Woman Faces Crisis Amid Trials
Mrs Shackleford of Pleasant Hill Alshams a Vassar graduate with 59000 income who lost fortune in California. She managed 9500 acre estate with 186 tenants, rising at 4 am to cotton work and handling emergencies. After fending off a thief with a pistol she shot a man who attacked her. Now awaiting trial for the assailant’s cutting charges as she heads to New Orleans.
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Shackleford
Pleasant Hill
Alshams
Vassar College
California
Papam
Bee
New Orleana
Abs
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Thaghers
J.G. Clinescales
Eprtox
Billarp
John Quivey Adams
Daniel Webster
Dryden
Spartanburg Spartan
Conference of Latter Day Saints
United States
Ace
Horne
Eubalcorn
Indy
City
Deacon Slocum
Khimeslf
Savannah News
Ms Lily
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