28 Apr 1897
Page 1
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1897
Page
1
A local advertisement urges buyers to seek hoes with good material shape and durable wood handles. It promotes Brooks planters as superior and fresh buys, urging customers not to waste time with worn-out cotton planters.
An overview of the Mississippi River's floods and levee defenses, detailing the levee system’s history, costs, and risks. It describes how river dynamics create crevasses, the Yazoo Delta floods, and the role of raft formations in backing up water and devastating settlements.
A nostalgic, humorous reminiscence on earlier postal life contrasts with modern mail joy. The writer recalls slow, local post roads, the ancient rates, and family letters from Gwinnett and distant states, while noting church, charity, and old friends. Also included are anecdotes, moral maxims, and historical asides about Paris 1900, science, and everyday wisdom.
A eccentric Broad Street bicycle ride draws crowds as a lone woman on an antique costume bike, with a green parrot on the handlebar and a dog on a tether, passes by. A reserve policeman warns her to ride on the correct side, and she quips about not having a husband. Interspersed are jokes from farmers and a Georgia tale about a northern recruit who mistakes city paving for rugged farming land.
During the winter of 18 3 W M Martin of Long Beach West Va suffered a severe cold with a grievous cough. He found relief instantly after trying Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and soon achieved a complete cure. The remedy has sold for over twenty years and gained steady popularity. Sold at 2 and 5 cents per bottle by Hill-Oor Deng Co.
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