10 Aug 1876
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1876
Page
1
An OCR fragment describes deductions and notices about advertisements and tributes. It mentions Rosa tributes and a general dissemination of information with references to schedules and lines. The text is corrupted with garbled phrases and incomplete names.
A vivid account from August 4, 1876, describes the Centennial Exhibition’s grand galleries. The piece highlights Castilian Italian relics, Assyrian and Greek gems, and gold and silver jewelry, alongside German art from Dusseldorf and portraits by Turner. It notes the Royal Academy room for Turner and chronicles a romance involving a rolling-chair conductor. Weather and attendance shifts affect receipts as schools receive reduced admission.
A long illustrated account details Governor Tilden’s Albany residence on Eagle Street beyond Madison Avenue. The two story Swiss cottage style house features verandas, bay windows, and an observatory tower. Inside are workrooms used by Col. Pelton and staff, a library, and a governor’s private workspace. The article notes rent of 210,000 a year and state rent allowances, plus a lavish household employing about twelve servants and eight horses with seven carriages. It portrays the governor’s social hospitality and the staff including his sister in law Mrs Pelton and Col. Pelton as key aides.
A tale from early Western State days tells of a small editor and proprietor who stirred public anger with sharp printing against officeholders. An armed yet comic confrontation in his office ends in a chaotic brawl between the editor and a powerful critic, leaving both exhausted and vowing to move on. Also noted is a local folk remedy for typhoid with a heavy poultice that allegedly cured a long fever spell, praised by a respected county figure and dismissed by doctors.
A Laurens County letter attacks Governor Chamberlain as a failed reformer and criticizes his administration's handling of troops, politics, and finance. It urges a peaceful, democratic push for change, highlighting labor reform, Democratic clubs, and preparedness for a broad revival in Laurens while condemning Republican rule and alleged corruption.
Fragmented excerpts allege President Grant exhibits escalating madness amid political plots. The informal tabloid tone accuses aides like Fish of manipulating public opinion to secure a third term, citing dramatic quotes and imagined episodes from Washington and New York.
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