10 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1887
Page
1
The piece argues that school year outcomes matter for character creation, not just numbers. It contrasts arithmetic results with moral growth, praising teachers who foster courage, integrity, and noble aspirations over mere percentages. Teachers Institute.
Mr T J Moore delivered an address at Inter-State Encampment urging cotton planters to adopt bee culture. He shares personal trials with hive types, endorses Langstroth based simplicity hives, advises buying flat hive components, and outlines honey marketing via buckets for flexible sale to dealers and consumers.
A preacher discusses heaven as a present faith not a dream and reviews Baxter and Russell millennial writings. He notes vast global Christian underpopulation, explains hope through scripture, and imagines a future earth ruled by shared labor and universal mercy.
A long rural school day ends with a class lie test. The amiable teacher punishes all who lied, one boy confessing truth. Years later the truthful minister reflects on honesty and biblical sin, citing Ananias and Sapphira.
A sermon style tract argues wealth in the United States favors secular gains over Christian missions. Citing figures from banks and industries, it contends evangelical influence is a fraction of wealth and gifts to missions remain only $5,500,000 annually despite massive national wealth. It condemns liquor spending and questions Christian sacrifice. It ends with a stark call for renewed piety and giving.
A patient recounts an ether anesthesia during an operation. The doctor prepares the ether apparatus, the patient inhales, and darkness and numbness follow. Recovery brings pain, nausea, and reflections on the surgeon’s swift, careful work, noting the absence of patient movement and gratitude for the anesthetic.
A satirical and polemical piece mocks the Mugwump Cur and a neighbor’s dog nuisance. It argues dogs degrade neighborhoods, calls for common sense remedies over law, and ridicules gossiping women and anarchists. The note ends with a cottage quip about age and appearance.
A fragmented historical note compares presidents and candidates through drinking habits and health myths. It cites Sherman, Blaine, Donklin, Pitt, and others, linking alcohol to strength, weakness, and public downfall, with references to gout and indigestion as contributing factors.
Haneanisnons Pa July 25 recounts John Heffner of Reading born 1816 who fathered 42 children with four wives, surviving 28 into old age. Heffner died after being struck by a locomotive in 1885 near Reading track. His widow and children, thrifty and respectable, reside in Reading. David M. Miller, long-time county resident, dies near Port Ogden Florida after brief illness. praised as a brave Union soldier and sharp shooter.
A Salem county family tale describes remarkable finger and toe malformations in William Young and his sister. The middle and right fingers on his right hand are fused yet functional, with the relatives showing similar but rare inherited anomalies across generations.
A funeral scene centers on a grieving mason and a boy who died, recalling a tale of prayer and protection. The passage shifts to reflections on war weariness, criticism of battle spectacles, and a contrast between romanticized and brutal realities of combat, citing historical generals and battlefield imagery.
A scattered miscellany covers wedding superstitions, a rise in baby life insurance policies with graded benefits by year, the Glen bill in Georgia on segregation, King David’s vast treasure converted to physical scales, Kansas River discoloration alarm, and a Bertram Texas lightning fatality strike killing A Phipner and M B Sinclair with Quinn Banford critically injured.
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