14 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1879
Page
1
A lengthy, anecdote rich interview recounts General James Longstreet's wartime views. He discusses leadership, Confederate failures in organization, pivotal battles, and the Appomattox surrender, interweaving recollections of Lee, Grant, Johnston, and others with reflections on courage, morale, and the war’s end.
The article recounts Adolf Erik Nordenskjold's Arctic explorations from 1872 onward, detailing his drive to prove a navigable northeast passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It covers sponsors Oscar Dickson and Alexander Sibiryakov, voyage specifics aboard Vega and Leva, ice and sea conditions, and Nordic gains in geography and science. It notes Nordenskjold's Swedish origins and his prior Arctic and Greenland expeditions.
A jumbled dispatch reports a meteor near Little Rock. It notes a North Carolina man crafting many black fibers and a thirteen year old girl in Atkan gia fe. Civtern water in Corpus Christi sells for a dollar per barrel. A Davidson county farmer yields sixty-two bushels of wheat per acre. Rev Tucker of Colquitt county Georgia is father of forty. Atlante has a belle who disimo unt bor average is a dozen plates of ice. A Florida opinion taxes young orange trees. Norfolk VA farmer ships two thousand barrels of potatoes. Cholera and yellow-fever news circulate with vague references. Georgia regimental history mentions a gun defense of the Confederacy. North Carolina agriculture reports large dog-related costs. perpetual island improvements rise from five to ten million dollars. A bizarre legal note concludes dogs are not property in North Carolina. Local laws in Galveston threaten fines for Sunday labor. Counterfeit half dollars appear. some are rejected. An estimate cites ten years ago Island improvements cost five thousand dollars. this year two thousand more will be dropped. A $500 dog bite debate, with a five-cent dog bite vs a $20 sheep bite, stirs local ire. Kentucky ladies weigh rival bids for State Librarian. A sinkhole in Berrien county near Little River draws attention. Quitman GA reports two Mayors in one city due to cross-state governance. A rough account of a fugitive’s arrest scene unfolds. Virginia bread production praised with Price’s Dream Baking Powder.
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