Better Cattle for the State
Col Holloway urges South Carolina to prioritize beef cattle over dairy breeds. He cites shortages of homegrown beef, mentions Red Polled and other large breeds, and asks to publish breeder lists and steer toward State fair specimens. He praises Clemson meetings and calls for full proceedings and more local fattening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thosias W. Molloway
Staw Agricultural and Mechanical Society
South Carolina
Columbia
Kansas City
Virginia
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
Clemson College
Col. Holloway
Dread of Death and Philosophic Stoicism Cited
In the Augusta Chronicle excerpt a physician notes dying people show little emotion and mental peace accompanies dissolution. The piece contrasts barbarian fear with Chinese stoicism and argues civilization should adopt a similar calm toward death. It suggests humanity could begin to overcome its dread of mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scommuan
Augusta
Touchlog Figure Captain Bryant Remembered Faithful Trackman
Obituary tribute to Captain Sam Bryant a Kentucky turfman who recently died recalling his steadfast faith and a famed saying about the Judge of the big track. The piece compares his death to a saintly moment and recalls a boy’s rainbow sign for Gen Robert E Lee with poetic reflection.
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Sam Bryant
Kentucky
Robert E. Lee
Gen. Lee
Birmingham Newa
Senator Grady and the Rat Terrier Trial Tale
A humorous Utica Observer fragment recalls Senator Grady and a dog man’s rat scare. A stammering buyer tests a rat terrier for $50 while a sewer rat lunges, biting the dog and prompting the buyer to back away, remarking he doubts the purchase.
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Grady
William R. Travera
Utica Observer
Henry Clay’s Master Look Wins Not Guilty Verdict
An anecdote recounts Henry Clay taking on a murder case in his prime. The defendant claimed self defense, and Clay’s performance culminated in a feigned fierce look that unsettled the jury. After 15 minutes the jury returned not guilty, with Clay noting the effort behind the look matched the case’s depth. An elder traveler, James Sandusky, relays the tale from Louisville.
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James Sandusky
Chicago
Venee Valley
Henry Clay
Gandusky
Mr. Eay
Aimen
Clay
Ti Wan
Moss
Louisville Courier- Journal
Just Stepped Off A Train. Passenger Injured In Surprising Accident
A Sunday excursion train from Paris to a camp meeting passed through Cynthiana at about 25 mph when a man jumped from the moving cars near Pike street. He fell into the street, suffered visible injuries, yet calmly greeted a passing Negro woman with a formal, staged greeting.
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Paris
Louisville
Touresl
Cynthiana
Falmouth Tike Crossing
Pike Street
Mr. Hopkins
Unnerving Camp Meeting Warns Of Sudden Lightning
Rural Whitsett Courier correspondent recounts a tragic camp meeting incident with two lightning strikes, a drowned mule, a fatal rattlesnake bite, and a violent death, urging readers to stay humble and be ready for sudden events.
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Whitsett
Reddy
Two Umbrellas and a Matrimonial Ploy at Dearborn Station
A Chicago morning scene ends with a plain country suitor and his fiancé failing to meet as two hidden banners and matching umbrellas approach. The wagered romance unravels when the pair, arranged via a matrimonial ad, fail to recognize each other and part silently. A mix of humorous and odd anecdotes follows.
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Ajman
Uluebrella
Dearborn Street
Chicago Tribune
Brown County
Ind
Sue Johnson
Three Oaks
Mich
Sue
Chicago
His Travelled Miles Record Confederate Soldier
A Brunswick Ga dispatch reports Thomas J Hardaway a disabled Confederate veteran who spent thirty two years in railway service covering vast distances. He claims travel totals and routes from Macon to Clayton to Savannah Live Oak to Jacksonville and Wilmington with a daily mileage sum near 120 miles.
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Thomas J. Hardaway
Brunswick
Waycross
Saya
Philadelphia
Hardaway
Macon
Clayton
Ala
Savannah
Live Oak
Fla
Jacksonville
Charleston
Wilmington
N. C
Nave
Tsial
Nod Egeio
Weil
New York Commercial Advertiser
For Sale Farm Near Wealhalla South Carolina 1903
For sale a good farm of ninety six and a half acres with twenty acres of bottom land on Connerces Creek. Two houses and barn and necessary buildings. Four miles from Wealhalla one mile to church and school. Address J F W Stelling Connerous Queenie County South Carolina July 23 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connerces Creek
Wealhalla
Cburoh
J. F. W. Stelling
Conaerous
Quenee County
Notice of Final Settlement for Jar H Ellison Estate
The undersigned Administratrix Mary Jane Ellison gives notice that the will was filed on September 22, 1902, with the Judge of Probate in Anderson County South Carolina for Final Settlement and discharge from her office as Administratrix. August 20, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jar
H. Ellison
Apple
Anderson County
8. C
Mary Jane Ellison
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Augusta Herald
Mitchell
Stanley
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Bobby
Atlante Journal
Vandiver Bros
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Aram
W. M. Wallace
Bolta
Paul E. Stephens
FSOF
Campbell
Joan
G. McAdama
Wa Cart Shoso Co
Eeu Teel
Oruteinml
Thatleston
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Crarleston
Bencon
Bank OF Anderson
TEE Largent
T. Skelton
Ata Fnneurappe'Co
Mattison
Anderton
E. G. McAdamis
AMD -Western
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Ashevillessort
Linn Apoft
Jestou
Scu
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Colga
A. L. Railway
Pella
Spartanburg
dloMets
Beatione
Blue Ridge Railroad
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Pendletoner “ Anderson
Ar Balto
Pendleton
Pendleton Collegiate Institute
Richardson
Okland
Peoples Furniture CO
Florida
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Pullman
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