Highroad to success for the farmer using a cotton seed crusher
A 1886 letter from G B Williford, public ginner and farmer, touts a Barbone Cotton Seed and Grain Crusher. He reports crushing 60 bushels per hour with modest power, notes seed quality for homemade fertilizer, and urges ginners to buy and farmers to use the machine, promising low prices and steady demand alongside a large local goods stock.
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Anpensoy
Means
McCunty, Caravant & Co
South
Notable County Teachers and School Progress Highlighted
A county column extols Mrs Durravodl and others as skilled teachers in Sanity Springs Midway Shady Grove and Cross Road. Miss Lela Roberts buys a horse to ride to school while Olivia Newton plans teaching return. Hunter's Spring School adds a new floor and repairs, urging other communities to follow. A moral education piece emphasizes character over mere scholarship and praises Nora Hubbard's flourishing Progressive Teacher program with over fifty pupils and teachers visiting to learn.
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Hunter's Spring School
Xeama
Misa Nora Hubbard
Abe County
Mrs Hubbard
Discipline as a factor in education lesson plan history
The article argues discipline shapes character and guides the will, not merely enforcing order. It contrasts force with moral guidance, noting corporal punishment is harmful and unnecessary while advocating discipline rooted in love, duty, and reason to cultivate self control and social responsibility.
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Greece
Rome
Salomon
Judea
Vila
Astein
Matice
Deailel
Tertas
Conus Auucus
Yuvern
South Carotina
Gad
Wales
Fiske
South Caro Noa
Carolina
Aura
Essay on Drink and the Foolish Power of Liquor
A fragmented essay argues liquor makes the wise appear foolish and weakens resolve. It claims drinks trigger debt, loss of self control, and harm to friends and community. The piece critiques temptation, urges willpower, and cites unnamed examples of men unable to quit drinking.
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Preston
Nus
South Carolina Governor's oath amid Reconstruction era call
A ceremonial address in Columbia marks the oath of office for the South Carolina Governor. The speech condemns past corruption, urges taxpayer economy, stresses education and free public schools, and emphasizes unity, liberty, and strong state institutions amid postwar rebuilding.
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Govirdor Irehardson
South Carolina
Caroline
Rander
Eday
Sildina
Carolina
Leth- Jean Waters
Nesson
Butt
Avery
Department of Agriculture
Ita
Chaunels
Terlvet
Ukcu
Daly
Goverumah
Iodustire
Goncierue
Nate
Swhosh
Bilis
Silloga
Alia
Dtale
Sid Senteiel
Almuld
Usair Wiuney . Suuh
Fir
Jawlaled
Cherigile
Jens Frotitiliowa
Auaeli
Tragic double murder suicide in Invejoy Building
Infrared report from Georgia November twenty six recounts pistol fire at the Invejoy building on Broad Street. R P Hill and C C Hill lie dead from shots believed self inflicted after a quarrel during a drinking morning. The scene drew a crowd as officer Garvey and Emmett Stanley investigated with Mamie Tolingon as a key witness. The brothers were sons of Hon D Pike Hill, long a prominent lawyer.
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ArtAnna
Invejoy
Broad Street
Garvey
Emmett Stanley
Mamie Tolingon
R. P. Hill
C. C. Hill
Hill Brothers
O. OC
RB. P
Hodiea
K.P. Hill
O. C
Hill
Pashen
Tual
K.P. Hilly
D. Pike Hill
Dallas
A Drink Among the Lawmakers
Arnaxia hears McGee truthfully opposing monopolies and big cities after election as farmers representative. A meeting of constituents proposed limiting profits on staple goods to under fifteen percent and penalizing price speculation. Supporters say such laws would revive prosperity and aid the poor, while opponents warn of legislative obstacles.
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Arnaxia
McGee
Murray
Knights of Labor
Legi Latina
Chance
Georgia Divides Rail Power from New York Lines
A lengthy essay laments railroad consolidation and corporate power, noting Georgia land and rail interests shifting to New York ownership. It calls for sovereignty, warns against outside control, and urges protection of local industries while stressing public education and parental responsibility.
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Amaze Neut
Georgia
New York
Westhiad
Alanta
Ajanta
Cartersville
Cedartown
Gordon
Hazzard
Toros
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Ax Tar
Trockon
Woodrow Mys
Hittory
Bran Ata
Runaway Bride and Suitor Survive Family Feud
A well to do farmer and his beloved daughter elope aided by a loyal pursuer. They escape a hostile father by a riverbank hideout and ride to a nearby town to wed. The old man relents after a note demanding forgiveness, and the couple returns as husband and wife amid family reconciliation. Nashville American
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William
Praakle
Sansa
Willims
Nevertheles
Jody
Belov
Howe
Eecine
Sifi
Magialale
A Boy Receives Bible From George Washington
A poor boy longed for a Bible but could not afford one. Two travelers visited, were fed by his mother, and asked the boy his wish. He asked for a Bible. they urged him to visit General Washington. The next day a Bible arrived with Washington’s inscription, and the boy unknowingly spoke with him the day before.
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Geesenaea
General Washington
George Washington
Fragmented Dialogue Reveals Turmoil in a Parlor Scene
A jumbled exchange shows George and a woman in distress as she quivers with fear and grief. He consoles her with proportions of tenderness while she confesses alarming feelings and hints at a deeper, painful matter. The passage is a chaotic snapshot of domestic strain.
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George
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