15 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1885
Page
1
A high toned list of goods available includes flavoring extracts baking powders soda pepper Allspice ginger and teas. Also offered are cigars tobacco lamps lamps and a broad range of first class drug store essentials for family use.
President Lincoln hears of Porters perilous balloon ascent near Yorktown 1862 as he rises to survey rebel lines. The craft tears free from a buried valve, climbs rapidly, then descends toward enemy ground. Porter survives by opening the valve and parachuting into a Union camp near McClellan.
Fragmented prose discusses North Carolina gossip, Mackay fortune, and a Nevada doctor’s tragedy. It blends anecdotes of Cabal Colonna lineage dreams with Mrs Mackay’s Parisite lifestyle, then shifts to a sermon on drunkenness, citing 1840 to modern liquor sales and urging moral reform amid ornate narration.
A smooth talking stranger in a crowd proposes a legal bet to separate six iron chain links. He wagers his $10 overcoat against $2 in cash that no one can break a linked chain, then cuts a link in a blacksmith shop and leaves with the crowd startled.
A Courier Journal column argues brides and friends overspend and overexpose weddings. It warns private, simple ceremonies reduce risk of later disappointment, notes men prefer quiet unions, and cautions against costly displays. It stresses long courtship and ten year milestones as prudent guides.
A Philadelphia Star report describes a new safe cracking technique from a reformer’s tip. Experts claim skilled burglars use a rapidly rotated spindle and corundum powder to grind away the spindle face, then insert explosives through the created gap. larger safes require a funnel and rubber tube to apply the explosive charge.
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