Thaghers column and life of Professor Ligon obituary
Professor Wm J Ligon, longtime educator in the county, died after a months long illness. A South Carolina College graduate in 1849, he guided many pupils to success in college and professional life, earning respect for discipline and Christian character. The notice urges continued devotion to education and duty.
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Wm. J Liger
South Carolina College
Pew
Prof. Ligon
Ligon
Teach Them to Read as They Talk in Class
A long discussion urges teachers to guide students to think before reading and to read aloud for comprehension. It argues teachers should pose questions on each sentence, prompt pupils to express meaning aloud, and secure obedient attention to align thought, heart, and will with truth.
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Bytanger
Ceo
Bass
Carolina
Escaped Lovers at Grand Central Station Amid Turmoil
A fragmented narrative recalls Ebenezers Hannah and Hannar during a tense wait at Grand Central depot. The man plots to uncover a trunk dispute while an old woman guards him, hinting at a brewing confrontation with horsemen and a drinkers’ scene across the street. Cincinnati Post reports a Virginia court ruling elevating Bettie Thomas Lewis as Virginia’s wealthiest colored person and links a medical claim about Hall’s Catarrh Cure to broader 1887 notices.
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Cincinnati Post
Sickbed Reverie and Astronomical Ramblings from Boston
The writer complains of illness and feverish nerves while reciting a stream of thoughts on heaven, turpentine, and family anxieties. He meanders into astronomy, education, calendar history, and a humorous tale of three tall Americans in Leeds who disrupt a lecture with a joke about height.
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Phillips Brooke
Boston
Dr. McVicker
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America
Aeata Spart
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Christian Watson
Hair straightening craze among Boston's colored women
Boston's The Globe reports a fad where African American women seek to straighten kinky hair using a costly amber cream procedure. The article notes church opposition as a deacon warns against pride in altering God given hair, while an elder endorses acceptance of natural texture.
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A.M. E
Hiad
Virginia
Sitting Bull
Bho
Ibwan
Boxton
The Lover's Lament and Pierce's Favorite Prescription
The verse laments a failing sweetheart and drooping beauty then touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy. It claims to strengthen the system, cure organic troubles, and aid debilitated women with a money back guarantee.
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Dr. Pierce
Vast, scattered 1890s miscellany spans politics to cures
A jumble of notices and anecdotes touches on U.S. electors, industry shifts, animal breeding, health cures, and curious crimes. It cites Amelia Barr, Don Cameron, and Chief Justice, mentions buffalo breeding in the Dakotas, rat and pig anecdotes, Prohibition talk, and various oddities.
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United States
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