Thaghers Column on Williford and area schools
The piece praises Williford and Bolton schools, notes Grice as an earnest leader, and Latimer’s resignation for Darlington. It discusses Anderon County education aims, multiple teachers in Hopewell and Brushy Creek Townships, and calls for stable staffing and living salaries. It mentions an Act aiding school funding and urges teachers to use positive educational quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol. Coward
Intelligencer
Schous Fund
G. C. Hodges
Abboville County
Hodges
University expands English study and staff at Southern
Nashville Advocate reports on Southern University broadening mother tongue study. Four years ago one professor and two assistants handled French German and English. now more teachers are needed for Huglish. Enrollment rose from about 100 to 160 students with 20 to 25 Nash ville College girls aiding. Course spans four years with early grammar rhetoric and literature, then English philology Anglo Saxon Chaucer and related studies. A current class of ten with two young ladies reads 20 Anglo Saxon poems while studying Carlyle. essays follow three months of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern University
Huglish
Englih
Nashville College
Nashville
Carlyle
G. Ferrell
London
F.C. Herrick
W. A. Pusey
Mary Conwell
J. B. Ellisy
H. N. Bayder
Cromwell
Smith
J. H. Moore
J. E. Stovall
T. Cole
Emerson
War Kinney
Nanhville
William Carey Pioneer of Indian Mission and Humble Perseverance
A historical portrait of William Carey founder of the Baptist Missionary Society of England born to poverty. He toiled as a shoemaker while studying, inspired missionaries with faith, and helped produce twenty seven Bible versions. His persistence over adversity defined his enduring legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carey
Baptist Missionary Society of England
India
William
Christ
Tan
Hunting and fishing tale from San Antonio fisher
A Conti Line, Howland Baldwin returns from a Devil's River hunting and fishing trip. He recounts exciting experiences including rattlesnakes claimed to be twelve feet long and a three mile drag by a giant catfish after feeding his line to his wrist. Baldwin defends his story amid skeptical remarks from John Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland Baldwin
San Antonio
Devil's River
John Randolph
Baldwin
Talmage Sermon on Marriage Choices in Ruth Text
In a New York sermon Dr Talmage urged young women to seek husbands wisely, praising Aunt Phebe and warning against unsuitable matches. He warned against marrying men who despise Christianity, those with evil habits, or those famed by newspaper ads, asserting many women remain unwed by choice and divine plan. He urged breaking engagements with unsuitable fiances and highlighted the social debate in Maryland over reducing marriage license fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
New York
Naomi
Angela
de Witt
Jesus Christ
Phebe
Ian
Tuan
Cvil
Tiela
Prohibition aims to guard society not reform individuals
The article argues prohibition does not seek to make people virtuous by law. Law protects and restricts, targeting the saloon and its effects rather than personal morality. It compares prohibition to stopping a mob, quarantining a contagion, or halting a fire, asserting personal liberty is secondary to public safety and universal good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick Johnson, DD
Scarcity of Young Women Affects Yakima County
A long narrative discusses the shortage of young women in Yakima County and its impact on marriage, education, and social life. It covers a school teacher's life, a school board resolution to curb marriages, a courtship scene, tobacco farming prospects, and local anecdotes about town life and a peculiar bill of sale involving a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima County
W. Ty
Yale
Pew
Uheless
Beebe
Shi
Els
Mr. Heehe
Onary Nin
Chicago
Ollyer
Akran
Min Tad
World’s Largest Pinter Col Edmund Richardson Dies in Mississippi
Col Edmund Richardson leading cotton merchant of New Orleans dies after apoplexy in Kin Lome Jackson Mississippi on the night of the 12th. He owned nineteen plantations across Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi totaling over fifty thousand acres with annual crops around nineteen thousand bales. He shaped public spirit in the South and supported the New Orleans Exposition and the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial. He submitted a report to President Cleveland praising the exposition and southern progress. Born in Rockingham County North Carolina, he moved to Mississippi as a young man to plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Richardson
New Orleans
Kin Lome
Jackson
Miss
Cal
Richardson
Bouth
Willan H.vanderbilt
New York
Louisiana
Arkunney
Mississippi
Associaon
Cleveland
New Orleyna Exposition
Congress of the United Stans
United Bestes
Northwest
Mexica
Central America
Baat
Congress of
United States
Chapranus
Col. Richardson
Rockinghaw County
N. G
Winter Bee Care Warns Against Winter Losses
The article discusses wintering bees in a warm climate, noting bees cluster to maintain heat, require large colonies, and should be examined before cold weather. It advises avoiding leaky crevices, keeping near the bread chamber, and using a thick cover cloth to protect frames, with careful handling to reduce winter losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi Lees
Barefooting Children and Natural Development Debate
The piece argues for freer exposure of children’s feet to develop circulation and muscles, criticizing tight dress and gloves as social restraint. It asserts barefoot youth fosters stronger lower limbs and immunity to cold, citing a Monroe Ga animal wreck where an elephant fetched 800 dollars and camels 825 dollars.
Reminiscences of a Southern Statesman and Civil War Vet
A review of Reminiscences of Ex-Governor Perry portrays a steadfast Unionist from Pendleton County born 1805. It details his opposition to secession, service in the South Carolina Senate, Civil War defense of the state, and postwar appointment as provisional governor by President Johnson. Also notes Levy Carnine’s funeral in New Orleans with Confederate veterans. Reports on the Carolina Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad stockholders meeting at Aiken, Johnson Hignod’s resignation, Col. R. W. Bowen elected president, and Schofield’s talks with English bankers to finance the road, with continued uncertainty about the contract and mortgage terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Perry
Baltimore
Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Pendleton County
South Carolina
Senate
Lily
Mr. Perry
Lord Mansfield
Inisteu
Site
Abraham Lincoln
Otis
Horea
Congress
Supreme Court
Johnson
Commonwealth of Order
New Omiwss
Io Mansfeld
Levy Carnine
Levy Carnie
Hogan
Alabama
Florida
Smester
Everglades
Ife
Jessup
Caceola
Way
Levy
Mansfeld
Old Levy
Pelican Rifles
Ulick Confederata
Toulsiaog
Culor
Carolina
Cumberland Gap
Chicago
Aiken
State Place
Johnson Hignod
Col
R. W. Bowen
Pickena
Pry
Cel. Aldrich
Schofield
Europe
Wold Raign
Childs & Oliver
Cillds & Oliver
Mr. Schofield
Lilyefield
Death Of Miss Bayard In Wausicoox Area
Dr Gard ner, family physician to Secretary Bayard, reports Miss Bayard died after a long illness. He says Mrs Bayard improves and denies any overdose or poisoning. He recounts arriving too late to revive the young woman and notes resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Bayard
Miss Bayard
Abe
Byard
Agai
Misa Bayard
Tobacco Culture Incentive Funds Announced by State Board
The Board of Agriculture allocates 1500 for tobacco culture experiments with 60 to each county, plus a 100 premium for best yield. Rules require one acre in tobacco, detailed records, monthly weather data, and a 10 pound cured sample to the Department of Agriculture. Reports and samples determine payments. No county committees yet named for Anderson and Edgefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Commisasionar of Agriculture
Department
Anderson
Edgefield
Columbia Registers
Washington Letters On Book Lovers Of The Chace Family
A Washington Letter surveys Gen Lewis Cass and other figures as avid readers. It notes Mrs Kate Chase Sprague and the Chace family as great readers of high class literature and French works, with Edwin M Stanton also a voracious reader during the war. A lighter exchange follows on names and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arold Washington
Lewis Cass
Seward
Chace
Kate Chase Sprague
Jerry Black
Alough
Meney
National Legislative
Washington Letter
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Thaghers
G. Clinescales
Eprrom
Williford’s
W. L. Grice
Mr. Grice
C. H. Gasaway
W. C. Latimer
Bolton School
Darlington
Anderson County
Stribling
Hopewell Township
Relcher
Asbury
B. A. Bagwell
Austerson Military School
Bethesda Church
Brushy Creek Township
Bagwell
Belton
Williamston
Aly
Inia Wallor
New England
Harvard
Thuy
Wusbane
Maryland
Baltimore Sheeromn
Mori
Earth
Charles Lusimer van
Boston
Henry Wilson
Natick
Ben Butler
Gen
Banka
Dawes and
Hoar
Tilden
Arthur
New York City
Daniel Manning
Horatio Seymour
Conkling
Greeley
Kornan
Interior
Cititer Sunzen Gux
Zanesville
Ohio
Sam Randall
Philadelphia
Cameron
Curtin
Thad
Stephens
Buchanan
Mead
Hancock
Bene Wade
Chase
Stanton
Garfield
Mayes
Sherman
Giddings
Thurman
Sheridan
William Allen
Cinginisti
Tull
George H. Pendleton
Douglass
Lyman Trumbull
Grant
Lincoln
Logan
Callom
Yates
Morrison
Sprigger
Ulltisis
Washington
Chicago News
Londany
Mlede Huis
Ronan Caielies
Palestine
Trishtin Dublis
Amy
South Carolan
Canis
USA
Podhds
Agricultural Board of the State
Tha
Eal
Virginia
Bat Fey
Ila
Hamburg
Charleston
Wallialle
Eich
Sun Ayen
Ooe
Wallalie Crevice
Ajililler
Derby
Cana
Tve
Gribilinde
Te Pedillur
Monroe
Owas
Wh, F. Perry
Tam
Tig
Aha
Tls West
Carolina and Combertaid Gap
Ober
Tom
Wanny
Bunny
Clara
Panny
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