Educational tour through rural colored schools and lessons
A column records visits to numerous colored schools such as Williford, Springfield, Ruhamah, and Walker McElmoyle, praising teachers like Miss Martie Richie and Miss Selma Whittaker, noting equipment shortages, growing enrollments, and a bold plan to align Walker McElmoyle with Clemson. It also recounts a Pendleton Teachers Association gathering and notes terrace farming advice, plus anecdotes on local doctors and medical training scenes.
Tribute to Gen Robert E Lee Echoes Across Nation
January 20 Richmond State asks prominent men nationwide for sentiment on Lee birthday. Gen Schofield Admiral Porter Governor Campbell Cardinal Gibbons Charles A. Daniels all praise Lee as a heroic Civil War figure. letters stress his military leadership and personal integrity. Also discusses advances in brain surgery, trephining, and case histories from Harper's Magazine.
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Richmond
Lee
Schofield Vaya
Robert E. Lee
Admiral Porter
Lea
Appomattox
Campbell
Ohio
Democratlic Party
Robert J, Lea
Cardinal Gibbons
Charles A. Daniesus
Robert EB
Les Waan
Blown into Eternity in Wilkes County Disaster
News arrives of a fatal explosion in Wilkes County near the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. Five workers killed and a dozen wounded when dynamite packed in rock blasted the deep cut as a fuse ignited by a worker’s cigarette caused a massive blast. Authorities list the deceased as George Hendry Samuel Quills Thomas Emery Joseph Pulls and Eugene Moore. Twelve others injured, three seriously. Special dispatch notes a physician’s advertisement praising Tean Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 bounty for cancers cured.
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Lusland
Pendleton
Sina
Cutlivat
CaAnferry
N. C
Wilkes County
Cape Fear & Yadkie Valley
George Headly
George Hendry
Samuel Qulls
Thomas Emery
Joseph Pulls
Eugene Moore
Greenville News
Country mill disaster and a white engineer’s peril
Don Pankright recalls a harsh trek through Texarkana country life with unemployment and drift. A mill boiler explosion follows a risky engine test, ending in gunfire from the mill owner after a failed joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pankright
Texarkans
Heart Failure in Modern Life and Its Death Toll
A historical summary notes rising deaths from heart failure among strong, middle aged men. It argues that overworked minds and bodies, intense nervous strain, and long illness wear the heart, causing sudden failure rather than a direct fatal disease. Wealth and rapid life may increase heart disease risk by exhausting nervous energy.
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University of Pennsylvania
Beauty at the Lathe at Mount Carmel Talent
Miss Nellie Paterson, admired for looks, completes a four year machinist apprenticeship. Now at Mount Carmel Belt Company a skilled full fledged machinist she handles lathes drills and plans via drawings. Despite dirt and grease she remains a favorite worker and local pride in New Haven area.
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New Haven
Nellie Paterson
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel Belt Company
Misa Nellie
Inventiona Abe
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Bradley
Rocess
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Athet
R. S. Hill
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McDuffie and
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Kentucky
Maj. J
N. ‘Vandiver
Bleckley & Fretwell
Iltaatay
Thachers
D. Hiene
Anderson, B. C
Mountain Crack
Chae
Groat
Uehsher
Ion Baver Maoner
Williford Colored School
Martie Richie
Dr. Witherspoon
Springfield Colored School
P. E. Heriot
Builoh
Buill Nick
B.J. Harle
Ruhamah
Selma Whittaker
Sha
Generostee Colored School
A. Q. Haynie
Dotie Borle
Bidgewsy
Bvargreen
J. A. Richie
Mt. Sinai
Alice M. Smith
Teachers’ Association
Belton
Moore
Lander
Bolton
Thalr Rersone
Jack
Yolke
Jenno
Bere
Misa Olivia Newton
Incy Ellig
Bod
Thia
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Praotten
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Boston
Sumter
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Court House
Stedium
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Byrop
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Ralya- Man Gil
Atlanta
Moybe
Acre
Mark Harding
Mark
Ming
Paragoric
Bateman
Godfrey
Atieice
Ralph
Sewlog
Kendrick
Ely
Darkey
Dr. Waddell
Mr. Jones
Darkay
Toric
Darkie
Dr. Westmoreland
Sud
Golene
Briu Ann
the Immortal
Lancet
Bennett
Mr. Godles
Godlee
Macewau
Glasgow
Macewan
Seydel
Hernelo
WW. Keene
Harper's Magazine
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Mesura
Chenty & Co
Tean Hall
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Congress
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Kanaaszis
England
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Brazil
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Misa
Lizele Weaver
Bridgeton
Poni
Carolina
Caid
Davis County
Ne Jersey
Austria
Ontit
Hungary
Free America
Chicago
Leas Ho
Preschly
Sosriety Store
A. J. Wallace
Lancaster County
Chalmer
Dondes
Scotland
United
Bates
John Hill
Albany
Adda
Jessie Haine
Stone Mountain
Mary Hill
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