Teachers Institute to Be Held in Anderson County
A detailed notice invites white teachers from Anderson and surrounding counties to a July 11 to July 28 Institute at Williston. State Superintendent James H. Rice supports funding efforts, with Dr. Klemmie, Prof. Morrison, and Miss Leopard leading instruction on core subjects and classroom methods.
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Klemmie
State ‘Normal Institute
Greenville
Hie
Landernesda
Morrison
Wofford College
Eac
Leopard
Sud
Laughable breach of promise tale in old Tennessee court
A seasoned lawyer recalls a sensational breach of promise case from a long-ago Tennessee county. A young Knoxville barrister cross examined Reuben Barnes amid crowded courtrooms and heated exchanges. The witness described “gumming and sickling” under an apple tree as evidence, provoking laughter from Judge H. and a dinner adjournment. A Wisconsin man’s fury over trimmed shade trees ends in tragedy, used here to illustrate gender rights debate.
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Knoxville
Reuben Baroea
Wall
Lew Dick
Sarah
Barnes
Lally
eDhot
Strange People and North South Tensions in Arp’s View
Bill Arp laments northern misperceptions of Southerners while lampooning figures like Hoar Cleveland and Fairchild. He celebrates southern virtues, dignity, and unity, notes Irish and British topics, praises Queen Victoria, and highlights hopeful northern signs such as Saratoga society, Oxford, and local industry progress, ending with reflections on prominent visitors and critics.
Story of five Georgian youths rising after the war
The piece traces five Georgian youths who, after college, pursued different professions. Four became lawyers and one a doctor, with one lawyer later changing path to become a skilled machinist and railroad superintendent. Their fates highlight the crowded legal field in Georgia and show the varying fortunes of the group.
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Georgia
Colleye
Massachusetts
School of
Sbops
Ima
Illinois
Bis
Illinois City
General Assembly
Red
Lowerer
Sinoce Mind
Hans
Savannah New
Keelys Motor and an Open Letter From Duncan
An 1887 report details John W. Keely presenting a “Sympathetic Etheric Motor” with a liberator mechanism, promising commercial use after final adjustments. It also carries Duncan’s open letter urging State Agricultural Society members to attend the Spartanburg summer encampment, stressing broad farmer representation and practical agriculture talks.
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Duncan
The
State Agricultural Society
General Harrison and the farmer encounter at the White House
An account blends a playful anecdote about General Harrison and a farmer who buys a milking cow and visits the President, with a lengthy treatise on temperance. The piece argues against licensing liquor, urging prohibition as government duty, opposing moral risk, and noting Kansas as an example. It also offers poultry health advice for July to September, detailing chicken cholera prevention, coop ventilation, hygiene, and water treatment.
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Harrison
Howe
Saya Ban
Perley
Chicago Harald
Labor and Drink Editorial Calls for Labor Temperance Crusade
The New York Theme editorial cites Mr. Powderly and a Pennsylvania county showing 17 million dollars spent on liquor in one year, with most from workers. It argues the country spends hundreds of billions yearly on drink, harming labor, and urges a strong temperance movement within labor ranks to curb this waste and protect health and livelihoods.
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New York
Powderly
Lynn
Pennsylvania
Prot
Jess
Mao
Americas
Spon
Peter
Wasp Lore and Wit in Wartime Gossip Blends
In a sharp mingling of tongue in cheek and old science, the piece mocks male vanity and wartime vanity with a tirade on identifying a femme wasp and a jab at a New Orleans miscreant who uses a neck wart as a collar button.
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Tle Sluter
Yaris
New Orleans
Plowing Cotton After Dry Weather Debate
A Southern Cultivator excerpt discusses whether deep plowing after dry spells benefits cotton. It argues against re-plowing fields clean of weeds, noting moisture returns to the surface but offers little advantage to the plant roots. Wingfield J Scott’s publicized assault case is briefly noted with the fatal outcome.
Texas Size Compared to Nations And Cotton Growth
Our Big Country. The State of Texas alone is larger than Austria, Germany, France, Spain or Sweden. New Mexico rivals Great Britain and Ireland, California and Dakota exceed Norway. The United States as a whole is longer than most European nations except Russia. The land suitable for corn wheat and other crops covers about 275000 square miles, about four sevenths of Texas. The Wheat crop of the U S could be grown on the best Texas land. the global cotton factories require about 12 million bales of American cotton. Good land in Texas yields one bale per acre. The world cotton supply could be grown on less than 19 000 square miles, seven percent of Texas.
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Texas
France
Spain
Sweden
California
Dakota
Quootasa
Norway
New Mexico
Great Britain
Irelands
Italy
Kansas
Turkey
Europe
Florida
England
Wales
Kentucky
Portugal
Indiana
Ireland
Scotland
Maryland
Vermont
Belgium
United States
Russia
Late Summer Crops and Associations Report
Late planting may yield fine crops with good ground and season. Forage crops like corn millet and sorghum can be grown if soil and rains cooperate. Potatoes kept well come from July plantings, with late plantings cheaper and easier. Also notes on wheat and barley cuttings for potatoes. There are over 1000 Young Men’s Christian Associations with 140000 members and $5 million in property. Marriage by proxy may work but courting by proxy will not gain favor in this country.
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Inter State Partners
Spartenburg
8. C
Srd
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Inter State
Farmer
Pattons
Huabaldry
Farmers’ Movement Organization
Spartanburg
Thomas W. Holloway
Pomarta
5. C
P. Duxcax
Uaidn
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Atndy
Alndy Hall
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P. W. McMaster
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Aboud Nabifail
Phowerdin Hooch
Anderton
Wil- Tis
James H. Rice
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Friends of Education
J. G. Cumescanes
Anderson Co
W. D. MayFrep
Greenville Co
Wisconsin
Bill Arp
Sherman
Hear
Fairchild
Boston
B. B. Lee
Mr. Cleveland
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Calhoun
Charleston
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Cleveland
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Treland
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Gettysburg
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John Rhey Thompson
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Malone
Milledgesville
Colonel Duyckman
Virginia
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Goder
Douglassville
Star
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Noré
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Liesa
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ArnastTé
A. McD. Wilson
Geangis
Gilmer County
North Carolina
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Cross Roads
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Aingular
Keely
John W. Keely
Toit
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STAVE
Harrison and the Farmer
PRI
W. T. Borarsa
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Friends of the Cause
Ea Jong
Map
Labor and Drink
Stis
Wingfield J Scott
Milwaukee
Beott
Wight
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