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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
6
Cornered by thy ladies at the wc TeV at Anu.
Tim Toper mocks abstinence critics by proposing rattlesnake bites could cure whiskey intoxication. The dialogue cites medicine, Homeric and Miltonic references, then suggests abolishing saloons as a cheaper cure, ending with the quip kill the whiskey snakes.
The anecdote recalls Franklin’s water drinking stance in a London printing office where about fifty workers favored beer. He carried heavy type forms with ease, while others drank heavily. A daily alehouse routine is described, contrasted with Franklin’s abstinence and a worker’s costly beer habit.
A man boasts of drinking a bottle daily for fifty years yet remains uninjured while his twelve children suffer severe misfortune. Six die in infancy, one is idiotic, one insane, and four become nervous invalids. The text recalls the old law that sins of the fathers affect their children and warns against haste to prosper.
The author discusses curious brain tricks often unseen by the thinker and observer, citing a personal experience where a lost cap and handkerchiefs inexplicably reappear. He notes repeated incidents suggesting dormant mental powers beyond ordinary senses, yet admits no satisfactory explanation.
A compact note argues daily discipline in practice and exercise mirrors the steady routines of a pianist at work. It likens consistent rehearsal to the painter’s brush and the musician’s daily ritual, urging steady, repeated effort as a path to mastery.
The Chronicle notes that crops and fruits traveled with overland emigrants, introducing apples and oats to new regions and spurring wild plant spread. It cites Baldwin apples in California, widespread weeds, and accidental seed dispersal by travelers, with examples from New Zealand and Antarctica as well as war moving forage and seeds across continents.
The passage warns that red spikes, South African Passion Hower, and other garden pests have invaded vast areas in the United States and Australia. It notes phloxs, yatta, and foglieh garden plants running wild on hundreds of acres in Texas plains, with colonizers including sparrows and rats altering local ecosystems.
In 1814 Daniel Webster opposed a Missouri to Pacific Coast mail line in the Senate calling the region a worthless area of savages and deserts. He found unlikely allies in Clay and Calhoun, while Field’s notes describe California and Washington’s future riches and bountiful land, cattle, horses, and grass.
In a tract of text several ads claim Chamberlains cough remedy is safest and most effective for colds and hoarseness. A separate quip mocks a map with a bantam rooster in Washington county. Included is a joke about a marriage proposal and a shy response.
A collage of phrases from a vintage page mentions DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills Hyans Pharmacy and Evans Pharmacy, with ads, quips, and a note about a New York grand jury adding Bible readings to daily sessions. It also references a Montana donor to a Democratic fund and a raft of humorous urban anecdotes.
Rares lists publication details for an opera growth study printed by 8. A. Cunningham in Nashville Tennessee with a plan to distribute subscription rates. The Veterans initiative offers a four year rate of 2.15 and a suggestion to mail copies to veteran friends unable to subscribe.
Notice states effective February 25, 1000, relating to Blue Ridge Railroad and H C Beattie at Hocalver. Sparse readable content indicates formal action or modification to a railroad matter with specific date. Further details unavailable in fragment.
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