Vacation at Williamston Inter County Institute for Teachers
The Carolina Teacher urges teachers to rest and improve during vacation. Clinkscales Mayfield and Anderson and Greenville Counties sponsor an inter county institute at Williamston for two weeks, led by Dr B Klemm and a strong faculty from Willisnton Fousse College and Winthrop Training School. The plan highlights affordable board, welcome invitations to teachers statewide, and travel options, with broader opportunities via the National Education Association meeting in Chicago.
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Hare
Unc
Alke
Uschar
Alto
Clinkacales
Mayfield
Gommizalonere
Anderon
Greenville
Ae Ja
Williamston
Bute
Lander
Williamaton
B.C
South
Carolia
Carolina
Battle and Battling Stick in Washing Traditions
The essay traces the origin and use of battling sticks in washing, noting regional terms like battler and batlet. It recalls practical methods from Abbeville County to mountain hollows, describing beetle like sticks used to batter clothes and the shift toward washboards, with literary references to Johnson, Halliwell, and Shakespeare.
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Halliwell
England
Jasmieson
Scotland
South
Abbeville ‘County
South Carolina
North
South Carolinas
Joel Chandier Harris
Mlogo
Feratia Billings
Mingo
Wright
Batler
Batleton
Shropshire
Johnson
Balliwell
Hollpband
Dictionarie
Battler
Nares
Beaumont and Fletcher
Southern Christian Advocate
Old Stone Fort’s Ancient Origins Questioned in Antiquity Revival
An 19th century Southern Lumberman excerpt discusses the Old Stone Fort near Manchester Tennessee. It notes concentric tree rings suggesting five hundred year ages, describes walls and a canal-like feature between Duck River forks, a narrow entrance passage, forty seven screens or structures, and a mound nearby. It cites Col Murray’s claim of tree age and Indian interactions, arguing for a distant, settled race beyond known tribes.
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Southern Lumberman of
Nashville
Manchester
Coffen County
Tano
Walla Hat
Antiquariana
Tennemes
South
Pashway
Leither
Gret
Sam Murray
Col. Murray
Bisrany
Indiana
Brave Confederate Soldier Survives Forced Execution Tale
Charles Garcia recalls a Civil War incident near Shiloh where General Bragg ordered six men to shoot a sick young soldier who refused to work. At the moment of firing, the order changed to recover arms. The soldier, who had written his mother and held his watch and ring, was spared, marched to Tupelo, and later confirmed details with a reporter.
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Sr. Low
Shilob
Atrickon
Foxding
Bragg
Victties
Irma
Charles Garcia
Tupelo
Mis
Point Lookout
Maryland
Hunter
Washington, D.C
Naame
Ayro
Acea
Sin
Colono
Lemurely
Confedersten
Abd
Jef
Washington
Dixie
Bowling Greet
Notas
Virginia
Philadelphia Times
Artistic Arp and the Home Front in 19th Century Faith and Fixes
A homemaker narrates a busy period making over the home for Mrs. Arp and the children while balancing family pleasures, labor, and frugal remodeling. He enjoys praise from family and visitors, details verandas, wallpaper, and a garden site, and reflects on faith, millenarian prophecies, and world affairs through sermons and pamphlets.
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Fiona Jobk
Kerp
Danyto Boer
Isbis
Papa
Doever
School of
Ascension
Miller
St. John
Cumming
Mr. Baxeter
Church of England
Christian Herald
London
Indores
Wealthy New York Leaders Earn High Salaries
A survey shows many top New York executives and ministers command large annual salaries from $10,000 to $50,000. Dr Norvin Green heads $50,000 as Western Union president, Chauncey Depew and others receive ample pay, bankers and pastors like Dr Morgan Dix and Dr William Taylor earn substantial sums, reflecting a city of riches and prominence.
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New York
United States
Legion
Tachnea
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Entre Railroad
Richard M. McGurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Hoey
Adama Express Company
Henry B. Hyde
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Alan
George G. Williams
Robert Bunser
the Ledger
Dublin
America
Hela
Morgan Dix
Trinity Church Corporation
William L. Taylor
Broadway Tabernacle
Pais
Charles Hall
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Chuch
Parkborat
Madizon Square
Cyrun W. Field
Paxton
Jay Gould
Robert Collyer
Loud er Gabriel, louder in Buffalo audience tale
A reader recalls Tom Marshall from Kentucky silencing an interrupter with a grand future prophecy. The piece then discusses Atlanta’s prohibition election and its dramatic 18 month impact on the city’s finances, crime, education, housing, industry, and public order, arguing prohibition spurred broad progress and few anti prohibition voices remain.
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Tom Marshall
Kentucky
Buffalo
N. Y
Marshall
Gabriel
Hhia
Heaven
Huffsle
Mortgage reflections from a Santa Anna editor on land and debt
The Santa Anna Standard editor celebrates paying a ranch mortgage and gaining 61 acres of premier land in Orangethrope. He hails mortgages as a powerful force that drives industry and memory, likening it to death, a stubborn foe, and a communal burden.
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Santa Anna Standard
Orangethrope
California
Sgue
Pickett division reunion marks Fourth of July in Elve and Gray Jota
On July Fourth in GurrrantaG Pa the Philadelphia brigade and Pickett's division reunited with ceremonies at the county court and Enat Cemetery hill. Mrs. Pickett received veterans with hugs and memories while the crowd toured the field, greeted by a reception at Eagle hotel and a march of about one hundred carriages toward the ground of Pickett's division.
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Gurrrantag
Suwanee
Philadelphia Brigade
Pickett
Enat Cemetery Hill
Tandomonium
Court House
Aysett
Eagle Hotel
Ling
Clapton
Richmond
Virginia
Philadelphia
George Fickett
Bachelder
Lemper
Garrett
Armistead
Hiberoia Rifles
Hibernians
College Church
Pennsylvania
Early
Ste
Division
Grand Army of the Republic
69Th Pennsylvania
Cowan
Wheeler Rides
Fourth of July Incidents Reported Deaths and Injuries
A July Fourth summary lists fifteen deaths from accidents or murders and hundreds injured. Incidents include a gas pipe explosion in Columbus killing a man passing in a Knights of Labor parade, three boys and four men shot by toy pistols and small cannons in Chicago, a water town roof collapse injuring many, and a drunken riot near Louisville. Additional cases mention a tree-struck lightning bolt in Virginia, a fatal shooting in Hazleton, a self-inflicted death after a stabbing in Chicago, two cannons bursting in Wheeler Michigan, and a fatal fireworks incident in Ithaca.
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St. Asaph’s Station
Louinville
Pick
Nickere
Hazleton
Chicago
Wheeler, Mich
Ithaca
Burt & Gan
Prohibition Lovefeast At Fort Worth Draws Thousands
A Prohibition event in Fort Worth Texas drew an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 attendees. The day featured a grand parade a large barbecue an artesian well supplying water and large coffee and tea pots cooking meat including twenty five sheep and one hundred goats. Ex Senator Maxey spoke at the gathering.
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Tort Worth
Texas
Lone Star
Maxey Wan
Balloon jump by Prof Baldwin dazzles Quincy crowd
In Quincy the balloon ascent and one mile jump by Prof Thomas Baldwin drew over 30,000 spectators at the fairgrounds today. He released from the balloon with a silk parachute, landed safely after three minutes and twenty seconds, earning wild acclaim as "The Man Bird" born in Quincy.
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Quincy, Inn
Thomas
Baldwin
Ras
Man Bird
Quincy
The
Herald
California
Divorces Granted Amid Unionist Judge and Georgia Trends
Twenty divorces granted in Felton Superior Court reveal a mix of grounds including cruelty and lack of support, with nineteen of the twenty petitioners white. The report notes rising Black participation in such cases and frequent use of discretionary grounds. Also memorialized is the death of Hon. James S. Speed, former Attorney General under Lincoln, a Kentucky Unionist and Republican figure.
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Felton
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
James 8. Speed
Lincoln
Loulaville
Kentucky
Speech
Andrew Johnson
Legel
Louisville
Louieyills University
Ber
Arthur
Blaine
Cleveland
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City Banke
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