31 Jul 1890
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1890
Page
1
A column urges exactness in English from the first day of school, arguing mother tongue mastery surpasses grammar drills. It calls for practical language use across schooling, stressing speaking and writing clarity, and critiques slang while advocating deliberate practice and method.
A fragmented old article surveys biblical authorship naming Moses, Samuel, Jeremiah, Ezra, Job, David, Solomon, Isaiah, and the apostles. It records accompanying local items about a fatal shooting by a enslaved youth and a teenage girl’s suicide by lye, with nearby newspaper notes.
The speaker condemns the Louisiana Lottery, arguing chances are calculable and the draw drains the poor while enriching a few. He cites personal moral views, notes the lottery’s social harms, and urges press action to end its influence on state finances and public life.
In a Norfolk visit, a traveling clothing house drummer notes stark contrasts among farmers across regions. He observes Southern farms with poorer upkeep yet some produce higher profits while outsiders like dairymen and hay growers show different success. A salesman tells how wasteful display and heavy hospitality costs, plus burning small currency for cigars, shape dealer image and expenses on the road.
The piece argues for gentle restoration over harsh judgment for church violators. It cites Jesus tending Peter with tenderness after denial, contrasts this with punitive rebuke, and urges pastoral care to recover wanderers while avoiding harsh treatment. It reflects on church leadership and revival-era exhortations.
A flashy patent medicine ad offers a $100 reward for proving Hall's Catarrh Cure, claiming it cures the constitutional disease. The piece then shifts to a Norfolk County truck farm feature on Ballentine and others, detailing tobacco and vegetable farming profits, labor, and market routes to New York and Boston.
In Mechanicsburg, Old Nick brings joy as fans annoy Rev. A L Reynolds who vocally opposes fan use in hot weather. A sermon on profundity triggered a mass departure as fans whirred and the minister urged quitting them. The disruption may push the irritable pastor to resign.
A distressed Augusta boy, punished by his mother, prays for help and his plea is used to promote Dr Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonie. The ad asserts relief for overworked and dyspeptic people, claiming the tonic cures malaria and costs a bottle from druggists.
An old California syrup advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleanser for kidneys and liver, claiming it aids the eyatem efectusliz and bayela but admits it is not a cure all and that no claim covers every battle of health.
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