04 Jun 1885
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1885
Page
1
A resident recalls visiting Atlanta and encountering city life, elevators, and a detective, while reflecting on aging, family stories, Mrs Arp and her household, and the contrast with rural country life. The narrator notes editors, chairs glued to rooms, and the social rules of a big building before recounting broader tales of Calhoun descendants and a fraud scheme described by a chief inspector.
A columnist argues that women should wait until at least twenty five to marry, claiming early marriages often fail as tastes grow and judgments sharpen with age. It critiques social pressure labeling single women as old maids and urges mothers to guide daughters with empathy, cautioning that marriage is not a supreme compliment but a serious life choice with unequal burdens and responsibilities.
A early 19th century experiment tested which language a child might utter if never taught. Two infants raised by a mute caretaker in isolation spoke only animal sounds. The trial challenged centuries of linguistic prediction as the children produced no real speech after seven years, ending in a notable failure of scientific expectations.
A Youth's Companion reminiscence describes medieval European anxiety as the year 1000 neared. Markets emptied, churches filled with devout mourners, hours marked by lit candles, and witnesses watched for apocalyptic signs as daylight finally broke and a new century began.
In Macon Georgia on May 26 a East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia freight tied to a passenger train was derailed by a man nicknamed Crazy Bill who boarded the locomotive, blew the whistle, and steered the train through switches until it halted at a hill. The man was captured after a crowd found him resting with a testament. The only damage was track tearing and a small explosion. He will be sent to the asylum. no collision occurred.
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