BILLARPS LETTER ON MEMPHIS VETERANS REUNION AND SOUTHERN UNITY
Forty years after the Civil War veterans gather in Memphis with a shared memory of fatigue and sacrifice. The writer praises Confederate and Union veterans for mutual respect, laments wartime politics, and warns against Northern anti Southern sentiment. He calls for preserving constitutional liberty, condemns hazing in colleges, and notes social tensions and rising Southern strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Blus
Gray
Congress
J. William Jones
South
Alnomok
Cuba
Philippines
Weat Point
Alabama
Texas
Beman
Isham
Patterson
John Lawson
North Carolina
Folke
West Point
Oxford
Tuscalooms
Tech
Calhoun's Sweetheart Tale From The Editor
A reader letter reprints a biography of John C. Calhoun and his marriage to Floride Calhoun, noting a 1811 wedding and an 1810 love letter. the piece blends romantic history with clipped editor commentary from the News and Courier.
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News and Courier
Jobo C. Cashoun
Himesthss Pestheart
Ladies’ Home Journal
George Wolsey Symonds
Calhoun
Sexou
Yale
John B. Calhoun
Newport
Floride
Congress
Falhom
Misa Mloride
Calhounanya
Wall Street Forecast Echoes Old Boom Bust Cycle
A historical financial outlook warns that after a Cooke panic and a temporary market close, speculation surged with soaring seat prices and railroad gains before a downturn. It foresees rail wars, crop shortfalls, and liquidity shifts as bonds flood the market, with major lines like St Louis and San Francisco and Union Pacific offering stocks and bonds in vast quantities. A banker recounts a carpenter’s illness remedy anecdote, then notes a local druggist sells Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Cooke
Stonk Exchange
Garford
St. Louis
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Jasper
Leslie's Weekly
Poem Prize Sparks Mockery in Sumter Negro Exhibition
A Baltimore Sun reprint notes a Sumter negro school exhibition where a prize poem titled Unels Dick features a child reciting a crude home spun verse. The piece highlights tensions over race and education in the Southern state, with a mother presenting the boy to a former mistress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
North
South
Baltimore Sun
Prickly Ash Bitters Promoted For Digestive Health
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and Prickly Ash Bitters as aids to appetite digestion and liver function. It claims easy use pleasant effects and broad national welfare benefits with Evans Pharmacy as a source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hill-Orr Drug Co
Hill-Grr
Evans Pharmacy
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Billarps
Atlanta Constitution
bin Anr
MeDoxato Fuawan
Sumter County
Goo. E. Cary
the Guide
Washington, Va
Sola
Standard OL ‘Company
Wall Street
Whedon
Caobiur
Firational Bank
Winterest
Iowa
E& Carpenter
Dragiat
Hill-Orr
Castoria
Dean & Ratliff's
Dean’s
Dean
Dean ' T Ratliffe
Shurch Strat
Frank Johnson & CO
M. L. Carlisle
H. Carlisle
Andarton County
Josh Berry
Buffalo Pitts
Carlisle Bros
Anderon
Renara
Phoenie
Wilniais
Bain Agents
Cisenin
Anderson, S. Oc
Famcainia
Ian
Lown
C. A. Reed Music House
Reem
Tony
Yours Truly
G. F. Tolly & Son
Reliable Furniture
Depot Bt., Anderasn
Osborne & Osborne
Haye
G. D. Anderson & Brc
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