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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
7
A damaged OCR fragment from The Record Herald quotes lines about fragrance and soil, a native land theme, and a rose image. It mentions air that blows and eloping, with scattered archaic phrasing and typographic oddities, reflecting a poetic page item rather than a complete article.
A collage of snippets traces a family search for a prestigious surname ending in Smith Brander, a tale of branding in the courts, and a lesson from the Historical Society. It then shifts to Memorial Day origins in the South tied to Ladies Aid societies and Confederate graves. A final anecdote recalls Rev Septimus Smith buying ready made sermons, a misplaced farewell sermon revealed by his clerk.
The article describes mantle fabrication from oxide metals including lanthanum and zirconium. It details making a cotton tube, saturating with oxides, sewing with platinum wire, burning out the cotton to leave a metallic framework, and hardening oxides in a flame for a durable mantle. It then briefly mentions lacemaking machinery producing a stronger version.
A Chicago Post piece discusses how people can fall into a medicine habit and the futility of quick cures, recounting a man who has consumed about two gallons of medicine after advice to see a doctor was rejected. It also notes opinions from John Woodroffe Hill on canine fractures and splinting methods for proper bone alignment and healing.
The article notes insatiable curiosity drives Japan’s modernization, contrasting with China. It highlights Japanese eagerness to learn about Western civilization, imitate innovations, and the tendency to later discard them. It recounts foreign visitors facing keen observation by crowds at rail platforms and in Tokyo, illustrating persistent public interest in outsiders.
A Welsh funeral custom features a sin eater hired to consume bread and beer over the corpse, taking on the deceased’s sins to liberate the living from afterlife guilt. When not used, wine and biscuits are shared, each sip or bite deemed a sin by the bearer. arvel bread biscuits circulate with a shilling left on the plate.
A New York reader recounts a teller examining counterfeit bills by holding piles with the left ends facing up and turning them to view the right ends. He notes counterfeiters trim the right end of the face, so quick counting focuses on left-to-right orientation to spot fakes.
An anecdote shows a Sioux vow to kill the first living being after a shaman’s influence. He shoots a beloved missionary, then the shaman condemns him to die within a year. The Indian dies of wasting disease before the year ends, a victim of his superstitious fate.
Fragmented text presents a rustic dialogue about stolen silver and family affairs with humorous misreadings. It includes a Perkins style misquoting of a burglar tale and dialect peppered interjections. The piece then shifts to a skeptical discussion on geographic usage of “east” across regions and a comic quote about a greas orator.
A dated column discusses how to judge fresh fish by firmness color and odor, then shifts to brief moral excerpts and aphorisms. It blends humor and admonitions from a 19th century style Good House and other snippets. The piece emphasizes sharp wit and milder social commentary.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan quipped in the house of commons that Dundas relied on memory for jokes and imagination for facts. The remark, written years earlier in Sheridan's notebook, laments his rival's inconsistent narrative and even targets composer Michael Kelly with a final laugh.
A collection of aphorisms and observations on appetite habit and human behavior. It discusses how routine dining creates attachment to places and people and notes paradoxes about appetite economics and social manners with pithy lines attributed to the New York Herald and others.
Thomas I. M. Fagan a Brooklyn druggist slipped to Buckville Centre Indiana to marry Maude Bhan. A staged private wedding backfired as 2,000 residents mobbed the couple’s return with banners, fireworks, and a brass band. Police joined the celebration until midnight, revealing a farcical surprise that mocked a private ceremony.
The note outlines round trip fares from various points to Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee Buffalo and Detroit for the National Educational Association and Southern Railway hosted conventions. It lists first class standard fares plus small deposits or fees, sale dates in July 1901, and ticket extensions to early September 1904 with agent contact details for Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati and other hubs.
A 19 year old in Binghampwo Berkshire was named heir only if she married the male heir by a deadline. The infant heir, eight months old, would be too young to wed, so she blocked him to secure the estate. In Vermont, a physician reading in his library was killed when a lightning strike traveled via a telephone line. His heirs sued and won damages.
Public notice announces a change in business to cash only. It explains small accounts and police involvement concerns. It warns that bundles delivered after June first and unpaid will be returned to laundry. Coupon books offered for home payment with delivery coupons. May be read at the laundry or river office.
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