24 Mar 1887
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1887
Page
1
The Williford school shows progress with new globe, charts, maps and improved lighting. Patrons urge removing a long counter to better arrange benches while noting improvements in discipline and attendance, and call for continued teacher support and opening exercises involvement.
The article describes Sumner Taintor and colleagues unveiling a graphophone that records and reproduces sound via a wax surface. A test with lawyers and witnesses, including a woman recorder, allegedly proved accurate. It notes cost savings for stenographers and predicts market introduction within months. Also covered are New York women’s vote bill defeat and public opinions on railroads and civilization.
In a reminiscence from the Atlanta campaign a reader recalls a strange incident where two opposing brigades faced each other at close range beneath a ravine. A fog revealed the entrenched enemy, yet neither side fired. Confederate soldiers nonchalantly crossed to the spring, and both sides traded conversations and even shared water without hostilities. The tale underscores a moment of unusual restraint amid bitter conflict.
A Times commentary on cotton seed oil used in food provokes discussion of widespread adulteration. The piece notes Armour & Co’s large annual use in lard, claims the oil is promoted as pure, and discusses the cotton seed industry’s massive scale, profits, and offshore trade influencing lard, cheese, sardine preservation, and household soap.
A doctor in Confederate service ordered boots from a city shop. The seller quoted 50 Confederate scrip or 10 hard money. The doctor paid 10 Confederate scrip, claiming it was the hard money equivalent, and argued he fulfilled the contract since Confederate scrip was the hardest money. The shoemaker was left perplexed by the payment.
General E. P. Alexander recounts an encounter near Hagerstown with a Dunkard scout who refused payment for a foot-sore horse, invoking the church rule of eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. The officer offered government payment and gifts, but the old man declined, finally taking two horses as a gift to avoid debt. The tale highlights Dunkard integrity amid war.
A would be political aspirant in Isat turns Justice of the Peace. The first neighbor, courteous yet mocking, enters without removing his hat and is challenged by the new official. The exchange reveals the self styled modern smart man’s lack of proper manners.
The Spanish or bad pea nut is a new North Carolina and Virginia crop. It yields 30 to 100 plus bushels of nuts per acre and up to five thousand pounds of hay. Plant about cotton timing, hills 12 to 16 inches, 40 inches rows, slightly hilled. Tops and nuts serve as cattle fodder and manure, with marketable value.
A Lyons NY Republican profile praises a seventeen year old farm youth in Phelps who helps his family after his father’s death. He manages over ninety acres, runs cattle and a milk business, builds fences, teaches at a country school, fells timber on Saturdays, writes for the local paper, reads widely, and has his family debt free with land to spare. He embodies industry and dependability while questioning promises from adults.
An amused Detroit Tree Lean column collects reader replies to why women marry. Answers range from marrying for love or money to pride and practicality, with observations on age, roles, and personal outcomes. A light social snapshot invites more notices from readers who married for various reasons.
A half bushel of corn grown by Jeff Welborn Bros of New Boston Bowie County Texas drew wide notice at the Texas Bisle Fair. The ear had forty grain rows and grains seven eighths inch long. The Welborns produced eight hundred bushels from ten acres with eight furrows per row. Their corn named Tell Welborn's Conscience matures two weeks earlier than white corn, very firm and not brittle. It won dirt and second premiums, first prize a wagon from Keating Machine and Implement Co. second prize twenty dollars of stock. They had many grain requests that forced withdrawal from exhibit.
An editorial urging mothers to value their sons and press for temperance and a total prohibition of alcohol. It argues boys are foundational to family and civic life, urging fathers to vote for the Second Amendment and to support sobriety measures, citing the harm of liquor. The piece includes a New York Witness note about alcohol-fueled violence in California.
A wealthy Illinois businessman, famed for shrewd practicality, donated 200 to fund a church meeting house. He said it was a sound business investment: he would rather give annually than live where the gospel was not preached. He argued Christian influence keeps society and property safe for his family.
A loving father counsels his daughter Katy about an impending engagement while urging tact in securing a match. In Freeport Kansas a mock ball turns tragic when Misa Cora Boulder, wearing a paper trimmed dress, is fatally burned as flames spread amid panicked onlookers. several attempt to help, but many suffer burns attempting to save her.
An antiquated essay on excessive drinking argues alcohol is indigestible and travels through the body to affect the brain. It claims the brain can be damaged, hardened, and even set ablaze through intoxication, linking heavy use to progressive neurological disorders.
The Columbia Record and Heraldite discuss homestead law, its origins, and its impact on creditors. They argue the law, rooted in Western bankrupt practice, shields honest debtors who fail to pay, while undermining creditors and moral duty. They urge forgiveness only for genuine misfortune, not willful avoidance of debts.
A patchwork of reader letters and quotations discusses the role of newspapers in public life, the duty of press to all readers, and attitudes toward wealth and social change. A Haralson county resident recounts a buzzard feast misinterpreted as poultry, prompting a humorous tale about newspaper perception. A visitor from the United States comments on American progress, media quality, and class dynamics, noting concerns about wealth and national sentiment.
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