25 Mar 1896
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1896
Page
1
Basan announces a sale of all new stock with lower prices. Jeans pants bulk at 500 for 72 pairs, wool pants in brown and grey checks at 1.00 per pair, all-wool stripe pants at 2.60, with other items priced up to 5.00 and 6.00.
An Atlanta Constitution reminiscence recalls Civil War memories from a veteran. He recounts a Sunday fight with a country boy, dawned in tears and discipline, and then details the torchlit Shenandoah crossing before the first Manassas battle. He recalls vivid scenes like Malvern Hill, Field hospital horrors, and Stonewall Jackson asleep near Lee’s command.
Reports from New York Recorder describe devilfish antics along Carolina Georgia Florida shores and Gulf of Mexico. Naturalists recount giant squidlike cephalopods with many tentacles and deadly suckers, while sailors like Chris Moore and Capt. Bartlett narrate close encounters, harpoon strikes, and boats dragged underwater.
The piece recounts Sam Jones the evangelist, famed for charity in Cartersville. It notes his early drayman past, generosity to the poor, and a tale where he rewards a physician for saving a child with an elegant carriage and horses, all cited from the Atlanta Journal.
The Gospel Temperance Union’s executive committee urges Christian voters to support changes to the dispensary law in South Carolina. It notes continued evils from liquor sales, calls for legislative amendments to curb abuse, and appeals for church unity to press for reform in line with Christian duty.
In 1861 Cornelius Horn and his wife Lucinda joined the Confederate cause with their son in the 14th Ohio regiment. The mother accompanied them, enlisted, and aided sick and wounded through campaigns, her son dying years later from battle wounds. She died last Saturday at her grandson’s home in Augusta, with burial in Chestnut Hill beside the loyal companion she kept throughout the war. She left a grieving husband.
Sam Jones, preaching in Arpanta Georgia, delivered a fiery address to about eight thousand in the Moody Tabernacle. He declared the heat so intense he would either talk profusely or remove his coat, tossed it off, and finished in his shirt sleeves. He attacked saloon and disreputable houses, claimed such talk hurts business, and said he would stay two more weeks.
The Cincinnati Gazette warns that an unseen void in accidents can lead to serious trouble and that many illnesses start from trifling symptoms. It notes people suffer lasting effects from colds and urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for prompt relief available in 25 and 50 cent bottles.
French engineer Paul d H usmy demonstrates solidified petroleum blocks that burn with little smoke and leave only three percent fine ash. Claimed to be nonvolatile, nonexplosive and to deliver heat efficiently, the blocks are cast to fit storage needs and rival a ton of coal in three cubic feet of burn. Also includes short jokes and a testimonial about Chamberlain’s Colic remedy.
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