26 Mar 1885
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1885
Page
1
A late 19th century advertisement by Wilhite urges readers to visit their drugstore in Paro and Relable Drugs and Chemicals. It emphasizes the prescription department, assures purity and freshness of ingredients, and pitches Wilhite's Cough Syrup as a trusted remedy while promoting their stock and prices.
The writer recounts a long railway journey from Anderson to New Orleans in March 1895. He describes train routes along the Gulf of Mexico, hotel stays in Canal Street, Expo visits, and remarks on board rates, streetcar fares, and local life. Includes vignettes on temperance speakers, Texas travel impressions, and humorous anecdotes from journeys and locals.
A New York World report canvasses physicians on tobacco and cancer, noting very rare smoker lips cases and attributing most lip cancers to age and predisposition. Doctors warn pressure from cigars or pipes may initiate lesions, advise reducing use, and stress early removal to improve outcomes.
A historical sketch of M C Butler of South Carolina and his ties to Pierce Butler and General Cameron. Recounts a late 1800s Senate bribery episode, Butler’s intervention, and a famed whiskey exchange, shaping a long friendship between the Cameron and Butler families.
A garbled 19th century notice discusses a presidential proclamation on entry and occupation of Indian lands in the Tuadian Territory and a detailed account of a solar eclipse with explanations of annular and total phases. It mentions President Grover Cleveland, questions of authority, and a Catholic church update, followed by a lay explanation of lunar shadows and eclipse mechanics.
A Trinity Cemetery representative voices concern that crowding myths mislead public view of burial needs. He cites absurd extrapolations from global population figures and grave space calculations to argue that fears of cemeteries filling quickly are unfounded.
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