Calisthenics at Dena ville School earn a prize
An observer recalls a visit to Dena ville School where Miss Maggie Graham’s class performs penmanship, gem recitals, and calisthenics. Clayton wins the writing prize. emphasis on new methods improving writing and reading. A rural scholar’s reading habits and a striking example of self-education are highlighted.
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Graham
Beat
Mester Ouic Dean
Cliyton
Annie Dean
Clayton
Department of Education
Wiltlog
Tragic Charleston Wedding Interrupted by Shell Fire
During the Civil War in Charleston a wedding for Mise Annie Pickens, daughter of the South Carolina governor, was interrupted when a Union shell struck the Pickens residence. Nine were wounded, Miss Pickens died within an hour after a hurried ceremony, and Lieutenant Andrew De Rochelle mourned his bride as the scene proved pitiful beyond description.
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Annie Pickens
South Carolina
Charleston
Andrew de Rochelle
Pickens
Miss Pickens
de Rochelle
Antique Ironworker Antics and Funeral Folklore
A blacksmith’s boast misprint prompts laughs as a veteran craftsman mutters that after decades of toil, the mishap seems fitting. A county funeral tale recalls a hymn that an accuser misreads, while a curious editor answers a reader’s question about circulation with a blunt blunt reply about blood.
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Besbletor
Blood
Tariff debate and a strange case of dropsy in Newberry
In this letter a South Carolina reader outlines tariff arguments showing how duties shift costs from merchants to buyers, praises Farmer's Son while urging broader reform, and urges readers to join a Free Trade association. The piece then shifts to a medical oddity, describing a Newberry patient with extreme dropsy, leg and tissue decay, and a proposed leg amputation, with doctors noting the rarity of the case.
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Mr. Barton
John Bull
South
New York
Parmer
Pyroet
Prof
Davis
Bex
Columbia
8. C
Free Trade Association of
South Carolina
Anderson County
Montyredin
England
Curious Butter Infused Drink Sparks Drunken Trick
An elderly man attempts a strange mixing of butter and liquor as a supposed antidote to drunkenness. A vodka style oil on the drink’s surface allegedly keeps the liquor from affecting him while others drink freely. The claim, repeated in a New York Star report, is tied to a lecture by Rev. R A Cross asserting ocean water holds gold.
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Solion
Darkey
Georgia Cmuforence
Hhim
Mali
Milan
Tam Sam Jones
Samuel Jones
Jones
Hallimore
New York Star
R. A. Cross
Denver
Cal
Davis Imprisoned at Fortress Monroe Details Emerged
An eye witness in Baltimore recalls Gen John B Gordon recounting the 1865 imprisonment of Mr Davis at Fortress Monroe. Details state Davis resisted irons until a blacksmith riveted ankle manacles and a soldier forced him to lie on a cot. Washington later ordered removal of the irons and limited walks within the casemate. The incident was prepared before the gunboat’s arrival and linked to Secretary Stanton.
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Montgomery
Alu
John B. Gordon
Davis
Fortress Monroe
Ordnance Department
Fortress
Police Department of
Baltimore
Washington
Johnson
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