13 May 1896
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1896
Page
1
A May grand opening advertises a limited time sale for the entire month offering substantial discounts on a large line of dry goods and shoes to customers with ready cash. The notice emphasizes the sale as a rare opportunity.
A line of Percales Dimities Scotch Lawns and Duck will be sold at enticing prices. Prospective purchasers are advised to inspect the stock to gain the best value.
A large late Civil War veteran gathering filled First Presbyterian Church for Confederate Reunion 1896. Dr Grier and a slate of ministers led the service with prayers and hymns, praising faith, memory, and the spiritual defense of truth amid war’s legacy.
A sermon extols fighting the good fight as the Christian duty drawing on biblical imagery of Elisha and heavenly hosts. It lauds the Southern soldier’s virtue and endurance, urges steadfast faith, and urges believers to imitate leaders like Lee and Jackson, finish with a prayer for God’s grace and ultimate victory.
Guidance on child etiquette at the table covers cup use, spillage, napkin placement, noise avoidance, deference to elders, portion choices, and quiet dining. The passage ends with a chiding joke about a prsy preacher, likening followers to the wheel’s center.
A fragmented ad style note advises on marriage care with guidance to keep a Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home. It urges kind words and tender looks to ease a wife's gloom and promotes a specific patent medicine for sale by a local seller.
A letter by Arn ridicules Father Time while debating liquor policy and dispensaries. The piece summarizes arguments for stricter controls, banning sales at certain times and places, and shifting revenue toward police and education, with Mayfield praising a plan as a better alternative to existing laws. Special to News and Courier.
The meeting featured Mr Mayfield outlining tax shifts to fund schools, examining dispensary profits and a proposed separate state liquor department. He warned of delays in dispensary revenues and advocated a new inspectorate system with strict vendor controls and bonds. A local anecdote followed, then reflections on Confederate memory and patriotism in the South.
A miscellany of pithy sayings and odd facts from varied topics. It notes distances, moons, and a host of quirky lines, adds jokes and moral maxims, and includes a brief ad for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm alongside local commerce notes. The piece blends folklore, science trivia, and humorous anecdotes from the era.
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