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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1899
Page
1
The store claims to be the best in clothing hats and furnishings with spot cash sales, no books and no bad debts. It promises money savings for customers and a fair business method, offering satisfaction guaranteed on purchases.
Advertises a sale at Evans' Credit Stores in Anderton with a full fall line of union made hats from 2 cents to 3 dollars and knee pants and double breasted suits for boys aged 5 to 16. Highlights low prices, including 2c hats, 3 dollar suits, and 25c to 1 dollar knee pants for children.
Plain Goode and Blue Sorge sack suits in various fabrics are offered with several Paney Worsteds. Available prices span from five dollars to twenty dollars, with multiple midrange options and higher-end selections.
A local ad promotes One Price Shoes offering all styles and a single price of three dollars and fifty cents. The copy urges customers to compare workmanship such as leather turn, stitching, back seam finishing, and tan color, before choosing the best value.
Gen Joe Wheeler reports from Santa Reta Luzon September 18 1819 noting widespread stone churches and monasteries in towns and insurgent antipathy to friars. He discusses property fears among wealthy, church abuse by some clergy, literacy rates, agriculture including rice corn and cotton, and potential mobility for a cavalry brigade. He mentions exports iron coal petroleum hemp and tobacco dynamics and local tribal relations near Manila.
Special to News and Courier discusses Tillman era liquor selling reforms, noting public discomfort even among faith groups. It cites rumors of watering whiskey, Col. J J Brown and others urging truth from Commissioner Vance who admitted adding water to liquor. Question remains who profits and how surplus was handled in state accounts.
The Chicago Tribune published a Greenwich Observatory loggram stating the twentieth century begins January 1, 1901. Royal Astronomer confirms the first year of the Christian era and the nineteenth century ends January 1, 1801, leaving the question settled as 1901.
General Fitzhugh Lee and his son are en route to Richmond after a Cuban visit, with plans to witness the Stuteinkh launch before returning to Washington. He says Cuban life and property are secure under U S military authority, that Cubans lack experience in self government, and favors a future independent Cuba but not yet.
Fragmented text lists names and places with many misspellings. It mentions individuals and locations such as New York aboard a liner and a postal carview in Cuba, but the overall event is obscured by garbled OCR. No clear incident, date, or outcome can be determined from the readable fragments.
The Spartanburg poultry association plans its show from December 26 to 0th inclusive, with reports noting diverse local happenings across South Carolina including city finances, licenses, accidents, and notable local exploits in tobacco, pumpkins, and criminal cases.
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