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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1902
Page
6
Investigations summarized from the British Medical Journal show typhoid spreads beyond dirty water. Soil dust and contaminated clothing carry germs, with flies and milk also acting as vectors. Dust and soil contamination emerge as major secondary sources alongside drinking water in spreading the disease.
Traveler Mark Twain recalls his first earnings when punished at school with birch punishment and fines. He details paying the 85 cent fee to avoid public whipping, saying the sum was large for a youngster and noting the moment as his initial money memory while smoking a cigar.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing tonic for invalids convalescents and children. It promises to build bone flesh blood and nerve by supplying fats and calories when meals are skipped or limited.
A Medical Press piece argues that salt intake below twenty pounds per head threatens public health, noting salt’s necessity in blood, muscles, and nerves. It contrasts desert-dwelling peoples who survive without refined salt and explains the difference between dietary salt and its natural combination with phosphates and other essentials.
Mineral wax has largely replaced beeswax since paraffin and electric lighting emerged. Abundant mines in Utah, California, Wales, Galicia, and Romania supply a dark brown, translucent product. In eastern Galicia near Boryslaw, wax beds lie 350 to 600 feet deep with shafts sunk to access them.
A general lesson on tree growth explains trunks do not lengthen with age and branches retain their height. Cut branches that are too low at once, close to the trunk or main branch. For large wounds, paint to prevent rot. avoid leaving stumps.
Mrs Bagot recalls a Stelena visit with her British admiral father noting a humorous governor in James Town church pew bottle of Cologne on table. She and the governor exchange comical responses during a sermon while the crowd laughs. Mentions 1901 St Louis exhibition and a cynical comment on public scrutiny.
The article surveys famous authors and composers noting how their fashion choices accompanied creativity. Dumas stripped to write, Wagner wore a velvet coat, Beethoven washed his hands constantly, Muscagni donned a flowing robe, and Dickens avoided red attire while composing.
Dr. D. B. Hill recalls Abraham Lincoln in Springfield era telling a jury that a client did not intend to defraud. He compared Judge Logan’s shirt worn wrong side forward to show people err without intent, helping Lincoln’s client avoid conviction.
The excerpt discusses the origin and absence of cats in ancient paradise stories, citing Arabic chronicles through Damirei and a tale where Noah blesses a lioness to produce the cat. It blends mythic history with literary reflection on feline emergence.
A bashful Irish suitor cannot muster courage to propose directly, sending his sister as intermediary. He overhears the sister relay the response that she will be asked if she is good enough to be married. The lover then begs Norah to do as Maggio asked.
A partial description explains that a weapon purchase requires a permit from local authorities and that the weapon’s serial number is recorded. If the buyer later disposes of the weapon they must notify authorities and the transfer is logged by the seller, though some terms appear unclear.
The Philadelphia North American reports Holt Collier, not Hoke Collier, served as the only enlisted Black man in the Confederate Army. Despite Confederate claims that no Negroes fought for them, records show Collier was regularly enlisted in a Mississippi regiment, a fact that could have altered prisoner exchanges and saved many lives at Andersonville and Libby.
A letter from James N Lindy formerly of Newberry now in Cleveland claims he survived Civil War captivity. He is said to be Coroner KF Lindsay's brother and John A Lindsay's father. Lind says he took oath of allegiance after Cedar Creek and has lived in the North since.
The letter relates a violent incident where L and J Pope were shot in the face, with Q O Schumpert wounded, leading to a resolve to join the regiment. It notes Col Schumpert as a Newberry Bar member and J Pope as a Supreme Court associate justice, and mentions a widow who remarried a brother of her late husband. The account questions the letter's truth and cites John A Lindsay seeking answers to verify paternity claims.
A tale recalls three women granted one wish each. The first seeks beauty and is ruined by an accident, the second wishes for power whose spell lasts one season, and the third desires a persuasive voice and keeps her talisman long life producing many things including power. Crops are harvested worldwide every month with November for South Africa and Peru and December for Bengal, Burmah, and New South Wales.
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