02 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1896
Page
1
Ailania a family faces cook's absence with humor and pragmatism. The writer describes sharing chores, saving money, and valuing independence while noting interdependence among workers, neighbors, and doctors. The piece ends reflecting on happiness and resilience amid domestic shifts.
Five young women from New York boarding at Robbins farm chased and dragged Samuel Budlong into Manaplao Creek after catching him peeping while they bathed. He begged mercy as the girls dunked him several times and fled in wet clothes. The farmer, Mr Hickman, armed with a whip, later warned him away.
Practical advice on training a bird dog with firm respectful guidance. Emphasizes naming, honesty, and consistent rewards over punishment. Describes teaching fetch with a glove and cotton, then a live quail to teach locating and retrieval while avoiding harm. Mentions Chamberlain medicines and local sales by Will Bros in Iowa.
The writer recalls life in Nacoochee Valley, notes family losses, and argues agriculture sustains wealth. He traces gold fever from De Soto to 1828 and argues modern mining lowers costs, while endorsing sobriety and political restraint. He mentions George P. Williams Jr and local landmarks in Georgia.
A list of wedding superstitions warns against emerald rings, losing a wedding ring, allowing others to wear engagement bands, and slipping a gold dollar in shoes. It asserts public proposals bring notoriety, snakes foretell ill luck, and avoiding land for the first week prevents misfortune. Spiders, baking cakes, and sleeping separately at night are linked to outcomes.
In a Chicago examination of candidates for the Joseph Medill Summer School, 35 children were asked six simple questions about nature and travel. Thirty could not say they had been in the woods, 19 had never seen Lake Michigan, and 8 had never picked a flower. One girl cried, answering no to nearly all questions, yet she understood the exam. The secretary noted the kids all lived in Chicago, a city spanning Lake Michigan shores and prairie woods.
A humorous dialogue plays with editors and readers about newspapers cutting out passages to fit space. A man questions who started the practice, while his wife treats it as obvious. The piece references an editor’s scissors and a pasted piece in print. A separate snippet notes Jacob Esbenson sending medicine to his mother in Germany claiming Chamberlains Pain Balm cures rheumatism. A motivational closing line urges perseverance, experience, caution, and hope as companions to success.
Augusta readers stayed up for a partial lunar eclipse with moon about half obscured. Article explains eclipse mechanics, moon features, and historical beliefs, noting 2100 mile Earth shadow speed and no further eclipses this year.
A Kentucky orator jokes on reforming drunkards and their funny side at a Crete Neb gathering. He sketches a tale of Jones and Smith sharing a bed after a misadventure and a playful verbal duel over who kicked whom out. The piece blends humor with reflective comment.
A children's quip about fowls on a table ends with a playful father praising the boy’s wit. An old advertisement offers a redacted reward for catarrh cure and cites endorsements from druggists. Mennonite bishops are elected by a white-slip Bible method after three candidates are considered.
A collage of quirky lines and brief anecdotes includes butterfly counts, a dying man’s quip about not leaving a cent, jokes on mosquitoes and a banana’s productivity, notes on tobacco laws, a Liberty-era mischief tale, and an astonishing medical case from Jacksonville where a boy shed his skin after an orange thorn injury. Facts mix with wry humor in a frontier newspaper snippet.
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