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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
6
A Dallas Morning News tale recalls a Grimes county post office named Ticklefoot. A stranger widower supposedly killed two wives by tickling, fled with a third wife, and vanished, leaving locals to burial gossip and the origin of the post office name.
An advertisement claims that people can gain a pound daily using Scott’s Emulsion. It states the emulsion stimulates digestion enabling absorption of ordinary food, and asserts that a certain amount of flesh is necessary for health.
In a roof garden gathering James Connor Roach and friends ponder wealth and what a million means. He recalls a tale of three Kensington sewer workers who imagine how a million would alter their lives and ends with a joke about longer shovel handles.
A Hall county candidate’s expense tally mocks a late primary benefiting early voting. The ledger lists oddities and excesses from vassing days to barbecues and broken dishes, including 2,889 lies told, 33,476 handshakes, and 1,060 pages of reports, ending with total spending of 1,768 dollars.
A Philadelphia visitor toured the Columbus Ohio asylum with the chief physician and superintendent who shared inmate anecdotes including an Irishman from Steubenville. When asked what word to place the “sow man” in the superintendent quips about a phrase, the Irishman interjects with a dialect remark about democracy.
The Rev Page Milburn delivers a vivid Judgment Day sermon as a fence altercation outside distracts the congregation. A muffled clash of voices erupts with yowls and apittiogs prompting laughter and a hurried end to the service from the Baltimore Sun.
An article muses on the speed of a wink. It reports that eye closure takes about two tenths of a second and opening takes about four tenths, totaling roughly six tenths, and compares human pace to light and electricity traversing the globe in that interval.
Practical guidance on controlling borers in peach quince and apple trees. Advise inspecting trees in June and September, removing grubs with a knife or wire, and ensuring no damage to the trunk. Includes miscellaneous dated quips and ads from the era.
A clipped royal romance recalls young Princess Beatrice and Eugene Louis Napoleon who fell in love in Windsor. Their engagement failed and he died in the Zulu War on June 1 1879 after leaving Beatrice heartbroken. Beatrice later inherits the fortune once Eugenia dies, per King Edward.
The text argues wealth grants power to aid others, not for luxury. It asserts health, cheer, knowledge, and skills also serve as trusts. The clearest use of these advantages is to promote the welfare of those less favored through shared assistance.
A Detroit Tribune note lists clever uses for a hairpin from button hook repair to soothing household tasks. It playfully includes fixing a baby carriage curtain and even lending it to a husband to clean his pipe.
Ghildran and Fire advises that if clothing catches flame, do not run especially outdoors or downstairs. Instruct to roll on the ground or wrap in a woolen rug or blanket with head down to avoid inhaling flames.
The navy presses for sailors nationwide as new ships are built to be crewed. Peace wanes interest with prosperity, leaving the service short of manpower. Few youths enlist or receive commissions, contrasting with army promotions and the lone Annapolis candidate among heroes of the Merrimac.
Describes how sealskin fur is developed from living pelts and the technical steps to remove underfur and thin the flesh side. Includes a light aside on newspaper editors enforcing precise language, contrasting poetic phrasing with plain wording in the Clangtown Times.
The fig industry in Britain centers on Worthing with Sompting supplying the chief market. Trees reach twenty feet in height in groves and cordons nearby. Younger trees replace older ones, and gathering labor is eased by height limits.
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