20 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
1
A local shop announces a first shipment of Wen brand men's shoes made for a single price of 3.50. The ad promotes savings on higher priced shoes and invites customers to compare prices against 4.50 to 5.00. Each pair carries a money back guarantee.
Our line of school suits for boys offers durable herd-to-wear-out cloth with prices from 1.00 to 5.00. Examples feature pants with double seats and knees and tape-sewn seams while coats are double-stitched and buttons sewn with waxed linen thread.
Police hunt a trio of swindlers operating from Cincinnati through Ohio and Kentucky and toward the South. Aged ringleader, a young man and a girl within the group study farmers, use religious books from a Methodist publishing house, pose as a preacher, arrange a fake wedding, and then cash a forged five thousand dollar note, leaving the couple with only the books. Also notes ongoing legal actions involving Col Neal, Attorney General Bel ligner, and claims over a state shortage and bondsmen.
A.A. Richter of Minneapolis plans to recruit African American women from Baton Rouge and Memphis for northern domestic work, aiming to move them to Minneapolis and Louisville. Frank Mundo assists, with Illinois Central officials eyeing payment arrangements to fund transport. The effort targets women up to about 25 years old as a labor shortage grows in the North. A new Oklahoma postmaster, Men plux Soimitens Tua Tiss Cook, is noted.
A fragment from Antinn, September 16, discusses Highlands resort rivalries, cave pests, and weather for cotton picking. The letter defends Highlands kindness toward visitors, notes local residents and schools, and urges farmers to change acreage rather than blame market prices for low cotton returns. It urges practical actions and criticizes sensational claims about local attractions.
A 1900 urging from Confederate veterans calls on the General Assembly to appropriate 31000 for monuments on the Chickamauga battlefield. The effort cites a commission that inspected the site and recommended honoring South Carolina soldiers who fought there, urging rapid action amid broader memorial appeals.
In Cartherville a bloody riot left six Negroes dead and one fatally wounded as armed Black workers clashed with white miners after militia recall. Whites and authorities conducted an inquest at city hall amid ongoing labor tensions tied to miner work and prices.
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