Johnston Letter Highlights Local Social Ties and Visits
Mrs Octavia Rushton heads to Florida for a month while relatives and friends scatter across Batesburg Laurens Augusta and Columbia. Local gatherings include a Baraca party at the Lott home and New Century Club activities with plan for a Reciprocity Day and civic improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hoyt
Janesville
Ruth Payne
John W. Payne
Laurens
Angel Andrews
Ernest Satcher
Augusta
W. W. Satcher
Carl Lowrey
Waynesboro
Karsey
Daisy Brockington
Edgefield
Sallie May Nicholson
VU. W. Hamilton
Staunton
W. Alen Mobley
Estelle Gough
Atlanta
P. C. Stevens
Pickering
Charlotte
N.C
B. L. Allen
State Medical Association
Lucy McLenna
Waldo
Ila
Alvin McLerna
Win Vy Lott
Osborne’s Business College
Frances Strother
Sara Beaks
Lila Maud Willis
Columbia
Warie Owdom
Son Iredel
Miss DeLoach
Emery
W. K. Edwards
Cemetery Association
David Howard
Anna Strother
Baraca
Jack A. Lott
W. Allen Mobley
New Century Club
J. H. White
P. N. Lott
Maud Sawyer
Furman Mobley
Illinois
Carolina Public Service Company
Your Minister's Wife in Spartanburg Demands Fair Pay
The Spartanburg Journal argues ministers bring new clergy to town with salaries, but their wives receive no pay for extensive church and social duties. The piece urges paying a salary to hire help so the preacher's wife can balance homemaking and motherhood with public church work without being exploited.
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Spartanburg
Blank
Col Bailey Picks From Six Bailey Military Institute Sites
Six sites were offered in writing to Secretary Brooks Marshall for the Bailey Military Institute. Sites include locations near Brannon Plowden, Abney home, Tolbert near Needmoor, Blakedale, Lee dairy, and T A Cobb property in Old Greenwood. A final selection will be announced Monday night at 8 o'clock after inspections by Col Bailey and the faculty in Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Marshall
Bailey Military Institute
J. W. McCaslan
Brannon and
Plowden Streets
Plowden
J. P. Abney
R. R. Tolbert
Needmoor
John R. Blake
Blakedale
T. A. Lee
Lee
T. A. Cobb
Old Greenwood
Col. Bailey
Greenwood
Greenwood Journal
Bailey
Watch Shoulders of Tender Animals
Spring causes the most sore shoulders in animals as collars loosen and sweat. Ensure proper collar fit, keep collars clean and firm, and avoid narrow, lumpy straps. For new workers, toughen shoulders by washing with cold water, drying, and applying a lotion of one ounce each of sulfate of zing and acetate of leid in a pint of water, shaken before use.
Brave Captain's Letter From Sharpsburg in 1861
Edgefield Advertiser prints a Civil War era letter from Captain J W Kemp to a father about his son J H Wright near Sharpsburg and Winchester. The missive notes wounds, captivity, and telegram-like assurances, praising gallantry and duty, with sympathy for soldiers and families. Also includes farming Q&A about cowpeas and soil nitrogen, advising on nitrogen from legumes, soil richness, and fertilizer timing with Progressive Farmer guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgefield Advertiser
J. W. Kemp
Sharpsburg
Winchhester
Wright
J. H. Wright
Winchester
Maryland Heights
Joe
Potomac
Virginia
Ambulance Corps
How to Prune Trees for Healthy Growth
Advice from Progressive Farmer on pruning fruit trees and shrubs. Emphasizes cutting branches flush with the trunk or larger branch to prevent rot and hollowing. Recommends painting wounds over half an inch to deter rat fungus while the wound heals.
Missing Fragments Show Tension Between Doctor and Charity
A pompous doctor converses with a poor woman on the street. She hints she paid him well for treating a rich Smith boy while her Willie allegedly threw the brick that injured him, prompting an angry, unresolved exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
None of Our Business Yet A Lil Girl In Hobble Skirt
A Houston Post poem comments humorously on a young girl in a hobble skirt walking down the street. The verse praises her slender legs while joking about the fashion’s tight fit and its social scrutiny. It playfully suggests loosening the garment to keep her legs useful and proportional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mag
Mabel Min
Myrt
How to Remove Old Wall Paper
Apaste described by Scientific American suggests making a thick paste by adding four spoons of salt to boiling water, then adding acetic acid from a drug store. Apply with a brnsit to old wallpaper, wait a few minutes, and the paper should peel off in large strips with little dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
What Prominent Men Say of the Corn Exposition
Prominent figures across the United States praise the South Carolina corn exposition. Comments from James Wilson, James Lamb, Courtney Walker Hamlin, and others hail the exhibit as instructive, progressive, and vital for farmers. They urge Southern attendance and view the event as a catalyst for agricultural development nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Columbia
Doe
South
James Wilson
United States
James Lamb
Virginia
Agricultural Committee of the
House
Agricultural Committee
Courtney Walker Hamlin
Congress
Missouri
James OC. McLaughlin
Michigan
Jesson
John A. Maguire
Nebraska
Pherowan
House Committee “On
Edwin F. Sweet
Asbury F. Lever
Frank Plumley
Vermont
Joseph Taegart
Kansas
Joseph Howell
Utah
W. C. Hawley
Oregon
James T. McDermont
Illinois
Day by Day Poem Admonition From Detroit Free Press
A reflective verse from the Detroit Free Press urging daily kindness and restraint. The stanza requests gentleness toward others, braver resilience against temptation, and a life of service and cheerful effort. It concludes with a calm acceptance of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Convicted and Pardoned Criminals Flood Augusta Streets
Police Lieutenant E B Hatcher said Augusta is overrun with criminals from South Carolina. Pardoned felons and escaped convicts roam the city as authorities fail to act. He cited two South Carolina escapees who were never sent back, remaining at Augusta police headquarters until release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Hatcher
Awasta
South Carolina
Vonvicts
Hatcher
Tratcher
Augusta
Angasta Chronicle
His Treasure Store
A young man newly married settles in a cottage and designs to grow sustenance. While gardening he finds a sovereign, then pennies, a sixpence and a half crown, exclaiming it a rich mine until a hole in his pocket reveals the source of the coins.
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Johnston
Octavia Rushton
Florida
Jacob Wright
J. W. Kem
Com
D. Co
C. Rey’ T
Tennessee
Houston Post
Viass
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