Landmark church to go as old First Baptist sold for business
The First Baptist church at Twelfth Street and Baltimore Avenue will hold its last service this Sunday before the building is sold and converted to business use. A new church, costing $90,000, will be erected at Linwood Boulevard and Park Avenue, with Shepard & Farrar as architects. The congregation dates to 1855, when the city had about 300 inhabitants.
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Twelfth Street
Baltimore Avenue
Tanwood Boulevard
First Baptist Church
Linwood Boulevard
Park Avenue
Shepard & Farrar
First Baptist Church history and South Carolina mills
The piece outlines the early history of the First Baptist Church with its first pastor Rev. R. S. Thomas and the 1859 worship venues, the 1880 site purchase, and the $30,000 building cost. It notes the church’s prominence, 1000-member strength, and its later move as downtown growth occurred. It then discusses Olympia mill in Columbia, its 1200 workers, a company town setup, and electricity adoption, contrasting South Carolina mills with New England in wages, living costs, and working conditions, including longer hours and sparse unions. It also mentions Alaska mining outlook and fashion panels trends from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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R. S. Thomas
William Jewell Colege
Eighth and May Street
Johnston Lykins
American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York
Benjamin Otto
Jersey City
First Baptist
Grand Avenue
Ninth Street
South Carolina
Chicago Record-Herald
Columbia
Olympia Mill
Pelzer
D. C
Connaree
New England
Sebor
Bundle That Wasn't Lost In A Bank Cash Saga
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls Billy Deutch who won $50,000 in a Cleveland election lottery and, after misplacing the winnings, entrusted a money bundle to Father Scully. The clergyman later verified the parcel with Major John Peacock, preserving Deutch’s funds until a second celebration.
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New York
Father Scully
Apoo
Billy” Deutch
Hoffman House
John Peacock
Peacock
Deutch
Affinity Seeker Fined to Support Wife in Missouri Case
Frank Schollaert and Mattie Upton were brought from Clinton to Macon Missouri where Schollaert pleaded guilty to deserting his wife. Judge Greer fined him 500 dollars and costs and ordered 1000 dollars paid to his wife. Upton was discharged.
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Macon
Frank Schollaert
Mattie Upton
Clinton
Schollaert
Greer
Miss Upton
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Washington Herald
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Nun- Alaska
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Cnet
Canta
Mart
Chicago Tribune
Jenner Lee Ondego
Gadder
Eoeee
Copenhagen
Skinner
Macon County
Owl
Harper's Weekly
Bhdler Millinery Co
Main Street
Guernsey & Murray
New York State
Spain
Merrill
Guernsey
Murray
Main
Kayser
Les
Ene
Anya
the Bee Hive
Gil
GN W
Pitcher Clothing CO
Walnut Street
Columbia Painless Dentists
Main St
Browning, King & Co Clothing
Kansas City
Globe Storage & Moving CO
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