25 Feb 1876
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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1876
Page
1
Ad rates noted: inverted advertisements at $1.40 per eight lines, ad space 60 cents per line. Yearly ad deductions mentioned. Announcements of candidates for district offices priced at $40 and county offices at $6. Job work cash terms. Special notices priced at 20 cents per ten lines.
A narrator recalls childhood in the mountains, family, and rough scenes with a twin bond and mischief. He describes quarrels with a brother, school days, hunting, and a misadventure with honey and bears that ends with a dramatic escape and reflection on humanity and loyalty.
Porte Oragon recounts meeting a famed bear hunter at Winston Tavern on the Winchester and Parkersburg turnpike. He describes the animal’s wary nature and his own boyhood with a bear cub named Rough, raised by his father into a future bear hunter amid rural Appalachian tales and family prophecy.
A rugged mountaineer recounts tracking a deer meat trap leading to a grisly haul by a trough with twenty two carcasses. He recalls Rough, his old playmate, and notes the grisly fate of the bones later taken to Barnum’s Institute.
The State Executive Committee of the Democratic and Conservative Party of Alabama calls a meeting at the Committee Rooms in Montgomery on Wednesday February 23 1876 at 10 am. Matters of importance will be discussed and friendly press are urged to publish this notice. W L Bragg seals the notice.
Do not delay in planning, but act now with vigorous toil for the Master. As you work, your mind and body grow active and your powers return. Your theories gain practical value, and you avoid wasting opportunities by dreaming.
The bill appropriating $150,000 to support public schools passed both Houses and now awaits the Governor's approval. The measure is described as liberal and demonstrates the Democratic party's intent to fund state education within fiscal limits amid settlement terms debated by the Legislature.
A woman riding near Palestine was struck by a large ball of fire from the northwest. Her clothes and body were burned before she was removed to R. B. Petty’s residence, where she died the next morning. A nearby negro boy witnessed part of the event and the horse’s hair was singed but the animal survived.
A reflective plea on training and guidance toward heaven, urging continual watchfulness, correction, and love from a wise and all-loving heavenly Father. The note ends with a call to offices for Bi Heads, Letter Heads, Xc.
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