02 May 1878
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1878
Page
1
The fragmentary notice lists subscription options with yearly and weekly pricing. It mentions a publication service in Athouta and references tax conservation, with amounts such as $5.00 weekly costs and $200 yearly. Names and places are garbled, but the core offers are subscription rates and advance payment terms.
A poem praising nature and its scenes gratitude for birds streams breezes and the beauty of the natural world. The speaker thanks God for landscapes creatures and the healing calm nature offers and expresses longing to return to nature's embrace.
A lengthy 19th century sermon discusses obligation to God, true knowledge of God, and scriptural religion, arguing religious obligation stems from correct biblical understanding. It cites scripture, biblical figures, and moral guidance, with digressions on theology, education, and snippets on cattle breeding and agriculture.
A fragment from the Keowee Courier presents archaic and devotional excerpts on wisdom, faith, and obedience to God. It cites biblical figures and scholars, urges self-examination, and emphasizes prayer for understanding, endurance in temptation, and reliance on divine truth.
An 1830s-style account praises a single cow under Mr Kaya Royas care for extraordinary milk and butter output. It claims 640 pounds gross weight yields 839 pounds of milk per month and 494 pounds of butter annually, valuing butter at 26 cents per pound and milk at one cent per gallon, with assertions about her efficiency vs. large North dairies.
A broken, archaic report details an execution setup and the Supreme Court of Alabama upholding a controversial interracial marriage ban. The narrative blends a grisly execution description with a lengthy, garbled discussion of state anti miscegenation laws and racial policy, mentioning McEvoy and a fatal trap.
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