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Newspaper
Somerville Weekly Critic
Location
Somerville, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1881
Page
3
The Morgan County institute gathered with Rev A L Davis leading prayers, selecting topics on memory intemperance and geography, and planning future sessions. Proceedings covered essays, elocution, education debates, and gratitude to local hosts and organizers for support and hospitality.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference compulsory education, rights protections, and regulatory terms. The brief hints at policy lines from JLB and PRCR YC, signaling a focus on education mandates and associated prerogatives within a rights framework.
A fragment from a speech recounts Rev Dr Talaze describing his visit to the White House last spring where he met President Garfield. The speaker condemns the brainless foe for failing to secure a foreign consulship and laments the nation’s suffering if such wrongs lead to further harm and widows.
The White House is undergoing thorough interior renovations with new furniture and extensive remodeling. Attendants report rigorous pest control to address bed bugs and ante rooms, noting the last fifteen days of the presidency saw attempts to keep occupants from the bed.
A movement seeks to replace Democratic Secretary of the Senate nominee L. Q. Washington with Stilson Hutchins of the Post. Rumors claim Hutchins could win Republican votes, possibly including David Davis, while Wellestington’s chances fade. Republicans reportedly back Gorham, Mahone vows no other candidate, and party unity appears unlikely as plans falter.
A reader recounts a novelty “Light Running New” machine by JOHNSON CLARAK & CO at 30 Union Square New York. The machine impresses ladies and owners alike, replacing an old model, and the firm offers a catalog and a set of advertising novelties with purchase.
Fragmented report describes a torpedo chicken device tested by a committee in Mobile. The invention, not as deadly as feared, used bird shot and powder triggered by a spring hammer. Witnesses hear a racial chant as a crowd exposes concern for white fears and the race's future.
The text recalls a condemned inmate reflecting on the approaching execution and the impact on his emotions and memories. He describes the world seeming brighter and more fragile, and a young girl outside his window who visits daily, playing pretend at “keep house” and invoking a sense of imagined reunion before the end.
The piece recounts a school exercise where a pupil nicknamed Nathanil Greene stands out for his independence and engagement. It praises his resilience and character while noting the teacher’s use of historical objects and classroom misreadings. The text reflects playful student caricatures and backrow humor in a dated tone.
The passage blends folk weather lore predicting a mild winter with an advertisement for Pri ey Ash Bit, touting bitters for digestive and liver disorders. It notes Beather Cathher’s mild forecast, mentions local club formation for a weekly paper, and adds a stray remark about widowers David Davis and Arthur, plus a fragment about a Irish woman’s veil.
An advertisement notes a 19424 sized portrait by Aoe GA Siza, with a photographed likeness offered at 37 60 per hundred. Single copies priced 95 cents, with each picture comes a letter. The address Schober & Carquevile Li ho Co., 119 Monroe St, Chess.
By virtue of a chancery order of sale the court in Morgan County Alabama will offer at the courthouse in Decatur on a fixed date the lands of a named defendant. The property includes the southwest and north parcels described as the west half of the southwest quarter and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter with other details. The sale is to raise funds for a decree in favor of plaintiffs and the bid will be awarded to the highest bidder with costs and a fee to the sheriff.
The Somerville Board of Education will meet on the first Saturday in November to examine applicants for teaching licenses in the county public schools. Examinations will occur only at the regular meeting. teachers must obtain a license as prescribed by law. The board emphasizes adherence to the revised school law section Ay in teacher contracts.
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