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Newspaper
The Daily Phoenix
Location
Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1875
Page
1
Reports from London and Charleston describe a chaotic scene with martial law proclaimed after a deadly incident. German and Spanish tensions rise as ships and convoys sail, while domestic political conferences in Charleston discuss church missions and public notices.
A Portsmouth man toiled two years to raise the Confederate ram Merri mac and ship the frigate Camberlan off Newport News in 1462. It sold for 5000 to Detroit Mid parties, amid scattered notes of treasure, greenbacks, and dubious claims. Also mention of Kelly jailed in Ireland since 1853 with yearly costs around 250, and a Memphis policeman arresting a mayor over drunkenness before being discharged.
Multiplying attractions at the Grand Central Dry Goods establishment feature pieces including dresses shawls and busts. WM. D. LOVE & CO advertise Black Grenwlines Umbrellas and a wide range of fabrics, linens, carpets, and clothing goods with a claim of low prices and extensive stock for all families.
Advertises a wide array of groceries and luxuries with guaranteed purity and strength. Promotes beef, canned salo, seafood, fruit, flour, butter, lard, coffee, and wines. Claims daily stock replenishment at attractive prices in Columbia GRO BYMMERA, Ape.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Prepare Your Own Mineral Waters and various salts, naming brands and showing how to make a fizzy draught with water. It also lists new books at BL. a Bookstore, with titles and prices for works by Decker, Keinenop, Hurray, and others, plus notes on English reprints and paper covers.
A clipped OCR fragment mentions Diamond Hams and a pull supply of ham products tied to safety. John Agnew appears as a listed name. The readable portion hints at a supply or distribution notice with unspecified details and no clear action or date.
A rival line from a grocery store scene reads as a garbled reflection of cravings and soreness. The text shows dialect phrasing and likely quotes a person or character named Cia Bolemon, though the fragment lacks clear context or complete meaning.
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