Salvation Tatters at Pursley’s sawmill
A pack of Yorkville Enquirer readers learns of Tatters, a starving collie found at a snowbound sawmill. The dog wins the workers’ hearts, proves loyal and clever, ferries mail thrice weekly from Cross Roads, and bonds a rough crew with tender acts and pranks. The tale ends with Tatters earning praise from all, including a grateful little girl.
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Pursley
Big Joe Dundy
Dundy
Jack Handell
Daley
Tatters
Skeleton Dog
Daley's
Mrs. Daley
Elsie
Creation
Perdition
Dick Henderson
Cross Roads
Billy
Ned Landon
The Troubles of a Proofreader and Moroso's Insight
A long meditation on the life of a newspaper proofreader, centering on Jeff Moroso of the News and Courier. It explains the proofreader’s critical role in style and accuracy, the pressures from printers, and the mental discipline required to ensure uniformity while catching errors.
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H. J. Moroso
Jeff" Moroso
News & Courier
Sunday News
News and Courier
Morris
Calhoun Monument
P. S
Britton
Hfe
Chicago
South Carolina
Robert Lathan
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Heaton
Ouseburn
Organizing Cotton Growers Plan Proudly Touted
E D Smith president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Association outlines a regional tour, Birmingham convention backing, and a cooperative plan to warehouse, finance, and fix cotton prices. He argues cotton’s currency role, presses for unified southern capital, and urges business leaders and newspapers to back cooperative organization to raise value and profits for producers and financiers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Smith
South Carolina
North
British America
Europe
South
Southern Cotton Association
Lancashire
England
America
Canada
End as a Nation of Gamblers Riis Warns
Riis argues gambling, especially horse racing, corrupts youth and public life. He cites police, crime, and personal ruin from bets and bribes, urging urgent action to prevent America from becoming a nation of gamblers. He links gambling to political corruption and erosion of honest government.
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New York
Jacob A. Riis
Sing Sing
Coney Island
Jerome
Bible Knowledge Urged as Core School Study
A Yale professor and others argue the Bible should be a required academic standard in education. They contend biblical literature enriches English study, informs daily language, and underpins law, while current ignorance harms educated society. The piece links superstition to education and cites the New Testament being adopted in Chinese schools as supporting evidence.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Long Island
United States
Yale
America
Ips
William Lyon Phelps
Macaulay
Mr. Phelps
Browning
Ibsen
Hamlet
News and Courier
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Robert G. Lee
The
Yorkville Enquirer
Bob Bickett
Bob
Billy Somers
Jeff
Linotype
Mr. E. D. Smith
Forth
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