26 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
1
A Dargan's 5 and 10c Store ad touts the National Steel Range and an asbestos lined cooking machine. It highlights a window display with floral and gold decorations and selling pieces for a small price of roc each, urging readers to note the size of these goods.
Nashville reader praises Phillips and Buttorff Mfg Co for supplying the National asbestos steel range used to bake President Roosevelt’s Christmas cake of Tennessee red winter wheat. The letter notes the range’s reliability and widespread use among cabinet officers and officials across the nation.
Mr R C Brownlee and Mr R Galloway met Mr D Cardwell of Columbia on railroad business in Atlanta. Photographers Snelby and Wheeler operate for town yearbooks. DeKoven Quartet performed a light concert in Erskine Auditorium. Mr Geer of Furman lectured to the YMCA. Erskine students delivered community writings and hosted oratorical contest discussions. Athletic resolutions and visits to Sparing-borg noted.
West End event Miss Mamie Lou Smith hosted a Linen Shower for Miss Mamie Cason with dainty gifts each paired with verses read by A. M. Smith and Miss Rows Maxwell. A grand Colonial Tea followed at Mrs P. A. Cheatham’s, with Washington imagery, replica cherry tree centerpieces, and period costumes. Guests included Mrs. C. D. Brows returning from Rock Island, Rev. Frank Wardlaw as guest of Mrs. Nannie Wardlaw, and many locals attending.
An old advertisement promotes Everwear hosiery with a written guarantee for every half dozen pairs. It touts Rosenberg Mercantile Company items and promotes Preventiva and Gandy Cold Cure Tablets to prevent colds. It also claims Pneumonia risk through constipation, with statements about laxatives, feverish children, and digestive aids. The ad notes large box supplies and a local drugstore selling various health products and goods.
The fragmentary item mentions Mrs. and Mr. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, and John Wardlaw among residents in Willington and Britt Maine. It notes visits, a ride, a Wednesday event at McGormick, and local labor shifts such as John Palmer moving his saw mill near Little River. The passage references a February mid week gathering and lodge neighbors, with several names and places indicating a small town social and business update.
A Charleston era advertisement details Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and urinary troubles from childhood. It quotes J W Powell of Waverly Washington describing relief after use. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also promotes Dr King's New Life Pills for digestive health and well being, available at Speed's drugstore.
A sensational 1900s-style testimonial ad argues a mysterious disease affects most of humankind and primes energy loss and memory decline. It promotes antitoxic preparations from Cooper medicines, Dr Shoop catarrh remedy, and local retailers, promising swift health restoration.
Local ad lists Varied goods including Valcanite roofing at 2.25 per square Poultry and hog wires Pratt's poultry food Moe killer and cattle powders New garden seed onion sets seed potatoes and guano acids seed meal cotton seed meal SusDor Bolas New crop N C syrup cans kegs 6 barrel stock Plows gears farm tools pads o o before buying spring barley and seed oats Rock salt worm powders Henry Haylers drug store offers cherry juice cough syrup and Angela Haylers food for angels at Milford's drug store
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