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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1927
Page
8
City of Aiken real estate entries list Cushman Eubanks Oaeem and many others with numerous lots acres and buildings across districts. The notice also covers a court case J W Griffin vs Elnora Dix Edward Dix Wesley Dix and a guardianship warning for Edward and Wesley Dix in Aiken County.
Probate Judge George R. Webb in Aiken County cites all creditors and kindred of the deceased Azor Salley to show cause at the Court House in Aiken on April 30, 1927 at 11 a.m. why W. D. McNair should not be appointed administrator of the estate.
Whereas C 8 Dunbar has applied for appointment as Administrator of the estate of William H Jones deceased this is to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the deceased and all other persons interested if any to show cause before me at my office at the Court House in Aiken S C on the 2nd day of May 1927 at 11 o clock why he should not be appointed as such Administrator Probate Judge Aiken County S C
Court summons issued to Mrs Caseline Johnson to show cause at the Aiken South Carolina courthouse on May 1927 at 11 oclock why she should be appointed Administratrix of the estate of James E Watkins. Probate Judge Aiken County dated April 21 1927.
Whereas Fred L. Barrett has applied for appointment as Administrator of the estate of Edward C. Barrett deceased this is to cite and admonish all kindred and creditors and all other persons interested to show cause before me at my office at the Court House in Aiken on the 25th day of April 1927 at 11 o'clock a m why he should not be appointed as such Administrator.
Pursuant to a board resolution stockholders of Fermata Schoco Corpora tion are summoned to meet at Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock's residence in Aiken South Carolina at 12 noon on Friday May 6 1927 to consider increasing capital stock to 150000. Robert H. Wilds secretary and treasurer.
The United States Bureau of Standards will study converting corn stalks peanut shells and cotton stalks into usable products. Congress appropriated 50000 dollars for an investigation starting July 1 to explore harvesting collection and processing for paper alcohol and other chemical products from these agricultural wastes.
The note argues that freedom is essential for happiness in marriage though not a sole guarantee. It cites Tarkington that intelligent couples can achieve joy with liberty, while warning devotion without freedom risks a pallid, lidded contentment. It also remarks the ambitious man is seldom fired with true zeal.
The piece outlines how tainted water caused typhoid outbreaks in Plymouth Pennsylvania in 1885 and Akron Ohio last October, urging storage with chlorination, sand filtration, or rapid mechanical filtration. It argues for boiling water and milk, vaccination every two years, and notes city comparisons showing progress in typhoid rates across large U.S. cities with improved sanitation.
A New York textile report shows nearly half of 1925 stockings were entirely cotton and 50,402,000 pairs out of 108,707,336 dozen were all cotton. The trend favors cotton hosiery, with men also preferring cotton hose over silk.
A fragment from The Davenport Democrat and Leader questions what defines manhood in the era of bootleggers. It presents a stark remark that a bootlegger might justify his actions as supporting his two motherless children.
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