Aiken's Rise as a Health Resort in the Gilded Era
A century ago Aiken grew as a winter health retreat drawing northern invalids and southern coastal residents. The town advertised good climate, drainage, and society with five hotels and about 20 boarding houses. Local editorials and pamphlets from 1867 to 1871 chronicled its steady growth amid postwar recovery.
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Aiken
Charleston
Saratoga
Boston Herald
E.J.C Wood
Aiken Institute
Wood
Aiken’s rise as Saratoga of the South in the 1870s
The piece notes Aiken’s growth in 1870 with hotels and homes full during past visits, estimates 2,000 visitors deterred by room shortages, and the 1870 creation of the Board of Improvements. The secretary tracked arrivals and solicited funds for park, sidewalks, and benches, per the 1888 Boston Herald account.
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Aiken
Saratoga
Board of Improvements
Chamber of Commerce
Boston Herald
Aikenite Reflects On A Century Of City Growth
A 96-year-old Aiken resident recounts a lifetime in the city from 1883 birth through decades of horse racing, hotel life, and travel. He remembers Ed Smith and the Smith brothers, Highland Park Hotel, and the Black Stable. He also notes the Hitchcocks and Elizabeth Dodge Arden and reflects on growing up amid horse rearing, hotel life, and travel.
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Harry Pollard
Aiken
Schofield School
Ed Smith
Smith
Smith Brothers
Pollard
Vancouver
Canada
Liverpool
England
Egypt
South Africa
Calcutta
Boston
Providence
U.I
New York
Highland Park Hotel
George
Roland
Talatha
B.P. Chatfield
Park Avenue
Highland Park Terrace
Kalmia Plaza
West Aiken
Chatfield
Uncle Tom
Hayne Avenue
Onawa
C.B. Soutter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Smiths
Harrimans
Elizabeth Dodge Arden
Black Stable
Hitchcock Brothers
Tommy
Frank
Thefts and break-ins report in Aiken over weekend
Aiken Public Safety reports three thefts and two break-ins in the city. George Alexander loses camping gear valued at 563 dollars from his yard. Mary Toole’s car, worth 800 dollars, is stolen and recovered near her Reid Street home, damaged by a fence. Aiken High School trophies go missing after the front door is forced. Smiths Used Cars at Richland Avenue reports a stolen typewriter and office gear worth 475 dollars. Dollar General on Laurens Street loses 1100 dollars in cash. no entry force detected.
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Aiken
Reid St
Aiken Mile
Aiken High School
Smith’s
Richland Ave
Dollar General Store
Laurens St
Chem Nuclear Lab Opens for On Site Waste Sample Testing
Don Taylor leads Chem Nuclear's new Analytical Radiochemistry Laboratory at Barnwell burial ground. The $500000 facility tests site samples for radioactivity by counting disintegrating atoms, enabling faster local results and broader off site monitoring while addressing public attitudes toward nuclear operations. the underground employee monitoring area houses detectors and a whole body chair to check lungs and thyroid for exposure.
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Don Taylor
Chem- Nuclear
Barnwell
Chem-Nuclear
Taylor
Chicago
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Hitchcock
Luke
Hitchcocks
Fairfield Street
Emily Hindman
Aiken Police
Aiken Recreation Department
Sarah Caskey
Matthew Schofield
Chem
Nuclear Laboratory
Katie Bridgman
Thurmond Whatley
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