Confederate Home Visit Highlights Care for Veterans in Columbia
The Confederate Home in Columbia, run by the state, houses 59 veterans and wives of veterans. Captain W. F. Stewart, a Confederate veteran and former York County senator, oversees the facility with good meals clean rooms and attentive care. The oldest widow resident is 97 year old Mrs. Henrietta Wise from Lexington County whose husband served as a second lieutenant in Co K 13th South Carolina Regiment.
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Jas. D. Grist
Columbia
South
W. 4. Stewart
York County
Stewart
Henrietta Wise
Lexington County
Co. K. 13Th South Carolina
Sloan's Liniment Claims Quick Rheumatic Relief
An excerpt touts Sloan's Liniment as sending healing blood to the aching spot, relieving rheumatic pain in days without rubbing. A San Francisco user, H. B. Smith, credits three to four days of use with rapid recovery. The ad promises swelling, stiffness and inflammation diminish, pain ends, and bottles cost 35 cents at druggists.
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H. B. Smith
McAllister St
San Francisco
Calif
Sloan
Veterans at South Carolina Confederate Home in York County
The Confederate Home near York County hosts fifty veterans averaging 83 years old with two widows and wives. Capt. Stewart, the superintendent, notes low conflict and strong care including meals, clothing, and hospital services. Dowdle, the oldest at 94, seeks burial at Sharon A R P church. The annual maintenance costs about 30,000 dollars.
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Capt. Stewart
John
Old Sharon
Sharon
Confederate Home
Columbia
Uncle John
York County
Stewart
Capt
Gettysburg
Chancellorville
Bull Run
Seven Pines
Robert E Lee Honored by Erskine Society
In a 1867 letter unearthed at Erskine College a history professor's possession reveals that Robert E. Lee was an honorary member of the Euphemian Lit Society at Erskine. Dated February 14 1867 the letter acknowledges his election and is addressed to J M Galloway C S Young and J M Todd the notifying committee.
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Due West
L. C. Galloway
Erskine College
Robert E. Lee
Lee
J. M. Galloway
C. S. Young
J. M. Todd
Hog Record in Orangeburg Hog Crash Brag Turns to Backbones
In Orangeburg the Holly Lill section boasts two record hogs weighing 893 and 685 pounds bred before weighing. J. W. Hart claims one hog was so large two men carried its backbone home. Hart says the pair yielded five 50 pound cans of lard and reflects on his annual shipments of hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeburg
J. W. Hart
Hart
Fame and Punishment Draws Clarence Darrow Notice
The Washington Star notes that fame brings unique penalties as every person facing capital punishment now seeks the expected sympathy and legal aid from Clarence Darrow.
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Clarence Darrow
Washington Star
Fasting and Mental Ability Examined by Scientist
J A Glaze of the University of Chicago studied the psychological effects of fasting reporting to the American Psychological Association at Cornell. Two men and a woman lived on water from ten to thirty three days with mental efficiency dropping in five of seven tests while bodily steadiness improved after a week or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Glaze
University of Chicago
American Psychological Association
Cornell University
Mr. Glaze
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R. FE. Lee
Erskine Society
Milady
Bessie Lemmey
New York
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Fifth Avenue
Charles William Stores, Inc
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