Humor in an affidavit changes Beaufort dispensary vote
The Columbia Record notes a satire rich affidavit from schoolteacher Clarence S. Johnson that puzzled the state board of canvassers over whether a protest existed. Johnson lampoons dispensary managers, election rules, and South Carolina politics, ending with warnings of rising religious strife and partisan deadlock.
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Pearly Gates
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South Carolina
Acre
Union
General Grant
Ben Tillman
Lone Bandit Robs Train in Audacious Pennsylvanian Heist
A lone highwayman halted a Pennsylvania express on the Allegheny slope, using a dynamite cartridge and a revolver to seize thousands in coin and bills from the express car. The conductor was shot in the hand. the robber fled, misdosing ten thousand Lincoln pennies for gold, and detectives and bloodhounds scoured the area at night with no arrests.
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Railroad and Express Company
The Manufacture of Cotton Seed in Southern Mills
The article details cotton seed oil extraction in South Carolina mills. Seed enters a central room and linting removes fiber, producing lint used for batting. Hulls feed stock. kernels go to roller mills then steam cooker and press to extract oil, leaving cake. Oil stored for refinement and cooking, while dross becomes soap stock.
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Tired Georgetown crowd praised Dean's Kidney Pills
A Georgetown resident Mrs. S. M. Tompkins testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved persistent back pain and fatigue from kidney issues. She bought them at Iseman Drug Co and says the pills strengthened her kidneys with one box, price 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent.
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