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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1910
Page
8
Local notes detail church events, marriages, and social visits in Walhalla. Community members including Mrs. Lag, Mrs. Teedia, and Miss Hunter attend gatherings, while weddings, home visits, and church activities are described with names, places, and dates within the surrounding region.
A condensed survey of legendary claims about the Tower of Babel height. References cited range from Herodotus to St Jerome, noting proposed measurements from 1,000 fathoms to 20,000 Mephitis and even four miles, highlighting the speculative and debated nature of ancient estimates.
An old advertisement extols Allen's Foot Kase anticeptic powder as a cure for foot odor sweating and itching. The jumbled copy promises quick relief, calls it the greatest discovery for tired feet, and urges readers to buy the product from a retailer named Roy with a boxed packaging deal.
Mrs Lillian Allen of this place died March 27 after an operation performed March 22 at a private facility. Eldest daughter of De A Mikey, she was born in Westmeter and was about years of age. She had lived in this area for eight years and is survived by her husband and two children. Interment was at Welcome cemetery in Greenbilly county where two of her brothers and two ancestors are buried. Mrs Allen was a Baptist church member and many friends mourn her loss. A home remedy advertisement for Oban Vernelis Cough remedy appears in the piece.
A call to aid the movement for national prohibition was urged at the Southern Ante State League closing session. A separate resolution pushed by Southern Congressmen and Senators supports the Miller-Cur Has bill pending in Congress to regulate liquor across state lines and seize illicit shipments within territorial waters. Also mentions a medical remedy for diarrhea and cholera Sa: Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Morb Remed y is praised as safe and effective and sold by J W Tell Walhalla and G Wickli te West Upton.
Owl Grove and Oak Grove residents share updates from April events. Caudell, once a Westminster friend, returns home near here. Sloan Mendley of Newry visited and attended hometalks. Frank Warnott enjoyed Sunday with Pendleton friends. Mrs Ley Barietes neighbors glad to see her out again. Miss Rholotler shopped and visited during week. An egg hunt Saturday afternoon. Maud White, Cox, and Dora Fendley prepared eggs for adults, May White and Sue White for children. Sonia Holl ds in Atlanta hospital, long illness but improving. Caleb Freeman and von Pelx visited the Mendles family. Sunday school at Owl Grove led by Mr Jetwell, superintendent. Mrs Gallona Mondiey visited Sallie Carver at Westininner.
A village column reports minor injuries from a wagon accident near Kaleo then notes visits by Mrs Holeman and Mrs Whittle, a moved photograph gallery, and plans for an educational meeting at Doakway School on May 9. Farmers discuss cotton prices and planting progress as winter ends.
A brief card from Geo. L. Littleton Westminster dated April 4 expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during the death of a loved one naming the late baby and invoking God’s blessings.
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