Long Creek News Notes April Happenings and Local Snippets
The Long Creek column reports corn planting underway after a mild spring, a recent hail storm in the upper area causing no damage, ill health among Mrs. Tom Thrift and Miss Frances Moore, and a lively community life with Sunday schools, a school march led by Miss Colin Phillips, and local visits. A snow storm on April 6, road conditions praised, and various local anecdotes follow, including a pastoral letter about painting and Devoe products, a funeral of the old colored pauper, a tumble by the scribe, and district updates on prisons, hog cholera losses, and cotton land observations by John Plexico.
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Long Creek
Tom Thrift
Frances Moore
Long Creek Church
Jamon Tee
Long Creek School House
Colin Phillips
L. F. Phillips
Andrew Ramey
Banyan Phillips
Thia
Phillips
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Mukden Battle Seen As Turning Point In War
From the New York Evening Sun, Field Marshal Oyama’s forces crushed the Russian army at Mukden, a decisive victory that could establish Japanese control of Manchuria and Port Arthur. The writer compares Oyama with Hannibal and Napoleon, noting casualties may exceed 100,000 and the Russian center may be annihilated as Japanese troops cut the railway north of Mukden. The piece also cites a March treasury ruling on tax collection and notes Japan seeks a $500.64 million indemnity from Russia.
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New York
Oyama
Hannibal
Frederick
Grant
Marlborough
Napoleon
Wellington
Mukden
Hia
Oku
Linevitch
Rennenkampf
Kurupatkin
Harbin
Mukdon
Manchuria
Russia
Colossus
Rojestvensky
Up-Country Mountaineers and Lumber Trade Rise in Oconee Hills
A vivid sketch from the Oconee Hills notes rapid progress of spring sowing and a shift toward reduced cotton acreage. Madison, on the Southern Railway near the Tugaloo River, hosts Genett Lumber Co with a 20,000 feet daily output. Logs float twelve to fifteen miles. pine prices range from twenty to eighty dollars per thousand. The piece celebrates mountaineer culture, scenery, and steady railway expansion drawing business from Tugaloo to Charlotte, North Carolina, while promoting rural prosperity and civic virtue.
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Madison
Southern Railway
Jeut
Tugaloo River
Genett Lumber Co
Tennessce
As Parte
Great Southern Railroad
Piedmont
Tugaloo Basin
Charlotte
N.C
News and Courier
Rydale Cough Elixir Promises Quick Cold Relief
An 19th century ad touts Rydale Cough Elixir from Walhalla Drug Company claiming it halts colds, prevents deep coughs, wards off consumption, kills throat and lung disease germs, and tonifies respiratory organs to restore health. The piece also notes a Ninth district primary where Julien Jorvey defeated Turner Logan for Solicitor.
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Rydale
Walhalla Drug Company
W.381
Julien Jorvey
W. Turner Logan
Abbeville Prosa and Banner on local option and temperance
The Abbeville paper endorses local option for dispensaries and questions prohibition. It notes Abbeville’s limited drinking and urges churches and parents to curb the drink habit among youth, aligning with other papers on the subject.
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M. F. Ansel
Keowee Courier
Newberry Observer
Ansel
Bey
Abbevlle
Abbeville
Abbeville Prosa and
Banner
Pickens Teachers To Attend State Summer School
Pickens county teachers plan to attend State summer school at Clemson College this summer. County Superintendent Hallum issued a circular letter and about 50 percent favor going to Clemson. Indications suggest attendance will be about the usual number for the county school.
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Pickens
Pickens County
Clemson College
Hallum
Clemson
Columbia
Missing Furman student found in Atlanta
G. M. Trammell, who disappeared from Furman University late that week without informing Dr. Poteat or any professors, has reappeared in Atlanta city.
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G. M.trammell
Furman University
Dr. Poteat
Atlanta
Japan readies massive Manchuria reinforcements to Oyama
Japan plans to ship strong forces to Manchuria to bolster Oyama's army with a target of one million men by autumn. The country already fields roughly seven hundred thousand in fighting line against Russia. Immigrant inflow this year is estimated to reach one million, many from Russia, stirring calls for tighter controls as ships bring in new arrivals and urban tensions rise.
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Japan
Manchuria
Oyama
Russia
Ttia
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promised Free Trial Guarantee
A garbled early 20th century advertisement urges readers to use Dr Miles Now Heart Cure for heart trouble symptoms such as breathlessness chest pains and swelling Touting benefits for blood and nerves and a guarantee that the first bottle will help with a money back offer The text also mentions a prior doctor and a testimonial but is largely unreadable and damaged.
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Dr. Miles
Miles
McCallum's Mountain Lion Beaten by Ringtail Raccoon
James A. McCallum offered the mountain lion from the Rocky Mountains as a gift after the big cat, weighing about 175 pounds, was opposed by Jack Cook's ringtailed coon. In a cage fight the coon dodged the lion's strikes and repeatedly tackled the beast, eventually overpowering it. The lion bled and retreated, while the coon emerged unscathed and boastful of its victory. The episode appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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James A. McCallum
Rocky Mountains
Cook
Louisville Courier- Journal
Four Hundred Affected by Madrid Reservoir Collapse
Four hundred persons were killed or injured by the collapse of a new water reservoir during construction at Madrid on the eighth of the month. Authorities investigate the accident and assess the damage as relief efforts begin for the affected communities.
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Madrid
Spain
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Bvencarrion
Walhalla
Rev. E
Valhalla
Devoe
F. W. Devon & Co
W. Bell, Walhalla
G. W
Anderson Mail
Samuel Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Annd
Yorkville Enquirer
John I. Plexico
Bullock's Creek Township
Yorkville
Hank
Hunter
Jones
Rydale’s Tonic
Radical Remedy Company
Hickory
Oconee Hills
Seneca, S. C
Seneca
Colon Boats Mountain Lion
Murray
Bright
Murray Drug Company
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