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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
7
The South Carolina Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union calls county and local leaders to a May 1 Greenville gathering to discuss proposals, fertilizer brand safety, and stronger farmer protections. The piece cites criticism of monopolies, promotes independent union institutions, and includes letters and notices from all across the state.
Dr Thad A Reamy relays a tall tale of two Emerald Isle brothers aboard a ship. Pat dares Mike to light a blast from a big gun on the sea facing side. Mike instructs him to drop a brass bucket over the muzzle to hear it fire. Pat triggers the powder and an officer later asks where Mike is.
An advertisement asserts that HERRING'S CATARRH CURE, a local treatment and blood medicine in one, can cure long standing sniffles and symptoms. It claims even severe cases are healed and offers a $1,079 bottle for sale through local dealers.
A collection of short items from a Philadelphia Ledger style page including a rural tale about Susie and her fear of a muley cow in Lebanon County, a 100 year old woman said dead in Atlanta, critic responses to Delass's Thaw jury, a Dubuque wood workers strike, South Pole search by Argentine cattlemen, a price rise by Standard Oil, a baby born at Bellevue Hospital after the mother’s death, Glasgow business visit to Chicago pack houses, famine relief in China, a frightened racehorse near Lexington, Stolypin famine relief funds, and a Riga prison mutiny with casualties.
An old advertisement for Golden Nuggets Rocky Mountain Tea by Hollister Drug Company of Madison Wisconsin. Claims health benefits for digestion constipation liver and blood purification and promotes a busy medicine for busy people. Product described as genuine and offered by the Hollister firm.
Miss Anna Greenwood, 29, died in Marlboro Massachusetts when an electric shock occurred as she turned on a telephone at her home. An examination found a slight wrist burn suggesting a cuff button touched the switch, sending current through her body to the telephony instrument she held in the other hand. The incident prompted inquiries into the cause and safety practices for electrical devices in homes.
Mark Twain narrates a dinner anecdote from his Virginia City Enterprise days about a prized turkey. The proprietor claimed it, cooked it, then received a letter requesting the agricultural editor explain what the turkey died of, ending the bet and sparking curiosity.
The advertisement asserts Fooy Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles contains no opiates and is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law, recommended as safe for children and adults. A fire damaged Dr J W Bell in Loninville Kentucky on April 12, with losses estimated at $100,000. Two German aeronauts flew 812 miles in nineteen hours from Berlin to England. Judge Landis in Chicago overruled a motion to quash the indictment against Standard Oil Company.
In the Court of Probate Oconee County South Carolina D A Smith Probate Judge issues citation to all kindred and creditors of J L Barker deceased to appear May 2 1907 at Walhalla Court House after publication at 11 o clock in the forenoon Why administration should not be granted. Published April 17 and 28 1907 in Keowee Courier and Court House Door as required by law.
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