This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
2
A reader pleads against whiskey and cigarette habits urging fathers to set a moral example, mothers to guide sons, and young women to beware pretenders. The piece condemns intoxication’s harms to families and society, calling for reform, prayer, and stronger parental influence. It ends with a plug for Dr Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets.
A New York Tribune item describes Morbus Sabbaticus, or Sunday sickness, spreading rapidly among church members. Attacks occur every Sunday around church time and end by evening, with no lasting physical symptoms. It never affects Saturdays, always ends fatally to the soul, and religion is the only antidote.
A New Orleans Picayune clipping recalls an Irishman in soiled overalls driving a loaded wagon to a broker. He shows a paper promising big profits for cash. The broker, skeptical of the visitor’s appearance, asks for funds while noting the man has a load ready outside.
A remarkable railway chase unfolds as a runaway engine on the Stockton and Darlington line is observed speeding toward Darlington. The pursuing engine, detached, crosses points and closes in, finally allowing the pursuer to board the runaway, apply brakes, and halt it near Darlington station.
An offer through a clubblog with Charleston Semi Weekly News and Courier and The Keowee Courier presents three papers for 1.50 per year. The Keowee Courier is praised as the county’s best in Oconee and among South Carolina’s top papers. The Semi-Weekly News and Courier publishes Wednesdays and Saturdays with full Associated Press dispatches. The deal frames two leading South Carolina papers at 60 cents over the regular price of one, urging readers to subscribe now.
A historical ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills claiming to remove uric acid and cure inactive kidneys to end rheumatic danger. It cites Mrs. J R Gobb of Walhalla DC praising relief after using the pills and urges purchase through Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY with a 50 cent price.
A grim order of deaths in Debrescia Latvia or Hungary tells of Joseph Moritz Sr shot by his son Joseph Moritz Jr who died in prison after killing his father. Frau Moritz shot by her daughter Elizabeth Moritz died by her own hand at seventeen. The family left £1500 for this memorial.
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults sold by all druggists.
Florence dispatch reports 43 cars of Chadbourne berries shipped to Northern markets on Saturday as the Chadbourne movement nears peak. Coast Line plans 150 cars per day from Chadbourne and Lake CityBerry traffic rising with daily increases. Coast Line’s heavy truck and berry business signals a bright outlook for weeks ahead.
Mrs. Alice B. Legare widow of the late George W. F. Legare of Charleston and mother of Alex B. and Hugh S. Legare died at her Farragut apartments in Washington early this morning. The body will be sent to Charleston for interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
Washington April 22 The House Judiciary Committee declared it unconstitutional for the Federal government to acquire state lands for forest reserves without showing a direct aid to navigation. A unanimous resolution urged limiting forest purchases to lands shown to conserve and improve navigable rivers.
A patent medicine ad promises Foley's Honey and Tar will cure coughs and prevent pneumonia with no opiates and urges refusal of substitutes. In separate news, Harry B. Liles of Waycross Georgia was sentenced to be hanged on May 26 for the murder of his wife and infant child in January 1907, showing no visible emotion at the sentencing.
Co. R. Goodrich of Miami Florida faced an indictment for larceny from the home in Fulton County Georgia. He allegedly took two diamond rings a diamond scarf pin and over 100 dollars from W Alford of Hartwell Ga. He denied guilt and planned to fight the case. Detective Lockhart helped secure the arrest after Goodrich reported a prior loss of seven hundred dollars and two rings. The arrest followed a grand jury action and a Miami release on bail before extradition.
Fragmentary ad style notice claims a product called Deans Regulats eases stomach tone and relieves constipation. It urges readers to ask a druggist for them and hints at easy operation.
Early today at 3 o'clock yeggmen robbed Carpenter Bros branch drug store and sub post office near Greenville passenger depot, taking four hundred dollars. No clue to the culprits yet. suspicious characters are being shadowed as government agents and police investigate the thickly settled district.
In Brantley Alabama J J Weatherford, a leading citizen, was shot dead by his nephew Avery Hardage near town yesterday. Eyewitnesses saw Weatherford strike a Hardage boy with a shotgun butt. Hardage fled after firing five shots, ending a long standing family feud between the Weatherford and Hardage families.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.