South Carolina Farmers Push Constitutional Dues Increase
The South Carolina Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union urges unions to vote on new constitutional amendments within thirty days or by October 1, 1907. It defends higher dues to fund state organizing, criticizes unpaid labor, and promotes better cotton grading, warehousing, and pricing through a state cotton school at Clemson. The memo warns against premature selling and warns about cotton bears and bucket shops.
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The
South Carolina Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union
South Carolina
Clemson
the &Armora’ Union of
Clemson College
Farmers’ Union
Twain and Rockefeller wealth gaffe at Quarry Farm chat
Mark Twain and a guest at Quarry Farm near Elmira New York discuss wealth. The guest claims Rockefeller has more dollars than grains of sand in a beach, while Twain retorts he has more dollars than hair on his head.
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Mark Twain
Sian
Lamortat
Quarry Farm
Elmira
N. Yu
John D. Rockefeller
Success Magazine
Mr.Clemens
Men Past Sixty In Danger Of Kidney Disease
Fifty year old men suffer from enlarged prostate and kidney trouble, warns an old news blurb. It promotes Foley's Kidney-Cure as a remedy, citing testimonials from Rod ney Burnett of Rockport Missouri who reports relief after treatment and a decades long struggle with health.
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Thannus
Foley
Rodney Burnett
Rockport
Not Civilized Chief Thunderwater’s Indian Nation Views
In Cleveland the Fox and Sax Nation chief Thunderwater criticizes white civilization as harmful to his people. He argues Indians once built a civilization superior to today and laments smallpox, alcohol, and cultural theft, stressing that whites fail to value Native worth and that his people were treated unfairly.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thuderwater
Sax and Fox
Thunderwater
Cleveland
Jog-o-sot
H. 9Th Atreat
Lakeview
Thunderwaters
Keokuk
Jamestown
Jenny
Hess
Tapeaa
Help Offered to Worthy Young People in Macon Ga
Help is offered to worthy young people through training and employment programs at The Ge.Ala. Business College in Macon Georgia. About 800 requests for telegraphers have been received. wages range from $1350 to $70 per month for men and women seeking telegraphy work.
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Alan
Firvt Mall
Business College
Macon
N.B
Balarlee
Kiss Miss Irene Sparks Scene at Southern Depot
A Gastonia mother, Mrs. Thomas B. Young, tried to kiss her nine year old daughter Irene at the Southern depot as the girl traveled with her uncle and aunt to Columbia. Irene refused and cried out for her mother, prompting bystanders to watch a tense moment in Charlotte. The report mixes a custody dispute with a dramatic family scene.
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Southern Depot
Thomas B. Young
Trene Glenn
Gastonia
Columbia
N .P. Glenn
Glenn
Irene
Lurance
That's Just My Luck in a Railway Tale and Ads
A fragmented 19th century style text mixes a humorous verse about luck and mishaps involving Bill, a cow, and a barn fire with faded advertisements for Kidney and bladder aids and engraved card services. The piece ties a moral about consequences to a series of misfortunes, then shifts to local advertisements for patent remedies and engraving services in Walhalla and Seneca.
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Bil
Bill
Card of Thanks Notes Gratitude From Walhally Community
A Card of Thanks from O P Sloan of Almosonville S C expresses gratitude to Walhally and surrounding community for support during son Richard In sickness death and burial. The note thanks friends for sympathy helping them endure grief and pledges lasting remembrance. Also mentions Manson Pile Remedy advertised for piles with claim of quick relief sold by W Hell Walblag We Sainnoy Sonoon.
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Walhally
Richard
O. P. Sloan
Almosonville
8. C
Fies
W. Hell
Walblag We Sainnoy
Sonoon
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Seneca
G. W. Gignilliat
Farmers' Union Bureau OF Information
J. C. Stribling
Pondlergy
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Cardus
Depot
Charlotte
Charlotte Chronicle
Pinentes
Rhouearn Eidey
Stinnett
Ded
W. Be ‘Allialla
W. J. Linney
Sondon
Milwaukee Sentinel
Texas
Cincinnati
L. Goode
Posalmia
Thurut
Bin
J. W. Bell
Walhalla
W. J. Lunney
Cardey
Aamplen
Keowee Courier
Anderson Hardware Co
Decatur
Moore
Atlanta
Ara
Eau Fimerican
Adening Journal
Bya Hi Co
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