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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1912
Page
7
The piece extols local editors as vigilant watchdogs of politics and public affairs, arguing small town papers exceed metropolitan dailies in influence. It urges business firms to advertise locally, showing how country newspapers boost sales, prosperity, and public opinion while risking poverty for the sake of community service.
A New York American report claims a tiny tube of radium from Madame Curie’s lab vanished in Paris. The piece is said to have caused dangerous effects, fueling fears of crime by an educated gang led by a noblewoman plotting to seize Count de Castillon’s fortune at a countryside chateau. The case centers on a collar button containing radium and the dying man’s will.
Neighbor testimonial from Walhalla South Carolina endorsing Doan’s Kidney Pills for backache and urinary distress. W R Hexit reports nervousness frequent painful kidney secretions and back pain improved after a Dr Bell’s drugstore supply. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents, price 60c. Remember the name Doan’s.
In Chicago on August 22 fashion authorities decree the end of tube and hobble skirts and forbid false hair or improvise head coverings. Hats will be small for fall and winter with turbans fitting low over the ears as heads are shaped to the smallest possible space.
In Harrison New Jersey on August 23 sixteen of the twenty five children attended the funeral of Peter G Walker the aged Scotch athlete who died Wednesday night after a brief illness.
James Taylor, night watchman for the Pinner Coal Company elevator in Nashville Tennessee, was found dead at his post yesterday morning with a deep head wound. Police pursue foul play as the leading theory.
A fragmentary dialogue reveals a character pressed to travel for business and rail delay. The exchange hints at a looming directors meeting, a looming deadline, and a manager urging attention while a ticket expires. The tone is period dialogue with implied social obligations and travel plans.
A New York dispatch states more than 40 lepers live in apartments in New York City per the skin and cancer hospital report. It says there is no foolish dread of leprosy here and asserts the disease is not contagious in this climate, noting that dangers from tuberculosis and other illnesses are far greater.
Police and scientists link a plot at the chateau to a valet who swapped a collar button with radium as part of a forged will. The plan aimed to leave property to the count’s young mistress, while Marie suffers a mysterious illness possibly from radioactive exposure.
Nathan Nelon official stenographer of the New York Supreme Court and actress reporter at police HQ sets a new record by averaging 278 words per minute for five consecutive dictates. Pohoam claims a new accuracy record at 973 10. Five of twenty-one entrants qualify. event under National Shorthand Editors Association.
Adam, a 16 year old Wind Crest California resident, confessed after arrest to poisoning his mother Augusta and injuring two others in their home. Neighbors John Ruddel and Clark, the father, are also mentioned. authorities questioned the family amid suspicions from prior incidents. The boy’s work on a baling crew and a pattern of care by his parents are noted. insurance and medical details follow.
A reader in Oak Point Washington Aug 10 asks for the old Keowee Courier, notes this is the first paper he saw, describes being in Washington State where Republicans and Socialists compete for votes. Mentions logging camp wages from 2.50 to 5 dollars, good climate and water, and that women vote like men.
Washington records show over 5,000 cats killed in a month with 50 felines killed daily by authorities due to fears of disease spread. Elsewhere in New York Archibald Haynes, once a leading life insurance figure, dies uninsured, leaving $500 to his widow.
London August 17 probate was granted for a will loaded in a Titanic wreck trunk with jewels and belongings of a young American woman and her husband Sidney Samuel Jacobsoln a London merchant who perished when the ship sank Amy Jacobsoln the widow and her lawyer proved the will by a freshly drafted England version despite a caveat from Jacobsoln’s rel atives. Sir Samuel Hans noted a recovered draft after a similar case and allowed probate pending recovery of the will.
A Texas man in Bowdon learns of his brother W A Wright living in Rome Georgia. After a series of inquiries they meet in East Rome and rejoice to find each other alive. The Rome brother works as a Southern Railway special agent. A second paragraph advertises Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine priced 25 cents at Bell’s drug store.
An early morning attempt to wreck the home of Jacob S. Cohen a Richmond lawyer and his family failed to kill anyone when a dynamite bomb exploded on the front porch causing extensive damage to doors and woodwork. Police suspect local enemies but no injuries were reported.
The 660 pound bride Miss Alpine Bittch aged 27 wed Louis J. Aiken a Springfield, Mass printer now her manager. The ceremony at Brooklyn Borough Hall was officiated by Aldermen Jesse Moore and Jas Martyn with witnesses the Lopez brothers. The couple spoke of love despite their unusual sizes as the bride, famed circus attraction, promised obedience. the groom praised the match amid public interest and spectacle.
David L D Parnsworth magazine writer and Taney poultry raiser surrendered to Brockton police after the body of gardener Thomas Hagan was found near Parnsworth’s yard. He pled not guilty to manslaughter and was held on 1000 bond for Aug 22 hearing. Parnsworth said he heard noises in the hen yard and fired after seeing a man, with his wife firing a revolver. he stated he did not intend to hit anyone and only learned of a death later.
Washington Aug 20 President Taft set a civil service precedent by promoting Richard Underwood of 1428 I Street Northeast to a post office clerkship without educational qualifications or tests. Perseverance and support for a large family of twelve earned him notice from the postmaster general and the President.
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