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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
6
A fragmented verse laments a brother Carson turning into a boy and the child’s sorrow over gendered expectations. The Spartanburg Journal notes Ansel, a Greenville visitor and gubernatorial hopeful, outlining opposition to a central dispensary and supporting county control with local votes.
A Chicago dispatch reports Apostle John Alexander Dowie decrees Zion City couples must bring a baby to the baptismal font each year to evangelize by birth rate. The rule requires written consent for marriages, forbids premature embraces, and voids civil marriages not recognized by the church. Dowie notes church policy aims to combat race death by action.
The Union county election board met to canvass votes from the six instant election on liquor or beer dispensaries. Result shows 412 for dispensaries and 761 against. a 34 vote majority against. A restraining order was issued to keep dispensaries open pending further legal action set for September 6. Local court will hear if injunction should become permanent. Also reported is a sale of imported stock at the Biltmore and the sale of 64 head of S ORM cattle averaging 207, with 100 buyers in attendance.
A dated advertisement warns that heart strain from exertion or emotion can exhaust nerves rupture arteries and stop the heart. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a remedy to strengthen heart muscles nerves and action, citing testimonials from S Kohen of Caruthersville and others and noting Miles Medical Co refunds.
A Sunday morning service unfolds with gossip and a shocking revelation as a baby is born at the parsonage on Saturday night. The pastor plans secrecy, but the choir and audience reveal the news through scripture and song, turning the sermon into a humorous courtroom of surprise.
On August 24 a daylong singing at Stamp Creek drew a large audience from Pickens and Counee. Rev Atkinson postponed preaching to attend the event with Prof Garrett from Pickens leading organ work. Local musicians included Profa J M Smith J I Morton and HOW Barna. Around 12:80 pm a dinner was provided by benevolent women, enjoyed by all, with the crowd leaving around four. A brief note praises aid offerings by Brethren and sisters and records a modest collection.
Booker T. Washington, at a Saratoga hotel, admits dining with John Wannamaker’s family but denies escorting Mrs. Barclay Warburton to the dining room. He cites differing Southern and Northern customs and notes he has spoken at Wannamaker events but this is his first public comment on the reports.
An eclipse of the sun will occur in August with totality visible across North America's eastern half and Canada. The shadow path runs from Fort Belknap Montana to Indianola Texas then across the Atlantic, Spain, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Nile near Assan, ending in Arabia. Total phase lasts about 3.75 minutes in spring and 2.5 minutes in tabernary times, ending around 6.87 a.m. CST.
Fragmentary text references property in Walhalla and names Waite and Augant with uncertain details. The readable portion suggests a local real estate or tax notice but lacks clear action, date, or full names to state a definitive outcome.
An attorney for the heirs advertises private sale of three Snow Creek tracts totaling 17 3 acres in Oconee County and two Howard dam tracts totaling 3 1/2 acres. Prices set at 10 per acre cash or half cash with twelve months, mortgage security. Titles to be conveyed via court at owner's cost due to minor heirs.
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