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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
3
A reflective poem bids farewell to the old year and recalls bygone days with wistful nostalgia. The speaker anticipates the new year arriving with joy yet feels a melancholy sigh as memories linger from the past year's close.
A retired detective recalls Scotland Yard warnings to American crooks in England and details adaptions of Yard methods. He names Ned Hapgood, Tom O'Brien, and others, describing thimble-rigging plots, captures, and the long chase back to the United States with anecdotes about card tricks, disguises, and chase stories from the early 1880s.
A vivid account recalls famed swindlers in Britain and America. Morton ran elaborate paper tricks and Monte operations from Paris to Constantinople, finally retiring to Southern California where he died. Dingo Fraser led a mob to England using street medicine fakery and graft, ultimately unravelled by Scotland Yard. Joe Mason, the merry around man, shipped fake gold in Birmingham and Manchester before similar exposure.
The County Board to elect a County Pension Commissioner who will prepare pension papers for the January 1909 meetings. The commissioner must ensure proper forms, then the County Pension Boards will assess applications in February and March 1909 and forward approved cases to the State Pension Board. Details cover classifications, income limits, widow pensions, and moving to another state.
A Mitchfeld, 24, from Atlanta, compressed 7018 words on a half postal card to win a £400 prize in Port Worth Texas. A mule dealer offered the award for spelling the owner's name and statement correctly, and Mitchfeld delivered the lengthy text amidst a storm of fines and regulation notes.
From Farmers Bulletin No. 22 the text explains cows need protein fat and carbohydrates in food for milk. If nutrients are lacking the cow uses body reserves, reducing milk and quality. It warns coarse hay or sawdust cannot become butter or curd and stresses generous, suitable feed with ample nitrogen. It also notes Foley's Kidney Remedy is promoted for kidney and bladder troubles.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes three year old Pu Yi as ruler of about 430 million people across 4,250,090 square miles. It contrasts this with the United States population under 100 million and area near 3,760,000 square miles, remarking the U.S. president has busy days ahead.
In Judge Mack’s court the drunk man’s will contest revealed the late Joseph Wilson’s estate. Bertha Wilson sought to set aside the will while testimony described a West Side property bought for 4800 dollars years ago, later improved and taxed. The property was appraised at 85,000, and the court found the estate affected by the instrument.
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