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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
4
Communications of a personal character advertised as notices and tributes under one hundred words will be printed free of charge. Items exceeding the limit cost one cent per word, with cash accompanying the manuscript.
The text warns publishers and readers about a Dec 4 1907 Post Office Department order imposing fines on long overdue subscriptions. It urges immediate remittances to avoid penalties and explains potential disruptions for The Courier and other papers. It notes a hoped six month extension and stresses preparedness as the change takes effect January 1 1908.
A poem by Josephine Pollard on repeated effort and the cycle of life. An advertising notice follows for Chamberlains Pain Balm claiming relief from lame shoulder rheumatism with testimonials from Mrs. F H McHiwee of Boistown New Brunswick. Local sellers J W Bell Walhalla and W J Lunney Seneca marketed the product.
A Philadelphia Bulletin note reports a physician joking that telephone girls who use the left ear all day may become left eared. He tests a caller and warns that heavy left-ear reliance could make a left-eared nation as telephone use grows. The piece also advertises wedding and other notices from the Keowee Courier in Walhalla, South Carolina.
The Fall Branch school honors Major Murphy Walter Murphy Daniel Murphy Samuel Murphy Ada Murphy Fred Holden Manuel Kelley Frank Alexander Addie Grogan and the teacher for the week ending January 10. Salem notes the list from the January 14 special.
An article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the grand remedy for female ailments, claiming it restored Mrs. Bertha Muff to health after twelve years of suffering and eleven doctors. The piece links the remedy to traditional cures from roots and herbs and touts its reputation as a standard for women’s illnesses.
Walhalla South Carolina holds a mayor and six aldermen election on Tuesday January 1908 at Walhalla Court House from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Polls open and close on time. Election officials include C L Reid G K Maxwell C A Burton A Steck and George M Ansel as clerk and treasurer. Also notice of public sale of ten shares in The Citizens Bank at stock certificate No. 30 with cash terms. Additionally notices from Owen Reid et al. v Rena Reid et al. and probate notices for Geo S Hamilton and estate matters in January 1908.
A public notice offers a replacement sewing machine for any 1907 purchase if not satisfied. Customers may return the old unit within ten days and the factory will ship a new one at no cost.
Speaker Clayton Cooper cites figures from 695 institutions totaling 34,494 men in Bible classes and 3,022 fraternity members acquainted with scripture. Data from 241 colleges list class presidents 614 and athletes across baseball 815 football 950 track 630 basketball editors 660 and prize winners 646, with Yale and Illinois leading in devotion to Bible study.
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