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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1905
Page
2
Temperature and rainfall data recorded at Station J D Tebell near Walhalls for the week ending January 20 show varied conditions. Details indicate measures of daily highs and lows, plus total precipitation, contributing to a historical local climate snapshot.
In gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of my wife I, J H Henney, of Walhalla and Millville, gratefully acknowledge the many friends whose support will be remembered. May God bless each and every one.
J H Bryan of Sonopa representing the New York Mutual Insurance Company thrilled over his success in January. A special commendation letter was sent to the top one hundred agents in the United States who wrote the most business in December 1904. Bryan ranked high in company business and is noted as an energetic, popular worker. Dr King’s New Life Pills are recommended for stomach and liver troubles.
Union services will be held next Sunday night at 7 30 in the Valhalla Presbyterian church inviting all denominations. Rev H C Grossman of the Lutheran church will preach. Members of all church choirs are invited to attend and participate. The service aims to be one of the most interesting and delightful in Valhalla in a long time.
Mrs Katherine Ronney wife of J J Rooney died suddenly at home in Millville Saturday evening after heart failure and lung hemorrhage. Born August 20 1864 in Macon GA she lived in Walhalla Oconee Westminster and Madison. She leaves a husband and adopted daughter Mrs A V Leathers. Funeral was at Walhalla Methodist Church. burial at West View Cemetery.
A fragment reports patent medicine Briaten Wonderful Nervo praised for pain relief. It also notes a government raid near Valhalla and Mattly Creek destroying stills and booze with officers arresting J. I. Manley. Anderson County owes nothing. Greenville County owes around 350000 in a contract dispute.
Week ending January 21 shows unclaimed notices for Mina Guaste Rogers Tinor Craig Parsons. Advertise case lists J M Merrick P M. Arrests linked to Greenwood Townville warrant over infant found under a Newry house. Mrs Bowen and W J Tinch tied to the case. Bowen allegedly related to the infant. Court arraignment scheduled for Oconee term.
Rev. H C Grossman and his wife were surprised Friday evening by many friends who brought substantial gifts for their temporal life. Those unable to attend sent wholehearted remembrances as the gathering featured games confabulation, an address, and a prayer by the pastor. The couple left grateful for the community's affection.
Annie Blackman shoots and kills Furman Thompson after he allegedly threatens to break in and murder her. Evidence supports self defense. a brother of the deceased was present and fired the fatal shot. Thompson dies from a neck wound. doctors fail to save him. Nearby notes cover Johana Hock’s marriage spree and exhumation talk over his first wife. Also a public health notice urges cough remedies as pneumonia and grip threats rise.
Col D K Norris died in Baltimore after a brief illness from lockjaw on Monday night January 23. Aged about 1 year, he leaves a wife and three daughters. He had recently resided in Seneca and previously in Anderson county, where he served in the State Senate. He helped build two cotton mills in Mokens county and was a Trustee of Clemson College. His body will be brought to Pendleton for burial this afternoon. Newman Thomas, age 14, shot himself in Bartow, Ga, and died after the body lay on a railroad track and was mangled by a passing train.
Lexington January 20 for the first time in criminal history a jury guarding a capital prisoner sat to hear evidence while a sheriff stood by. James Garfield Smith convicted of William Moore murder faces hanging. Defense cites alibi and trial prejudice. Greenville January 21 Waverly Burns shot dead in county. Renast Benson and Kay Bonkod arrested. motive tied to dating dispute and a brawl that escalated to gunfire.
Washington January 20 The Department of Agriculture issues strict cattle quarantine rules to begin February 1 and extend to November 1. The lines cover eastern North Carolina South Carolina Indian Territory Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Georgia Arkansas Tennessee Oklahoma Texas California and parts of Virginia Georgia and others with regional adjustments through February March and November.
An advertisement asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly safe for children and effective against coughs colds and croup. It warns against medicines with harmful substances and promotes purchase through Dr A W Bell Valhalla and W J Luhey Seneca.
In Chileno on January 20, Mrs. Radie Thompson, wife of Oak Park Episcopal sexton Robert Oliver Thompson, died after swallowing corrosive sublimate in a failed attempt to quit smoking. Inquest testimony says she had smoked for years, was nervous and irritable, and had previously attempted suicide by morphine four years ago.
In Chicago on January 20 a burglary at the home of militar... Eugene Fishburn, granddaughter Vera Fowler, led three burglars to return a ring. They said they were not professionals and claimed to have mothers too. The ring, a gift from the girl’s mother, was recovered with a note to Vera Fowler. Police received the letter and will pursue the robbers.
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania reports his mother long plagued by rheumatism found relief after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. A few applications eased pain and allowed walking, with occasional use preventing return of discomfort. Sold by Dr J W Boll Wallan Lunaby Seuncea.
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