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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
3
The notice states personal notices are printed free up to one hundred words and tributes of peepee of hut will be printed free of charge. Any text over one hundred words costs one cent per word, with cash required to accompany manuscripts.
New York reports aboard the steamer Advance reveal dire Panama Isthmus conditions with outbreaks of measles smallpox yellow fever chagres fever and malaria and one bubonic plague case. Trains to Colon cemetery run many times daily and graves are kept ready as emergencies. The Isthmus clerical workforce is ninety percent short and pay delays hinder workers. Many mates fear returning to the States due to rising sickness.
In Guanajuato Mexico on July 6 Governor Obregon reports more than 200 dead after a flood caused by a cloudburst inundates the city. The Juarez Theatre, hospital, and power plant are flooded leaving the city dark. property losses rise to about 42 million. Soldiers sought refuge in upper balconies to escape rising waters.
John Wesley wed a widow named Vizelle who tired of his tireless labors and jealousy grew. He warned Edger to abandon the struggle for power or praise and live as a private man. Vizelle departed with many private papers, and Wesley noted in his journal that he did or did not dismiss her and would not call her back.
A Black man was lynched after a mob pursued him for relations with a white girl. A Black person was found hanging from a telegraph pole near Dumas following an escape from jail after authorities recovered a missing pair and faced crowd unrest.
A witness recalls leaving home after sunset and visiting Clancy's saloon, McKadden's place, Hogenachnitz's caffy, and Finny's poker room before going broke. The sequence shows a night of social venues ending in financial loss.
Luther Burbank, famed for altering nature, advances several projects including the pomato a hybrid potato fruit with tomato flavor. He aims to cross wild South American potatoes with common varieties to yield a larger tastier more disease resistant tuber. Burbank reports over 10 000 varieties under study and ongoing plantings on his experimental grounds alongside progress on stoneeling plants and fragrance enhanced lilies.
A cornucopia of grains may yield doubled acre outputs says an inventor who envisions wheat, rye, barley, oats, and corn each producing twice as much per acre without changing ear counts. He asserts the work is just begun and future possibilities exceed today’s dreams.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with a money back guarantee if it fails to help. It promises rapid relief for sleeplessness nervous exhaustion dizziness and other ailments while claiming years of experience prove its efficacy. The copy notes a physician’s endorsement and mentions related products like Dr Miles Pain Pills and a diagnostic service for cats and tail.
The Abbeville Medium warns the dispensary fight will bring open bar rooms within ten years if defeated. It cites moonshiners, politicians, ministers and whiskey interests opposing regulation, predicting widespread turmoil and barroom resurgence across the state. The piece then notes John H. Mitchell’s 1900s land fraud conviction after a long career in Oregon and Washington politics.
Beaverdam Union Lower Division to convene at Fant's Grove July 29 30 1905 with Rev W R Wilson opening at 10 o'clock and debated topics on church work discipline duties to converts and revival schedules open to all. Also reports on tornado deaths in Texas and acquittal of Arkansas senator Covington.
An old style ad promises no risk with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It touts Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment as best ever made for rheumatism sprains swellings and general family and stock use. A full pint bottle costs 26 cents from Walhalla Drag Company.
Newberry July 1 The case of Thomas J Davenport charged with assault and battery with intent to kill over an alleged shooting of Col P Clark Smith ended with a hung jury ten for acquittal and two for simple assault and battery. Cole L Blease for the defense said ready for another trial but the case was continued at the State's motion.
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo firm F J Cheney & Co swears an oath offering one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 8, 1886, promotes the medicine as internally taken and blood and nervous system acting. testimonials and samples are requested.
Mina Giles, a woman statistician trusted on the Cotton Exchange, issues a bul Latin stating that with 76 percent and about 27,000,000 acres the indications point to an approximate drop of 10,000,000 bales. She adds that better weather could alter these figures.
The Anderson Mail reports cotton rust has appeared in Lebanon affecting three plantations owned by Robert Brazeale, Lawrence Thompson, and W. W. Smith. Rust can strip stalks and spreads rapidly. control advised by pulling and burning affected stalks. A farmer recommends kainit with fertilizer as a preventive to kill rust germs.
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