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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
7
In a domestic farce set in a late night, Mr. Bowser misreads a bottle labeled poison and faints with fear after taking laudanum. Mrs. Bowser discovers the mix up and after frantic midnight errands, learns the danger of unlabeled remedies while the mistaken poison scare ends with a humorous twist.
A sentimental youth begs for marriage while a practical maid shrugs off the proposal. The pair observe that News and All county notoriety already surround them, with the Courier serving as the town’s mirror and symbol of acclaim.
A Rural New Yorker grower warns that strawberry leaf blight damages crops as fruit sets, turning leaves brownish red and attacking fruit stems. The disease worsens with season. weak, poorly nourished plants and unmulched or overburdened beds are especially vulnerable.
Variety of rare beauty and excellent for market, one of the best second early plums. Described as largely rot free in some seasons with first blossoms May 7 and full bloom May 10. Fruit large to very large, roundish oblong with a blunt apex and slight necking, in full fruiting by August 15.
A stem long and strong set at an angle emerges with future distinct, slightly depressed fruit in light greenish yellow color. It is over spread with a crimson abode dotted very minute. Bloom thin, flesh light yellow, firm with a fairly large pit. Tree a moderate grower, healthy and round headed, foliage luxuriant and prolific with large leaves.
Rough feeds are plentiful but often wasted as cows eat the choicest morsels first. Do not feed more hay than can be eaten clean. For cotton, harrow the seed bed to a fine, mellow surface before planting. A budded pecan tree may begin producing in its sixth year, with some bearing earlier.
From Childland a Chicago Tribune note shares quaint retorts of four year olds. A girl names Patience Wallace says she is four at 11 p.m. Louise, a blue eyed child, speaks of God sending sun and rain. A kindergartner recalls knights must suffer but a girl says she learned that on the day she was born. A toddler Ruth declares love would survive a knife.
A Cleveland Tender anecdote about Teddy preferring ordinary mouse cheese to rare old cheese his father praised. The boy, tasting the strong cheese, declares a fondness for simple cheese, revealing a humorous distinction between refined taste and plain fare.
The snippet shows a humorous stage interaction where the hostess apologizes for an ordinary evening and Mr Bumblepop concedes the group feels foolish, while the hostess notes their own luck. The exchange is light and theatrical, reflecting playful social banter.
Savannah Typographical Union, the city’s top labor group, refused to back anti prohibition efforts. The Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly asked printers to propose resolutions against prohibition, but they declined. A lighthearted cartoon caption follows about a ghost and a Hamlet company receipts incident in Philadelphia.
A witty Bohemian Magazine quip contrasts catching a cold with asking others how they contracted theirs. The playful line labels himself as the source of the joke, highlighting contagious curiosity and humor about rumors and health.
A fragment notes dispute over divorce recognition as an immigrant trials unfold. The exchange suggests the man holds immigration papers while the woman remains at a station awaiting his movements toward Atlanta Constitution, hinting at a contested marriage status and potential legal action.
In a Bllegende Blatter style exchange a husband and wife debate zigzag snow marks thought to be his. The wife claims the marks match his gloves and boots as proof of misdeed, while the husband deflects with prevarication.
Poem reflects on humble identity amid national life with lines about the man behind the gun, the man behind the plow, and the man behind the throttle, ending with the speaker claiming to be just plain Brown. The piece contrasts anonymous laborers with a named self, recalling midcentury magazine verse.
Railway schedule notice from Blue Ridge Railway Company announcing Time Table No 14 going into effect on May 5 1907 with adjusted train times and service details for the line.
An offer from a local paper promoting a clubbing deal with the Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Courier and The Keowee Courier. The Keowee Courier is praised as the best paper in Oconee county and among the top county papers in South Carolina. The Semi-Weekly News and Courier provides detailed South Carolina news on Wednesdays and Saturdays with full AP dispatches. The joint subscription runs three papers weekly for 1.50, about 60 cents more than either paper alone, delivering two of the state’s best papers for near the price of one.
The Officers of the Oconee Monument Association seek the nation of all soldiers from Oconee county who died from the war before the surrender. Anyone with such a record or a kin killed in the cause should notify J. W. Holloman who will receive all communications.
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