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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
6
A look at the Pendleton Messenger from December 4 1822 shows marriages and deaths, officials of Pendleton District, and local governance figures. Notable events include a crossing accident on Change Creek, agricultural society premiums, and a reward offer, with era details on subscriptions and local life.
Murky obituary notes Bwana Hverett Hale, chaplain of the Seabees, shot and killed while serving near Hoston. It recounts his role in the Pilbad Seabee sete and links to religious leadership, mourning his loss amid wartime strain. The piece also mentions local healers and Chamberlain’s Tablets as cures, reflecting period health remedies.
New York news notes Mrs Russell Sage has spent over 25 million dollars in less than three years for public causes. Her rapid giving funds a workingmen's insurance project and a large employment bureau. Experts compare her generosity to Russell Sage’s wealth and pace.
A Preneh physician claims hot onions cure pneumonia. Recipe uses six to ten chopped onions, rye meal and vinegar, heated into a thick paste, applied in a cloth bag to the chest. The method requires repeated applications for quick relief and is said to prevent danger with three or four uses.
Winchester Tid. letters praise Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for irregular menstruation backache and fatigue. The ad cites Mrs May of Winchester and hundreds of testimonials from girls cured, urging immediate action and free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Nature warns through kidney symptoms such as unhealthy color sediment frequent scanty and painful passages. W D Moss of Walhalla reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at J W Hells drug store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells the remedy nationwide for 50 cents Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
Rock Hill prominent and wealthy citizen Captain W L Roddey died about 9:30 p m after an illness of ten days or two weeks from acute indigestion. Born August 10 1834 in York county he rose from farmer’s son to captain in the 21st South Carolina Regiment and later led Rock Hill real estate and banking interests. He served as president of First National Bank Rock Hill and supported education, leaving a widow Anna Baskins and four children and grandchildren.
Washington reports a marble or granite monument of about 8500 dollars will be erected in the Finn's Point Confederate section at Salem to honor 460 Confederate officers and men who died as prisoners of war at Fort Delaware between 1862 and 1865. Bids open June 21 by Col. Oates who leads marking graves for Northern Confederate cemeteries. Oates also plans wrought iron fences around Camp Chase and Orth Alton Confederate cemeteries.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for tired feet, corns, bunions, and swollen ankles. It claims instant relief and fits men’s and women’s footwear, urging purchases from druggists and offering a trial package free with a New York address.
An elevator rope at American Spinning Mills broke, sending a man named Mason to report a broken foot and Claud Long with a fractured nose and flesh wound. Five stitches were required for Long, who joked during treatment while awaiting further care. The incident occurred about two stories up, earlier in the evening, leaving both men able to escape with non life threatening injuries.
Col Felder presented Lanahan Company records showing a barrel of whiskey containing little pure whiskey and mostly coloring matter and intensac. The State’s case closed as Felder argued the books prove the State was defrauded and show commissions paid to buyers for Alabama and Georgia dispensaries.
Springfield South Carolina June 12 report that M L a farmer living seven miles east of town blew off his head with a shotgun Wednesday morning. He left a note indicating premeditation. He leaves a wife and three children. The community is shocked.
Entrance examinations will be held at the County Court House on Friday July 2 at 9 a m. Candidates for admission may compete in October for Boyce scholarships worth 100 a year and free tuition scholarships to each county in South Carolina. Board and dormitory room 12 tuition 40. Catalogue address Harrison Randolph president.
The Winthrop College scholarship and entrance examination will be at the County Court House on Friday July 2 at 9 a.m. Applicants must be at least fifteen. Scholarships worth $100 and free tuition. Send for blanks to President Johnson before the exam. The next session opens September 15, 1909. Address Pres. D. B. Johnson Rock Hill S.C.
At the County Court House on Friday July 2 at 9 a m the Scholarship and Entrance Examinations to Clemson Agricultural College will be held under the County Board of Education. Scholarships are worth 100 and free tuition. The next session begins September 8 1909. Apply to the County Superintendent after June 20 for details, catalogues, and entrance cards.
Notice is given that under an order of the County Board of Education of Oconne County South Carolina an election will be held in Ebenexter School District No 60 at the new school house on Saturday June 26 1909 to vote on levying an extra tax for school purposes on all real and personal property in the district the tax to be in addition to the current levy and the election shall be conducted as a general election each elector voting for or against the levy shall cast a ballot with the word YE or NO and the names SNEAD AACTVESTHR OHN TOLLESON of District No 69 crust dine 1909
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