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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
4
Aimed at communications of a personal character and obituaries under one hundred words will be printed free of charge. Advertisements and tributes beyond that length are charged at one cent per word, with cash accompanying the manuscript.
A Walhalla letter to The Keowee Courier urges immediate action against animal cruelty. The writer asks pastors to organize a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, pressing for strict laws and community backing to protect horses and other animals, with a goal of forming a local group by July.
Hon Wyatt Afieen distributing 20000 bulletins from the Department of Agriculture on canning vegetables at home. The pamphlet known as Farmers Bulletin No 359 covers storing, preserving powers, jar kinds, selection, and notes on vegetables including corn beans okra squash spinach cabbage carrots and more. It closes with guidance on preserving and opening jars and how to prepare vegetables for storage.
An unclear OCR passage describes maps secured from Chebaron State and mentions Superintendent Swearingen, a Revenue Officer Gaines, and various people and places in a garbled narrative. It references a Newbury Observer excerpt and a debate over a “that Ye Ferm” event and related civic mentions.
Fragmentary OCR mentions doctors and medicines, naming multiple ailments cured by a remedy. It references constipation biliousness headaches stomach liver kidney and bowel issues with unclear context and scattered capitalization.
J Russell Weight expresses gratitude to Mr and Mrs J W Reardon of Oak Way for their kindness during a recent illness at their home. He notes his life was spared thanks to their generosity and goodwill.
In Newberry county near St Phillips on Pomarla road this morning Caldwell Ruff shot T Orlando Wicker a 23 year old bachelor on the piazza without argument. The coroner ruled the death accidental caused by a pistol in Ruff s hands. Ruff fled and is expected to surrender. both families prominent in the community express deep regret.
Porter county Indiana train collision kills two motorman Reed and many passengers on eastbound No 50 and westbound No 68. Westbound car escapes with minor injuries as crews describe horror and screams amid twisted steel in the fatal two car wreck. Noahs Liniment advertised.
A rambling fragmentary account from the Creek colony notes a man named Anderson among locals linked to a quor incident amid arrests of three men suspected in thefts. It mentions a shop, a watchman J Atkins, and remedies, ending with an ad for King’s No Discovery cough cure.
June 11 reports farmers lagging due to rain and ailment. A baby broke its collar bone after a fall. a nine year old girl died from whooping cough. Neighbors and relatives are mentioned with health, returns, and storm damage including downed trees and a wind storm.
A noisy sales note touts wagon prices from $50 for a one horse wagon to $75 for a two horse model and claims large savings on harness saddles and riding gear. It promotes free offers with purchases and a chance to win prizes, promising low risk and big bargains near Richland to Walhalla route.
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