Walhalla considers bachelor tax as town revenue
The Walhalla City Council weighs a bachelor tax to bolster finances and address public welfare. The mock proposal, inspired by Dooley and Hennessy humor, suggests collars and penalties for bachelors, arguing bachelors deserve municipal care and revenue for the town. A light note on Thaw and Nesbitt, and a joke about whiskey and cabbage worms closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walhall
Jonata
Peter Dunce
Dooley
Mr. Hennessy
Hennersey
Mao
Walhalla
Bachalora
Found at Last A Pismbe of Lixemore West Va
Fragmentary ad style notice notes a product claim for King’s New Life Pills with a 25 cent price, referencing liver issues and a “found at last” sentiment, all in garbled OCR prose with multiple misspellings. The text reads like a vintage patent medicine pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lixemore
West Va
King's New Life
Notice to Warehouse Committee Meeting March Sixth
Seth Union announces a meeting of the warehouse committee at Weatminatar on Sunday March 6th at 10 o clock a m All Promanarye Tarcinia who organized local union at any place should attend promptly at the hour J B Terie
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Seth Union
Weatminatar
Promanarye Tarcinia
Wnion
J.B. Terie
Pythian Grand Lodge Meeting in Anderson May 28 29
The Grand Lodge of the Pythians meets in Anderson on May 28 and 29 with about 600 dollars raised for entertainment. Chiquola Lodge No 82 chairs arrangements led by Charcollor Commander Tl. Frank Wa Kelum and a committee of M. L. Bonham J. Brissey R. Mattison J. E. Barton C. B. Soulet J. H. Craig T. A. Ratliffe W. P. Nicholson. Greenwood hosts a large lodge event. The February term of the Court of General Sessions convenes with Judge BR. 0. Fordy presiding. Criminal cases predominate. Willie Bodjo faces murder charges in a case involving a boy and a playmate.
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Greenwood
Maron
Court of General Séassonnia
Pordy
Willie Bodjo
Hiles Novzis
Donkot
Wofford College Endowment Prospects and Library Plans
The Spartanburg Journal reports that Wofford College may announce a $100,000 endowment, with $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie and $25,000 from the educational board, plus $35,000 already raised in Spartanburg. A Whiteford Smith Library is expected, funded by Julia Smith’s $10,000 bequest. Also notes unsettled post office letters and a spring health advisory touting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and pneumonia prevention.
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The
Spartanburg Journal
Wofford
Andrew Carnegie
Educational Board
R. A. Child
Spartanburg
Anolsome
Julia Smith
Whiteford Smith
Seaboard Wreck In Alabama Serious Passenger Injuries
Seaboard Air Line passenger train No 88 from Birmingham to Atlanta crashed into a halted freight train one mile east of Powder Springs Georgia. A passenger named Kangiveer Charles Hutchins of Cedartown was cremated or severely burned. The baggage master and a colored fireman were badly injured. the mail clerk and a Pullman porter lightly injured. About 60 passengers were aboard and all suffered shock. The wreck caught fire destroying the sleeper three day coaches baggage car mail car and three freight cars. A freight train flagman claimed he could not stop the fast train in time.
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Powder Springs
Seaboard Air Line
Birmingham
Atlanta
Here
Kangiveer
Charles Hutchins
Cedartown
Hanged for Murdering His Daughter in Georgia
Mariotta Ga March 6 John Bullard convicted of murder of his 17 year old daughter Raby at home near Powder Springs on September 1 was hanged here Friday. Dying of consumption a long debate over whether disease or the hangman would claim him ended as he mounted the trap and declared the death an accident before his execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariotta
John Bullard
Raby
Powder Springs
Reath
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Merchants
A Kirkeville Iowa merchant extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as agreeable and effective for coughs colds and croup. He notes it has been a trusted throat remedy for over twenty years and is favored by children and customers. Available from Dr J W Bell Walhalla and W J Linney Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Gunvey
Sonoca
Chamberlain
Pelham, & Merchant
Kirkeville
Iowa
Walhalla
W. J. Linney
Senuca
Studebaker
England
C. W. Pitchford CO
S. C
Government cotton machine to save crop by seed removal
Washington March 2 An official report describes a new device from the Department of Agriculture to remove the burr from cotton seeds and separate light from heavy fiber. The invention, developed for about two years, could save about ten percent of the annual US cotton crop worth 750 million dollars, with seed cake plantable by gravity drills and no royalties for government users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Govrament
Cottéa Plantera
Cyclone Catarrh Cure Promoted at Home
A vintage ad proclaims Cyclone a home remedy for catarrh. It prescribes a mixture using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karon, and Syrup Sarparina to be taken after meals and at night. The ad touts Kidney tissue elimination and blood purification, urging readers to try the mix as prescribed by a renowned catarrh specialist.
Public Auction Notice for Uncollected Note Receivables
Advertisement announces sale of uncollected notes owed to John F. Craig of Alguedontato at public auction in front of the Courthouse in Wall bulia on a Saturday in April 1907. Payment receipts and names of payees Craig W. Pitchford Co. and Craig-Wortner Mercantile Co. are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John KF
Graig
Walebulia
Sateaday
O'Alook A. Om
Sim
C. W. Pitchford Co
Craig-Wortner Marcaitila Co
Tax sales in Osange county South Carolina April sale notice
Sheriff sale notice under executions directed by W J Schroder Treasurer of Osange county. Land parcels offered at Walhalla Court House on the first Saturday in April. Tract one on Boones Creek 5 05 acres adjoining James Robertson estate and others. Tract two on McKinney Creek 9 58 acres bounded by Indian boundary line and estate of Wm Keith. One lot two acres belonging to Caroline Lester adjoining Sloan Dickson. Terms cash. purchaser pays deed fees. March 4 1907.
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W. J. Schroder
Osange County
South Carolina
Walhalla Court Home
Sateaday
Boone's Croek
James Robertson
Decousdd
McKinney
Croek
Wm. I. Keith
Thono 'Tinota
H. Tompkins
Whitnier, Thompson and Symmes
Caroling Lester
Sloan Dicknon
Oconoo County
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Presnell
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Harry K. Thaw
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Anderson Mail
the Mall
Chain Man
Anderson
Wille Bodle Witt
Wofford College Endowment
Mantor Philips Turner Johnson
H.R. Loo
Mary Robeson
John H. Stewert
J.B. Valley
Parsons
J. M. Mertick
P. My
Seaboard Wreck
Alabama
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Lencon
Wold
Puitshaser
Callon
K. Dandy
Seneci
Mont Anderson
J. Gignilliat
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Pidang
Pinon
Oller Farm
Wood
Garden
Heehan
Dublin
T.W. Wood & Sons
Sandsman
Righmund
J. Iaano Moore
Harrad
Larende E
Gaillard
J. Ingao Moore
Bert Orlinger McClain
George Edgar McClain
McClaini
S.C
Guna
B. Ss
Wonton
H. Barnett
Tuainena
C. M. Mao Bitter Sats Waldalla
B. J. Moody's
Salem, S.C
Yours Truly
J. W. Byrd
Seneca, S. C
Oconee County
Strother & Phinney
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Keowee Standard
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