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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
3
A fragment describes a letter about payment for an overworded notice. It mentions charges at one cent per word and cash accompanying the payment. No clear names, dates, or places are readable. The text appears as a damaged archival snippet referencing postage or advertisement terms.
A May 3 1900 Edgefield Chronicle piece by Jas T. Bacon recounts a New York trip to Bishop Potter s Subway Tavern. The writer portrays the underground rooms full of sand, old-time fixtures, a piano and graphophone, mixed company, and a satirical moral tone about virtue and decadence.
A vintage health advertisement warns against wasting nerve energy through overwork worry or poor eating. It promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a brain and nerve tonic that rebuilds worn nerves, restores vigor, and is backed by a money back guarantee. It promises dramatic relief for nervous complaints and fatigue.
An old time remedy era note extols Rydale's Liver Tablets as a pleasant chocolate coated tablet alternative to traditional powders and teas. The ad claims reliable effect on the liver, likening ingredients to those in powders while urging a trial via Wallatia Drug Company.
Comptroller General Jones will turn over 85 1000s in cash to the State Treasurer between May 1 and May 10. The Treasurer will also collect about $20 000 from public utilities and $85 000 in quarterly taxes from insurance companies. Of 56 000 received from the Comptroller, 831 000 comes from the franchise tax and 13 000 from insurance company fees, totaling at least 61 000 available by mid May from the franchise tax.
Stewart W Month John T Stevens Stephens Welsh and 8 Frank Hough of Kershaw S C were arrested on warrants charging them with participating in the lynching of John Morrison last October. They were taken to Chester today. Two white men and a negro were jailed in Lancaster County on the same charge. One suspect reportedly turned state evidence. Further arrests expected.
The report discusses widespread misquotations from Shakespeare, Pope, Milton and others, noting correct forms and common errors. It cites lines often misquoted and misattributed, highlighting the persistent mix-ups in popular usage. A related local crime item notes Peter Thomas, a black man, convicted of killing Marshal John Maniere in Pretoria, Georgia, with a death sentence ordered for June 3.
Frost damage estimates from the Carolina Fruit and Truckers Journal show strawberries injured 15 to 20 percent, Irish potatoes 25 to 80 percent, beans and peas 40 to 60 percent, peaches in various districts 26 to 86 percent, lettuce largely uninjured. The report covers Southern Pine district, Georgia regions, and Northern Georgia figures.
In Saratoga Texas on April 26 Sam Watson shot and killed widow Stella Hambrey after a jealous quarrel and then shot himself in the head, dying instantly. Hambrey had dressed to attend a ball when Watson urged her not to go and she refused.
Announcement says Andrew Carnegie donated 10 million dollars to retiring pensions for teachers at universities colleges and technical schools across the United States Canada and Newfoundland. The fund aims to ensure faithful teaching ability after age or disability ends a career and to raise standards where younger professors replace retirees. Also notes about visitors in Aiken and a Greenville county house fire with 1000 dollars lost.
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