Latimer Tours Nevada Mines Through Goldfield Camp
Senator A C Latimer describes Nevada mining wealth seen in Goldfield and Tonopah, noting large fortunes and a booming town despite a strike. He praises the open, law abiding culture and the moneyed atmosphere, and cites bank growth from $50,000 to $7.6 million in deposits with high stock value. He urges investment in camps as top opportunity.
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Goldfield
Tonopah
Senator Latimer
Nixon
Wingfield
Nevada
Death of Capt. R. O. Tribble in Townville
Capt. R. O. Tribble died at his daughter Mrs J B Babb in Townville at 10 last night after about three weeks illness He was 84 a native of Abbeville moved to Townville fifty years ago and owned a large farm Survived by five sons and four daughters including J R Tribble of Valhalla W Tribble and L O Tribble of Texas R M Tribble of Seneca H J Tribble of Elberton Ga and daughters Mrs Walker Mrs J R Babb Mrs Gaines and Mrs G N C Boleman Funeral at Townville Baptist Church with time not yet set He served as Captain of Company E First South Carolina and was longtime magistrate in Anderson county.
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R. O. Tribble
J. B. Babb
Townville
Captain Tribble Wrde
Abbeville County
Margaret Webster
Abbeville
J. R. Tribble
Valhalla
W. Tribble
L. O. Tribble
Texas
R. M. Tribble
Seneca
H. J. Tribble
Elberton
Walker
J. R. Babb
Anderson Mail
Disturbed the Congregation Reported as Ill
A brief notice states a person disrupted the service last Sunday by coughing and is advised to obtain Foley's Honey and Tar from Dr. J. W. Bell to ease symptoms.
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Coughng
Foley's
J. W. Bell
Nail Removed From Boy's Lungs In X Ray Case
In Columbia a tenacious five penny nail, rusty, swallowed by Arthur Boyer eighteen months old near Lexington, was located and extracted from the lungs using Roentgen X ray by Dr LeGrand Guerry. The operation was successful and the child is rapidly recovering at Columbia Hospital.
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Columbia
LeGrand Guerry
Arthur Boyer
Lexington County
Lexington
Columbia Hospital
Guerry
Dyspepsia Relief Tablet Advertises in Waable Town
hurried meals and lack of exercise blamed for indigestion. A King's Dyspepsia Tablet promises quicker digestion after meals and appetite improvement. Sold by J. W. Bell in Valhalla and W. J. Lunney in Seneca markets.
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J. W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Murder Mystery Baffles Columbia Police After Market Owner Shot
R T Wescott a 45 year old meat market operator living in Waverly suburb was shot in the left temple at 5 am near a schoolhouse two blocks from home. His 16 year old son found the body as neighbors heard a single shot. The revolver was unfired and only sixty cents remained in the shot bag. his diamond ring was missing. Well trained penitentiary hounds were brought to the scene but tracks were short. Wescott leaves a widow and four children amid a city plagued by similar robberies and murders last year. Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup ad copy appears at the end.
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Columbia
R.T. Wescott
Taylor Street
Waverly
Wescott
Two Young Women Drowned Near Statesville NC
News from Charlotte reports two Shiloh township sisters, Miss Sallie Fulbright and Miss Eliza Goble, drowned when a boat on the Catawba river capsized near Catawba Station. A younger Fulbright girl survived with Ed Lipsard and Oscar Sigman rescuing her. the bodies had not been recovered by Monday afternoon after a Piney Grove church outing.
Governor Ansel Proclaims May 13 Observance of Nation’s 800th Birth
In Columbia on May 8, Governor Ansel, per the National Association of Colonial Dames, sent a circular to public schools superintendents and teachers directing Monday May 13 to be celebrated as the nation’s 800th birthday. The circular urges teaching the Jamestown Exposition as part of the observance.
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Columbia
National Association of Colonial Dames
Ansel
Anys
Cardus tonic for women's ailments marketed relief
Cardus provides relief for backache headache menstrual pains and irregular flow. It is advertised as a pure vegetable medicine for girls and women with sex related complaints. Claims over a million users benefited and offers a one dollar bottle.
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Cardus
One Dead Two Dying After Norfolk Berkeley Ward Robbery
In Norfolk Virginia on a Sunday night two black highwaymen assaulted residents in the Berkeley ward across the Elizabeth River. Charles W. Parka, 50, is dead while Edward Cooper, 80, and Miles Nelson, colored, are unconscious with skull fractures and unlikely to survive. William Watkins is severely injured but expected to recover. Two suspects, William McIntosh and Starke Pyner, were later captured or arrested after opening fire on a pursuing officer.
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Norfolk
Berkeley
Elizabeth River
Charles W. Parka
Edward Cooper
Miles Newson
William Watkins
Ferry Docks
William McIntosh
Increased Pay for Rural Free Delivery Carriers
Postmaster General Meyer approved a detailed salary adjustment for rural free delivery carriers based on miles traveled. The new schedule, effective July 1, raises pay by 9 to 25 percent and increases the rural service appropriation by over 6 million dollars, totaling about 85 million dollars for the next fiscal year.
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Meyer
DeGraw
Congress
HERRING S CATARRH CURE Ad Claim
In this day of medical exposures a relief to find one honestly advertise a remedy HERRING S CATARRH CURE is purely vegetable contains no alcohol cocaine or opiates ASK FOR PROOF H C C will cure catarrh of the head nose etc catarrhal deafness MAKE US PROVE IT. $1.00 a bottle at.
Home Missions receipts set new record in year
Rev L Morris secretary of Home Missions reports receipts for the year ending March 31 reached 74814 14 up 10256 99 from last year. He notes a large rise in Home Mission church membership and is remembered as former pastor of Valhalla Riceland and Bethel Presbyterian churches.
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L. Morris
Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Home Mission
Morris
Valhalla
Ric
Land
Bethel Presbyterian
Holly Springs Observations and Local Developments
Holly Springs reports a cold wave ended fruit prospects for the season while warm days and rain favor planting. Farmers plan to plant in ten days, diversify with poultry, lumber, shingles, cross ties and deliveries. Rev L D Chambers to preach on Grassy Mountain in June. Sabbath schools expand with two Baptists and one Union school led by Miss Dora Welbons. Clifton Vinson visits. O M Abbott seen in settlement. Bird Taylor moving a saw mill to B Blackwell's.
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Holly Springs
Mosars
L. D. Chambers
Grassy Mountain
Dora Welbons
Valhalla
Dora
Clifton Vinson
R. J. Vinson
O. M. Abbott
Oconee County
Bird Taylor
B. Blackwell
Mary Chambers
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Latimer
Washington
Washington Herald
A. C. Latimer
South Carolina
Herald
New Willard
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ike
Castor
Jeremma Mullins
Odessa
W. Va
Ladies Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Starke Pyner
D. E. Luther Publishing Co
Trinity Ave
Atlanta
the Courier
Walhalla Drug Company
A W. Gignilliat
Enera 1
Tutt
Sioux City
Iowa
Carrie Mattison
Wna
Re Houchins
Walhalla
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