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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
6
The notice explains that personal communications labeled as advertisements or tributes under one hundred words are printed free of charge. Any text exceeding this limit requires payment at one cent per word, with cash accompanying the manuscript.
Walnmalla, May 15 1908 special: A Department of Agriculture report highlights why the South should raise horses mules and feed locally. It notes high currents costs for hay and imported stock while soil and climate favor livestock. Author argues Southern farmers must boost local stock to reduce outflow of money and improve farming profitability.
Special invitations announce Chicora College commencement May 24 to 27 with degrees awarded to Erin Addison Chappells Lara Ballenger Roehl Ellen Childers Piedmont Pannle Davie Greenville Sarah Evans Abbeville Lucy Evans Clemson Mary Flanagan Nellie Griffin Greenville Annie Kilgore Woodruff Ruby Little Carnesville Louise Miller Martin Milas Drinalila Means Moore Blanche Rose Timmonsville Jung Hiobert Spratt Fort Mill Annie Elizabeth Wilkinson Greenville Lutie Young Laurens Jennie Young Laurens. Events include baccalaureate sermon May 24, art reception May 25, college music recital May 26, alumni meeting May 26, and final exercises May 27 with address by Rev Samuel M Smith.
Alexander Robinson, a highly esteemed Easley area farmer, died suddenly in his garden about three miles north of Easley. He was about 66 years old, married twice with four children, and survived by his second wife and George Robinson of Bisley. Death likely from heart disease.
Public statements from Walhalla residents attest that Doan s Kidney Pills brought relief after years of pain and poor health. The testimonial from Mrs John Hamby notes reduced back pain better secretions and overall improvement after using the product purchased at Dr J W Bell s drug store. The ad promotes Doan s Kidney Pills price fifty cents through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and agents nationwide.
The annus session of the SC Federation of Women’s Clubs elected officers including President Mrs W S Burney and First Vice President Mrs Lewis W Parker. The event in Greenville featured talks on the Industrial School and Rural School Improvement, with an afternoon reception at Sans Souci to honor visiting dignitaries.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts an absentminded man in a Chestnut Street building who discovers his keys are missing. He questions his memory, ponders advice from his wife, and even considers asking a supervising office for help before deciding to return home to retrieve the keys.
The Beaverdam Association Sunday School Convention will meet at Return Bap tist Church on May 10 and 11, 1908. The program lists devotional and song services by Rev J H Stone and Prof W Grubb, debates on awakening teachers to love their work, institute sessions, and prayers. Speakers include Rev J D Moore State Sunday School Field Secretary, T M Elrod, J D Stonecypher, G Smith, R A Sullivan, and others. The aim is the largest gathering of Sunday school workers, with pastors and officers urged to attend.
The Yorkville Enquirer reports on white activists promoting intermarriage with Black people, hosting a dinner with white women seated with a Black man and speeches advocating unions. The piece condemns the effort as a foolish moral crusade and calls for no objections to individuals who choose mixed company.
London Globe notes mole catching became a regular occupation about a century ago with introductions by the Duke of Buccleuch. The silver gray class is rare and valuable in fur markets. Dumfries' Mr Service told Edinburgh naturalists he never found truly white or piebald moles and suspects color variation occurs within some families. He observed consistent color patterns within particular fields.
Notice to our customers. Foley's Honey and Tur for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults, sold by all druggists.
Jamestown Virginia to host a Pocahontas memorial funded by a Senate bill with $5,000 appropriated by the government and matching funds from the Pocahontas Memorial Association. The monument commemorates the first permanent English speaking settlement in the Western Hemisphere aided by the intervention of the Native American maid.
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A New York chemistry claim proposes spraying a chemical into the air during storms to turn snow into rain at 100 feet above ground, potentially ending winter street cleaning woes. Critics dismiss it as visionary, while old guards fear job losses in street cleaning and the city awaits thaw or rain to clear accumulated snow.
New York May 0 An eight year old boy Frank Green was shot in the right eye with an air rifle by Joseph Finley aged nine during a game of Wild Went. The bullet penetrated the brain and Green died soon after. Finley was found kneeling in a church praying that Frank would not die.
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