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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
7
A historical description explains an improved piston packing device designed to prevent leakage by a metallic packing, with blocks arranged between piston components and springs for wear compensation. The detailed arrangement includes dovetailed grooves and angular blocks forming a tight, adjustable seal within the cylinder.
The article describes a metallic plate packing design with curved outer faces and springs to maintain contact and minimize wear and leakage on locomotive cylinders. It notes a verified connection allowing end movement without disconnection. Also mentioned is coalite as a cheaper coal substitute claiming higher heat and lower oxygen needs, promising stronger purer fuel with resale value exceeding original cost.
A fragmented report reveals proposed legislation to manufacture untaxed alcohol from cactus lands. Officials fear drought stressed cactus growth could be exploited with portable stills to convert the plant into fuel and provisioning, undermining taxation and regulation.
A government commission reported that Dr. Matias Duque at the Hospital for Contagious Diseases likely concealed a hiring issue. Duque pursued experiments linked to a so called red mangrove tree treatment while seeking a cure for his sister, whom he claimed to have treated successfully.
A fragmentary notice describes a product labeled a Vountable Milk made from a vegetable mite prepared by the Spsern from ney honnit white Ane a mixture boiled in water. It claims resemblance to cow’s milk and notes high water content and protective extract details.
The jurors drawn for the Summer Term of Court of General Sessions for Oconee county are listed by townships including Walhalla Tugaloo Center Newry Seneca and Keowee. The schedule notes a Confederate Veteran reunion train via Southern Railway with through car service from Anderson to Richmond arriving next morning and asks for sleeping-car reservations from Greenville and Columbia with limited return validity.
A German medic critiques long nails as unhealthy and unsightly and warns they may injure skin and harbor germs. The piece then describes a reported spider with changing eye color from dark brown to green to brown, presenting it as an eerie display of controllable transformation.
The article explains that flying fish glide by an aeroplane like motion driven by pectoral fins and tail. It notes a typical glide with rapid wing movement that becomes visible as the fins slow and the fish prepares for water entry.
An expert explains a new money theory about mind security and wood warp. The text notes frozen evidence in the wood and absorbent reactions that warp the material. It references rent collection and a tense, potentially shifting personal situation with oblique dialogue.
A garbled report from Greenville on May 16 describes a juror scandal with mentions of perjury charges against witnesses and multiple murder cases tried. The piece notes storm damage across Southern Minnesota with widespread flooding, wind, and crop replanting impacts in Lauderdale County and destruction in Woulville and Mims vine tenants.
A new venture in the cotton industry named Pusumatio Cotton Picking Machine enterprise has been organized with a $200000 capital. The invention uses a vacuum to pull cotton from the boll and transfer it, while dirt and leaves drop away. Directors include A. G. Kinyon Greensboro N C and J. R. Malcolm, with Murry Stewart and R. T. Wilpon EB Howe on the board. The firm aims to market the device immediately. one or two horses can power it, weighing about 1000 pounds and replacing at least 40 hands per day.
A Monday dawn blaze at Bethune Camden destroyed eleven business houses including the dispensary. Insurance valued the dispensary at about fifteen hundred dollars while other properties had little coverage. The fire’s origin is unknown but suspected incendiary. the dispensary may reopen in a few days.
A clubbing arrangement with the Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Courier offers The Keowee Courier and the other paper for 81.60 per year, providing three papers weekly and a large geographic reach across South Carolina. The local notice from Barnwell reports coroner inquest into Will Clark's death after a dispute with Tom Green, who killed Clark and fled. both parties reportedly wore no grief. The Salade Oil Mill stockholders vote to sell the plant to the highest bidder at a sale date in July. the mill operated for four years and the company is capitalized at 25,000.
An old advertisement extols Dr King's New Life Pills as the best in the world. The copy emphasizes swift relief and health benefits, typical of early 20th century patent medicine marketing. It asserts superior efficacy and broad consumer appeal without modern medical claims.
Washington May 17. Postmaster General Meyer orders that on and after July next any letter or package bearing 10 cents in stamps with the words Special Delivery printed on the envelope or wrapper will be handled for immediate delivery, in addition to ordinary postage. The notice cites the act of the last section of Congress and urges compliance.
The Record-Herald reports American railways will invest up to a billion dollars this year to upgrade locomotives, cars, power, and track to handle rising traffic. Estimates predict 340,000 to 450,000 new freight cars, about 6,000 passenger cars, and over 60,000 locomotives added nationwide. Railroads may pay around two million for steel rails as output rises. A Western line will ship about 1,000,000 tons of coal, with corresponding rail and rolling stock gains. A local rail move aims to connect Anderson to Athens, Georgia, with strong local backing.
All persons indebted to the estate of J I Barker deceased are notified to pay the undersigned and all claims against the estate must be presented duly attested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. J O Barker Administrator of the Personal Estate of J I Barker deceased. May 8 1907.
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