29 May 1907
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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1907
Page
1
An advertisement proclaims Headquarters as the hub for all feed stuff with unbeatable prices and an invitation to call and compare before buying elsewhere. It emphasizes consistently low prices and invites customers to visit.
The Seneca column notes the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society plans a Monday meeting at Mrs. G V Mor Carey’s, with social exchanges and tax deadlines after June. Road work on the storefront is being redone by Mr. Haas. School ends quietly with picnics, while Rev. Judd fills Blackburn’s Baptist appointment. Baby show prizes, library librarian search, and new street lamps mark town progress along with electric light plans.
An elderly testimonial praises Dr King’s New Discovery for asthma and incipient consumption, claiming miraculous cough and cold relief with guaranteed satisfaction. The piece also notes a forged check charge against a young man named Youngblood linked to the Carolina National Bank of Columbia and a $300 loss.
A man identified as Thon Stoddard, a tek-layer, died after being struck by two southbound engines on a track near his home in Westminster. An inquest ruled accidental death as crowds gathered to view the gory scene, with his body found torn and scattered along the rails. Stoddard, 39, left a wife and several children, and his funeral was held at the Old Westminster Baptist cemetery. The town processed the tragedy amid reports of a crowded scene and lingering speculation about the circumstances.
May 27 report from Wolf Stake notes a thriving farm, a touching sermon by Rev A P Marrot, and a guest sermon by Rev C I Maffan next Sunday at eleven. E P Wood is away in Seneca on carpentry. Teens attended a New Hope box supper where Miss Karlie Kelley helped with a report. Mrs Frank Richie and two sons are ill with typhoid. The church may fine violators for floor misuse and plans to continue painting the building to improve appearance.
An old style advertisement for New Life Pills promises to relieve chronic ailments and restore regular bowels. Claiming gentle action, it urges readers to take the product to avoid health complaints and cites pharmacists as guarantors of efficacy.
In Greenville on May 24 a 38-year-old woman May Yowler of Woodside village near Greenville disappeared after boarding a car to Sunday school. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fowler fear kidnapping or worse. Police opened a case with no clear lead and some locals linked the disappearance to a large lace print found on a front walkway nearby.
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