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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1907
Page
3
The Keowee Courier announces weekly publication by Jaynes Shelor Smith Steck. Subscriptions are one dollar per year. Personal notices up to one hundred words are free. longer tributes cost one cent per word with cash accompanying manuscripts. Advertising rates are labeled as reasonable.
New York jurors convict James Wardell of manslaughter for helping his wife die by gas. He testified through tears that he promised to kill her if she was overcome by gas, then shot her after she appeared dead. A note showed their plan to die together. Wardell awaits sentencing next week. Also an ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea offers digestive relief.
The Alexander family reunion at the Ol Homestead on Conn cross, Oct 27, drew full attendance despite bad weather. Surviving relatives shared memories, enjoyed a long feast, and honored ancestors with monuments at the family burying ground. Notables present included Aunt Magor Mrs T D Alexander and numerous relatives. several members were absent due to illness.
Dr. Charles F. Monks of New Britain died at 88 from blood poisoning after attempting to relieve a patient’s toothache. The patient stabbed his palm with a sharpening instrument before sterilization, leading to septicemia and a three day struggle. An antiseptic salve promotion follows, with Pinealve Carbologized claimed to draw out inflammation.
The body of Charles German a Black man accused of assaulting a white farmer’s young daughter was found hanging from a tree five miles from Belen Mississippi early today his body riddled with bullets. The report notes an attempt to attribute the crime to indigestion from a medicinal ad.
Public astonished by news that the Due Rest to Donald's railroad will soon be built and in operation. Cross ties and rails are being laid along the graded roadbed. Fifty years of dreaming end as the line advances toward state growth and local pride.
Jolly Bozeman, a white resident eight miles from Darlington, was beaten and our skull crushed by two young African American men Abraham Cooper and Abraham Evans who worked watering Bozeman’s stock. Both assailants are jailed. The attack followed earlier threats and a pistol fired at Bozeman’s son.
General Manager William Elliott announced the Traction Company plans to resume and accelerate the Greenville interurban project within a few days, with work to restart soon after. Also mentions a cough syrup tied to relief for colds, with local sellers listed.
Vito Greinaldi a Black Hand member was stabbed to death on Knoll street Brooklyn after refusing to carry out a vengeance task. A dynamite bomb and a loaded revolver were found on him, with papers proving his society ties. Detectives say fellow members killed him upon his balk. Antilletto lay near the body and he suffered nine stab wounds.
An eight month old infant in Patersburg West Virginia named William weighs 110 pounds. The baby was normal at birth but rapidly grew and now nearly matches his mother’s weight.
Col R W Hunt formerly division passenger agent of the Southern at Charleston is promoted to assistant general passenger agent at Atlanta succeeding former assistant general passenger agent Allen. The change elevates Hunt within the railway division and shifts leadership in the Atlanta office.
A fragmented note recalls a missed Rocky Mountain tea by Dr J W Boll and mentions a feeling of illness or unease yesterday, suggesting a reminder to take the remedy.
Robbers entered the Henders on Bors store in Gillsville this morning and blew open the safe securing $600 in cash before escaping. No clues were found that could identify the thieves.
A 49 year old Baltimore man Charles White died by inhaling coal gas. A receipted undertaker bill for his funeral was found in his clothing. White had worked as a coachman for J Henry Ferguson Jr of Edmondson avenue. A week earlier he had visited undertaker F B Whippert using the name Brown to arrange funeral details for a friend named White. A note requested Whippert be notified. White had recently been in good health.
The Rev Dr H H Zimmerman financial agent of the South Carolina Methodist Girls College in Columbia and statistical secretary of the South Carolina Conference died yesterday at his Hamwood Avenue home after a prolonged typhoid fever illness in his forty seventh year. He leaves a widow and four children. The notice also lists multiple patent medicine advertisements from Foley's Honey and Tar and other remedies.
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