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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1907
Page
3
Advertisement notice for the Keowee Courier with establishment details dated 1849. Mentions weekly publication, names Jaynes, Shelor Smith and Kalal, subscription one hundred dollars per year, advertising rates stated as reasonable.
An aged pedestrian Edward Payson Weston, on his second Portland to Chicago trek, stops in Cleveland to breakfast sleep and deliver a health speech. He extols walking as panacea, gives tips on living long, mentions prunes and salt water baths, and plans to cover 48 miles to Wakeman that night. Crowds follow his progress and greet him, with a health product ad tacked on at the end.
Nov 20, Findley Ohio. The land jury indicted ex jonntor Thos McConlea on alleged bribery related to Standard Oil last June. Alleged attempt to bribe juror Charlen Thompson and it is said McConlea backed juror Thompson amid a bid of 500 dollars to vote for not guilty. Also notes pine forest residents' health claim and Pineulea remedy advertising.
Nov 19 Decatur Alabama reports that 13 saloons in Decatur and New Decatur will shut on Jan 1 after prohibition election held Nov 9. The withdrawal leaves a vast dry zone with no saloons on major rail lines from Memphis to Chattanooga and from Nashville to Cullman, altering travel and commerce in the region.
Philadelphia mint gears up to coin at least 80 million dollars in gold double eagles within three months. Day and night crews work fourteen hours to meet order while two million gold pieces already issued. Mint with capacity to produce four thousand coins per hour aims to speed up, with 24 million in bullion remaining.
A prominent Greenville city official, long afflicted with an incurable illness, was pronounced dead last night after the undertaker arrived. The supposed corpse stirred as mourners gathered, causing astonishment and embarrassment among the group.
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by all drugists.
A Southern Railway passenger train bound from Atlanta to Washington derailed after hitting an open switch near Doraville early today. Engineer William Askew of Atlanta was injured, leaping from the engine to escape. Investigators suspect wreckers broke switches. The incident damaged a cotton seed warehouse as freight cars derailed. The two Pullman cars were undamaged.
Misa Eleanor Singer, injured by a self inflicted gunshot while pursuing a burglar, faced death with a brave front. On the operating table she urged doctors to continue, refused an anaesthetic, and told her mother the wound was trivial as her family home at 43 Maryland avenue is noted.
Harris Kantorovitz, a well known naturalized citizen, had his name changed to Harris Kantor by Judge Hydrick in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday. The petition, presented by Alvin H. Dean, was granted after noting good and sufficient reasons. The judge remarked how many naturalized residents adopt names burdensome to the American ear, adding that in South Carolina name changes are easy and inexpensive. Kantor is a tailor in Greenville, led by L. Rothschild, and secured naturalization papers a year or so ago. The column also advertises King's Little Liver Pills for liver and digestive relief.
Investigators from New York under the National Civile Federation will tour Southern mills and factories this January to collect detailed information on employee pay, working hours, and living conditions. Also mentions ads for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and a request from County Superintendent C I Grate seeking winter term school placements for unemployed teachers.
In New York on November 20, Mrs. Lottie Hitchcock fatally shot her husband Robert after learning of alleged infidelity stories told by neighbors. She loaded a revolver, shot him in his sleep, then reloaded and shot herself, dying from self-inflicted wounds.
On Sunday morning November 17 at 9 o clock Mrs. Sarah Caxey Gaillard and W D Hop king of Seneca were married by Dr. J D Chapman at the bride's North Fant street home. The couple had been sweethearts twenty years ago and not seen each other for nineteen years, both having since married. Hopkins is a prosperous farmer of Oconee county.
In Cleveland Ohio on November 19 the indictment against Dr. Leroy Chadwick for aiding and abetting his wife Castor Chadwick in forging the name of Andrew Carnogaly to a five million dollar note was postponed by Judge Katep at the county prosecutor's request.
The State Treasury gains 1028.70 plus interest from a legacy after Kitty Cronin died in Charleston. The heirs, John Reardon’s children and Mrs Kittle Fitzgerald of Mallo Ireland, could not be found, so the estate escheated to the state following a suit against administrators G D Bryan Ton L Rhett and the Bank of Charleston. The decision was won in the Common Pleas Court for Charleston county.
The Charlotte Observer notes Senator Tillman opposes asset currency in a recent interview. He criticizes most plans, showing support only for the dispensary while others also oppose it, reflecting broad skepticism toward changing monetary policy.
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