Ticks and Texas Fever Myths Debunked by State Vet
Clemson College reports fever ticks on rabbits and dogs are false. The state veterinarian, M. Ray Powers, explains fever ticks attach only to cattle, horses, and mules, and outlines common nonfever tick species like Lone Star, castor bean, dog ticks, and star ticks. He urges careful verification before spreading tales and invites reports of ticks resembling fever ticks found on nonlivestock.
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Clemson College
United State
South Carolina
M. Ray Powers
Saved His Boy's Life With Foley's Laxative
A Wisconsin man credits Foley's Orino Laxative with saving his ten year old son's life after a high fever and severe constipation. The family reports two doses relieved the fever and restored health, with the product sold by J. W. Bell and other outlets.
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Foley
Elberton Rail Line to be Sold at Public Auction
The Elberton Air Line Railway will be sold at public outcry for cash in Elberton on November 3, conducted by Hugh J. Rome the special commissioner. The sale follows a suit alleging the road operated without a charter and involves receivership transfers. Southern Railway is expected to acquire control, owning most shares. A medical aside notes Dr Shoop’s Restorative for stomach nerves. Sold by J W Bell.
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Elberton
Elberton Air Line
Hugh J. Rome
Athens
Newman
Condonet
In. A. S. Oliver
Shoop
Georgia Cotton Crop Short Says Commissioner Hudson
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson says Georgia cotton crop will be the shortest in years with an estimated total yield of 1,300,000 bales, compared with 2,100,000 bales last year, a decrease of about 800,000 bales.
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Hudson
Georgia
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Walhalla Resident
A Walhalla citizen recounts kidney trouble from dull backache to urinary issues and Bright's disease, praising Doan's Kidney Pills after notice of relief from Dr J W Bell's drug store. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole US agents, price fifty cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Bright
Walhalla
B. R. Mossving
D. C
Dean
J W. Bell
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Hard Slap Escalates Between Doctor and Undertaker
Dr Kwack declares vengeance after a quarrel with the undertaker, who taunts him about retiring from practice. The confrontation ends with a threat to make the other party sorry, signaling a boxing of reputations rather than a courtroom case.
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Dr. Kwack
Undertaker
Ten Killed as Spencer Powder House Explodes
A powder house at Spencer, forty five miles north of Charlotte, exploded killing ten and injuring about forty. Many buildings were wrecked by the blast. Also promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy with several pharmacy names listed for sale.
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Charlotte
N. C
Spencer
Times are Changing
A Sabetha Kansas Herald excerpt notes shifting gender roles as more women resign their traditional rights. It recalls Mayette travel where a man carries a baby while a wife crowds the scene. It also reports the U S submarine Octopus operating at 107 feet below Newport Bay.
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Sabetha
Kansas
Herald
Lords of Creation
Mayette
United States
Newport
R. I
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured for Female Ailments
The ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for backache nervousness headaches and other feminine health issues. It cites testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon praising relief after use and describes the product as a long standing standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities and related symptoms in women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Mast Kar
Pinkham
Lydia BK
Lydia HE
Poems From Cuba Sent By Walhalla Soldier
A former Walhalla boy, IF B Oelkers of Company K U S Marine Corps, sends a Cuba themed poem praising the land and his good health. The note accompanies an ad for Burdock Blood Bitters promising blood purification and health restoration.
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the Courier
Walhalla
Trinidad
Cuba
Keowee Courier
Girl Weds Dying Man in Hospital in Boston
Walter Scott Sawyer a Boston real estate operator married Miss Ella Paige Adams of Roxbury at Somerville Hospital as he lay dying from appendicitis. The ceremony occurred with his mother and brother present and the bride’s parents. Sawyer later died. the wedding had been planned as a social event. Dr Shoop Health Coffee ad follows.
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Boston
Somerville Hospital
Walter Scott Sawyer
Ella Paige Adams
Roxbury
Chas, F. Adams
Yawcob Strauss
Henry Sawyer
Mr. Sawyer
Wagener Township Sunday School Meeting Program 1908
The Wagener Township Interdenominational Sunday School Association outlines its second meeting with Walhalla Methodist church on October 8 1908. Morning session includes devotional by Rev J C Yongue remarks on the object of meeting and methods to boost attendance with speakers Rev C D Mann Rev Li T Weldon Rev T B Epting Prof T W Kelltt Dr J J Harrell. Afternoon session covers song service miscellaneous business election of officers and a call for delegates from each Sunday school plus a communal dinner from baskets.
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Wagener Township
Interdenominational Sunday School Association
Walhalla Methodist Church
J. C. Yongue
C. D. Mann
C. R. Durna
Li. T, Weldon
T. B. Epting
T. W. Keltt
J. J. Harrell
Keep On Keepin On In Gloomy Town
A Daily Thought mocks gloom and urges grit as Spinster Jane, widowed, replies she needs no pity despite a dog, parrot, lamp, and cat. Pennsylvania health officials face a possible state wide smallpox epidemic threat amid rising concerns.
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Jane
Pennsylvania
Sweet Potatoes Make Starch From Potatoes Study
Clemson College Bulletin No.136 summarizes starch manufacture from sweet potatoes. It covers history, climate, soil, planting, harvesting, yield, costs, composition, and a detailed process. It notes sweet potatoes yield more starch per acre than Irish potatoes, can be grown cheaply, and have usable by products.
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Clemson College
South Carolina
McDonnell
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
England
Germany
South
South Atlantic
Gulf States
289 Saloons Closed In Day Under Rose Law
Columbus report: twelve Ohio counties voted under the Rose law and all counties went dry by majorities from a few hundred to over 2,000. Affected saloons total 289 across largely agricultural counties with urban centers in Portsmouth and Ironton. Overall 16 of 88 counties held local option elections and all went dry, totaling 390 saloons voted out.
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Columbus
Ohio
Seloto
Lawrence
Portsmouth
Ironton
Night riders post warnings on gins in two states
In Huntsville Alabama on October 1 night riders or those believed to be night riders posted warnings on cotton gins in the northern part of Madison County and in Lincoln County Tennessee. A placard on the Rogers gin in New Market Alabama told workers not to gin cotton until further notice, a similar notice appeared on the Davidson gin in southern Lincoln County Tennessee.
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Huntsville
Ala
Lincoln County
Tennessee
Rogers
New Market
Davidson
Six Die In Sugar Ridge Train Wreck In Ohio
Six killed and several injured when a Toledo and Ohio Central passenger excursion train from Bowling Green to Toledo is rear ended at Sugar Ridge by a freight train. The rear car telescopes and two others are jammed. four bodies recovered by late tonight.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Toledo & Ohio Central
Bowling Green Fair
Toledo
Sugar Ridge
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Sumter
MO. T. Bryant
Level Land
S.C. County
Valhalla
Lapland
Boston Transcript
Foley’s
J. W. Bell
Stonecypher Drug Co
Westminster
Heaven
Earth
Dr. Shoop
Sunday School Association
Clemson College Bulletin
Ski
Indiana
B. S. Look
Ice Business
West Union
Livingston Ice CO
D. Ss
Abbott, Alla
S. C
Sarah J. Hoskins
Cary
Cardui
Beaza
Water Powers
M.S. Strieling
Seneca, S. C
Seneca Hardware Co
Chicago
Ed. V. Price & Co
D. B. Hovelty
Moss & Ansel
Walhalla, So. Ca
Norman
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