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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
3
A Dutch coast scene shows women and children in wooden shoes beside their boats as Holland’s dykes hold back the sea. The piece recounts Frederick the Great’s attempt to conquer Holland, with an ambassador’s witty remark about flooding eight feet deep, concluding the king spared the effort.
Joseph N. Daniels, 11, of Southport, died in Dr. W C Galloway’s office while doctors attempted to remove a burr from his throat. The boy’s throat was treated with cocaine spray, and this is thought to have caused the death. An honest gas meter is the noblest work of a corporation.
Senator Simmons frames a North Carolina penitentiary issue with Peter Jackson declaring Democratic loyalties and tariff and bank topics. In Yellowstone Park, Dan Yancey reports vast game, elk, deer, and birds seen around the hotel with winter scenes and local life, followed by a closing quip on political victors and women walking four abreast.
A Boston Herald note recalls Gilman Marston’s early bar clash over a complex inheritance case, where a judge admitted difficulty in following the argument. Separately, Larry McGlasson in Indiana killed his wife, his five year old daughter, and sister-in-law before killing himself, jealousy cited as motive. Justice Woods pauses remittitur in George Washington Murray forgery case pending rehearing. Petitioner claims no moral wrongdoing.
A saying notes that in half the time spent trying to rid a holey dime one could make five dollars, illustrating paradoxical efficiency and humor about money and time.
A tornado hit Sorento Illinois eighty two miles northwest of St Louis last Tuesday night killing eight people and injuring about eighty five. The storm wrecked property with buildings leveled to debris and several homes used as makeshift hospitals. In Port Royal Franklin county a fire killed Mrs Alice Martman and her five children after a defective flue sparked flames in their two story home. The husband William Hartman escaped, but could not save his family.
Federal and police authorities uncover a planned trafficking ring selling American women to China. Two women, one in Chicago and one in Shanghai, are named as leaders. Buyers paid 600 to 1000 dollars, with bait of maid positions and paid travel. Court action pending as investigators pursue leads.
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