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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
4
The Keowee Courier lists weekly publication on Wednesdays with ad rates and a policy allowing obituary notices and tributes of respect up to one hundred words free of charge. Notices exceeding that limit are charged one cent per word, with cash accompanying manuscript.
In a historic moment after thirteen years the people of Oconee County will vote on the dispensary issue. The piece argues prohibition was set by the legislature without public voice, calling it a breach of local self-government and moral collapse. It predicts the dispensary era is ending as public conscience rises against state liquor sales.
Reports recount Montgomery quarantined against Atlanta as Admiral Togo s Mikasa, after surviving battles with Russia, was burned and sunk Monday, killing five. J W Allison conductor on freight No 75 southbound found dead under his train at Spartanburg last Saturday night. He was 49 and from Statenville NC. News notes reflect oddities in Suonyside Arizona with many marriage offers, plus Hawkins from Greenville involved in a train incident and Odd Fellows lodge plans in Baaley.
In Greenville on September 5 two individuals, Loxime Mis valued and Dimonttinnll aon, drowned in their room at Ligudow mall village after a tub incident. A witness saw a struggle near a stomach jam area but no other details clarified the cause or identities beyond the two deceased. Local authorities prepared an initial report and opened a brief inquiry.
A notice seeks Confederate veterans and families to obtain rosters with ranks and casualty details from W W Mons. A card of thanks to contributors funds a monument memory of a husband. monument ready by October 1. Verses on veterans meeting September 1910 and county pension board election to follow. Wedding notice reports Julia K Robins and Robert A Waite marry in Walhalla with Waite hailed as prominent Wisconsin figure.
Medicines that aid nature are discussed with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for soothing coughs and aiding lungs. A revival led by Rev. A. McDaniel at South Union closed with nineteen additions to the church. Numerous locals and visitors are listed with travels, visits, and school ties across South Union and nearby towns.
News from the South reports a massive earthquake in Calabria with Pizzo Motiaicona and 18 villages destroyed. About 870 people killed and many injured. The 18 second quake sparked panic as residents fled for safety and prisoners reportedly mutinied but remained bound.
Notice is given that M A Miller as guardian seeks leave to make final settlement of the estates of Marshall P Moore and Henry E Moore minors and to obtain discharge as guardian. Hearing before D A Smith Judge of Probate in Oconee County South Carolina on October 14, 1905 at 10 o clock in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as heard.
D H Holloway announces fresh fish arriving each Friday from a sage barrel of South Mullet and mixed fish. Located in the Oll VaDiviere store room on Main Street Hallala SC.
The State of South Carolina Oconee County Court of Common Pleas lists plaintiffs Warren Dean et al seeking relief against Clara Carter Emma Bryson Benjamin Bryson Simeon Bryson Dora Bryson and The People's Bank. The order appoints guardian ad litem EH A TL Gibson for infant defendant David Leander Clemons and mandates publication in Keenes Courier for four weeks as service.
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