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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1911
Page
3
The International Bible Question Club publishes questions for the September Sunday School lesson on Daniel 3. It asks about religious liberty, worship across faiths, anger and creed, and the faith of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego. Questions probe rightful authority, state church issues, tolerance, and martyrdom.
Sept. 1 report from Changa Section notes good health and bumper fodder and cotton gathering underway. Locals eager for employment prospects and a proposed bridge on Cobb’s Road draws interest. Misses and families attend church and school events while visitors speak of regional ties.
Fragmented ad style text touts Don's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney issues in Walhalla. Contains garbled names and phrases, mentions Posteratichirn Co Buffalo as sole US agents, and references a commission and petitioners in a convoluted 19th or early 20th century newspaper snippet.
In Hiravlueg Germany an air explosion hurled an aeronaut and passenger from a craft. The aviator and passenger M. LaGonte are reported dead. Officials believe the blast caused the deaths amid wreckage scattered hundreds of feet.
The Augusta Chronicle lauds Abe Ruef, San Francisco crime figure, for advocating prison reform. Ruef argues 50 percent of inmates are reformable with guidance and support, potentially reducing irreclaimables to 25 percent, and suggests placing discharged prisoners with aid to reenter society.
A garbled local notice lists religious and civic gatherings including a sermon led by monks and a monthly society meeting. It mentions a Rupert Mikaieanvey and Ald Societs, a Sus event on the first Wednesday, and Junior Minsloley Society meetings with retail Mind Sundays at 4 o'clock, but many words are unintelligible.
Dempey G. Wren of Kentucky, 28, 220 pounds and 6 foot 1 inch, faced a rejection at a U.S. Army recruiting station after Capt. Dockery judged him too large. Dockery checked with Washington for permission but found no body or unit capacity for such an applicant. Wren departed, planning to return to the farm.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted the Southern Railway, the Durham and Southern Railway and other lines permission to lower freight rates on cotton goods from Virginia North and South Carolina points including Richmond Norfolk and Alexandria for shipments beyond. The rates set are three cents per hundred pounds higher than current ones to transfer points and remain subject to complaint and review at any time.
The Court of Probate for Oconee County South Carolina authorizes D A Smith Judge to grant Letters of Administration for the estate of Damion Johns deceased. All heirs and creditors are cited to appear at the Court of Probate in Walhalla on Saturday the 9th day of September 1911 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to show cause why administration should not be granted.
All persons indebted to the estate of Halon Thrackett are required to make payment promptly. Those having claims against the estate must present them duly attested within the legal time limit or be barred. G. Aimunt, guardian, announces the matter in this 1914 notice.
Noleo fa hereby given that the an Horaigned will make application to DA. Smith Judge of Probate for Oconee County in South Carolina at Walhalla Court House on Saturday the goth day of September 1941 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon for leave to make final settlement of the State of Helen Brackett Minor and obtain discharge as Guardian of said State KR. N. WRACKNT Guardian August 30 1911 30-3
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