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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
1
Local retailer advertises a wide line of men’s youths and boys clothing with a cash payoff, announcing a new specialty and a forthcoming promotion. The shop touts wholesale closings at lower prices than competitors to attract buyers.
A scraped collection of local notices and anecdotes mentions R C Morgan, brother of Gen John Morgan, visiting the Ohios penitentiary and discussing 1868 escape details. It also includes testimonials for Foley's Kidney Cure, Ry dalo's Liver Tablets, and brief quotes on gentlemen and tramps, plus the Brogan Mills seeking capital rise and beauty lore.
In this section corn is shredded after shocks, creating a tover from shucks stalks and fodder for livestock. Col Bowen, H E Griffin, and L O Lathem praise shredders and a crusher that shell and chop corn, crush cobs, and cut costs as farming rapidly modernizes.
A column notes ancient signs of a harsh winter fall by the wayside as modern farmers dismiss groundhog and nut-crop beliefs. It recalls fruit and nut abundance, red sunsets, and generations of weather lore while urging practical measures and mentioning Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cold remedy. The piece ends with a speculative line about the fate of Central and South American Republics.
The New Democratic Leader Johe Shapp Williams of Mississippi, a veteran of the House since 1898, is honored as party leader for the Fifty-eighth Congress. Born in Memphis July 30 1854, Williams is a lawyer by training and a cotton planter, noted for his calm, logical parliaments and long service since the Fifty-Third Congress. He represents the Eighth Mississippi district with Yazoo County roots, and his career spans years of steady opposition to Republicans in a Democratic stronghold.
Commander Wainwright recalls that survivors were taken by the Baohe to a quarantine hospital in Key West after the Maine wreck. A wounded jackie, questioned about the blast, replied that he was asleep in his hammock when a loud noise woke him and a nurse ordered him to sit up and take medicine.
An advertisement touts Rydale's Stomach Tablets as a stomach and digestion aid containing pancreatin and tonics. It claims immediate relief and cure of stomach troubles, pricing at 25 and 50 cents, with distribution through J.H. Darby and Seneca Pharmacy in Seneca. The Cuban Congress reportedly votes $50,000 for General Maximo Gomez, with sugarcoated notes about offerings of Foley's Honey and Tar.
A Wort Worth dispatch reports the 1841 built log house once occupied by Gen Zachary Taylor at the post will be sold for firewood by the Sisters of Mercy. Jefferson Davis courted Taylor’s daughter there and later saved Taylor in battle. Taylor jokingly introduced Davis to Mrs and Miss Taylor as the “old woman and the gal.”
An advertisement promises a Pho tograph enlarged and framed for a $40 trade through January Lat. A $420 trade secures a handsome home picture. A $10 trade yields four smaller pictures or frames free.
The Princega Radziwill sues the estate of the late Cecil Rhodes alleging a written agreement by Rhodes to pay her seven million dollars. She seeks enforcement of the claimed contract and damages.
The independence of the isthmus of Panama has been proclaimed. About three thousand people took part in the secession movement. All officers of the army and navy at Panama have been imprisoned.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder trouble. It promises quick relief and offers a free sample bottle and a book by mail to readers who mention the newspaper. It notes the product is produced by Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York and sold widely by druggists.
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