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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
3
Local notices from Walhalla area list job ads and sales, social updates, travel, church announcements, and upcoming events. The page notes farm rental near West Union, land sale prospects, preachers schedule, people visiting, musicians at Bell's Hall, and Thanksgiving reflections with various brief personal mentions.
A garbled 19th century letter urges buying Devoe paint by the gallon with examples from various towns to show cost differences. The text also reports three lynchings at Bolcher near Shreveport and related sensational incidents, including a Dorchester county lynching, a sexual assault, and a fatal shooting, plus cotton mill layoffs and a suicide near Chester, with scattered economic notes on wool, nails, and freight.
Obituary notes James King of Mountain Rest aged 81, longtime resident born near his later home, remembered for honesty, economy, and education of his children. Survived by four living children including Louis A. King and Mrs. A. M. Brown, with his likeness celebrated in community memory at Double Springs. Also mentions local notices and brief news items.
A garbled notice promises SE Customer a chance at a handsome prize to be distributed by the author. It mentions a drawing and various unclear references including locations and names, with scattered phrases about rules and participation. The text remains unreadable in parts, but implies a promotional drawing with prize allocation and participant reach.
J H Darby druggist and firm RG Comp may hold Cuban properties and profit from sales while a neighbor near Green ville Green ville area shot by a hunting accident survived. a Washington dairy opinion piece urges cattle and cheese production for South Carolina farms. Ohio tragedy reports entire Miller family poisoned near Biswark with unknown cause.
Emily Shoffner a three year old girl was found today after three days lost in a forest while following a wagon. She survived barefoot and half frozen and told rescuers of her walk seeking her parents. A search party located her in a pine thicket near a road, and she recounted her adventure to aid recovery.
A vintage health ad extols consumption as a weed to be tackled early. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as the best lung fertilizer, with salt pork as hard to digest but mentions rest fresh air and eating well as key treatment steps. Emphasizes starting before denial worsens the condition and warns quick cures are unlikely but steady care yields improvement.
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions a wedding with Benj, IL 'MUmas, and Mia, plus references to a brain injury and a heroic surgeon. Text is garbled with broken names, places, and dates, making specific facts uncertain.
Daily delivery features rich assortment of WORSTEDS HENRIETTAS FLANNELS SERGES BROADCLOTH TAFFETA SILKS and double freight heavy dress skirting. Ready for immediate selection by shoppers seeking quality textiles at competitive prices.
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