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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
2
A long Christmas era piece reflects on joy, homecomings, and losses with prayers for peace. Local tidings include post office changes, a new library club, social events, marriages planned, school events, and church notices across Westminster and Spartanburg County late 19th century society.
A turbulent tale recounts charges against Messrs. Insolden Tobinson and Douthit by the State Act of Control board, with Judge Aldrich ordering fair defense and later withdrawal of charges by prosecutor T. C. Robinson. The piece interleaves this with a medical advertisement for Darby’s Rosinho German cough remedy and news of Major General Henry W. Lawton’s death in the Philippines after a gunshot wound.
A long ad boasts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a sure prevention for croup with twenty five years of use in many homes. The rest is a garbled mix of religious reflections and stray testimonials about pain balm and local names, yielding an unclear, jumbled item rather than a clean news note.
A lengthy wedding notice recounts the November 29 ceremony of Mr. Thos S Stribling and Miss Julia M Vorner, officiated by Rev. W S Hamiter. Guests numbered about seventy two, with a large supper and felicitations. regional notes about crops, pork, and other local life follow.
The piece argues rain drops carry germs of consumption and only a strong throat and lungs resisting poor blood can prevent disease. It urges immediate action if a cough persists and a raw throat or chest discomfort appears, asserting fat nourishment guards health.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites claims to heal inflamed membranes boost digestion and appetite and aid weight gain. The product is advertised as nourishing and strengthening, valuable for wasting diseases, priced around 06 and 1.00, available at druggists.
A jumble of local items recalls visits by families from Pine Grove and Nowry, a child’s accident involving a shotgun, a trustee appointment at Return School District, a Q&A on teacher certification, charity efforts for Connie Maxwell Orphanage, and brief war dispatches from the Boer War era detailing Buller actions, losses, and broader railway schemes.
A dealer announces a January 1 1900 sale in Columbia offering wholesale cash prices on twenty pianos sixty two organs forty five sewing machines ten horses twelve wagons eighty Jersey cows and more. He promises real value with notes for cows and post sale pasture but stresses the goods are genuine and on hand for a limited time.
Administrator of the personal estate of W. M. Isbell announces a sale of jewelry, silver, china, and musical instruments with premiums. The event features modern patterns and hand painted wares, suitable for weddings and holidays, at reasonable prices.
Excention and warrant of attachment issued by Oconee County Court of Common Pleas in South Carolina directs sale of two shares of stock in Walhalla Cotton Mills Certificate No 17 issued to Toraco J Hayden March 1 1806. Auction to be held Tuesday January 2 1000 in front of Walhalla Court House to satisfy claim by O W Yitchford Company. Cash terms. Sheriff Oconee December 18 189. Notice of Final Settlement mentioned.
In the probate court of Oconee County South Carolina the executor Sloan seeks settlement of June Stoney’s will. He lists heirs including widow Mary Stoney and minor children Mary and Wesley Stoney of Alabama and others in Alabama and Georgia. Guardians may be appointed for minors if they do not appear, with final settlement set for Monday February 6 at Walt Nal Court House.
The Produce Exchange Trust Co suspended today for examination and adjustment with liabilities of 8,216,000 and assets of 5,145,000. Henry W Allen & Co, a stock commission firm, failed today. War fears from London trigger prolonged stock liquidations and cannons fell below par for five years. Call money bids reached 50 percent with 126 percent asked. later a six percent rate followed a clearing house meeting aiding a ten million loan on the stock exchange. Greenville News contends no commercial panic, noting speculation and gamblers on Wall Street and solid foundations for prosperity.
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