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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
1
All persons indebted to the estate of Sarah R Cheawell deceased must pay to William E Cheswell administrator within the time prescribed by law or be barred. Creditors to present claims, duly attested, against the estate of Sarah R Cheawell, deceased, December 9, 1903.
A Savannah dispatch reports Senator Benjamin Tillman was passed a counterfeit $100 bill in Savannah by J. E. Limehouse. The bill, exchanged for a lecture on race, totaled 150 in mixed denominations. Tillman returned to Washington, notified the Senate, and the Treasury Department investigated. The Commercial Bank of Ibia City refunded the Senator.
A natural history lesson features a teacher prompting Willie Towlands and students with questions about animals. The dialogue includes responses like feathered bipeds and quadrupeds, ending in a playful misunderstanding about a feather bed being a feathered quadruped.
A mixed clipping notes folk moon weather lore with tips like clear moons foretelling frost and halos predicting storms. It also advertises Kydalen Stomach Tablets claiming to digest food and ease indigestion, with a testimonial from J. H. Darby at Valhalla Senova Pharmacy.
A Methodist conference debated liquor roles and church membership. Bishop Smith advised pastors to urge withdrawal from the church before serving as dispenser or liquor official, warning that a member who handles liquor cannot be a proper church member. The conference adopted a strict corrective stance against liquor involvement among members.
A prose piece argues against Christmas drunkenness and festive excess, urging readers to honor Jesus by tempering celebrations. It contrasts idle indulgence with charitable acts, cites Bible verses, and warns of moral neglect during the season, urging self restraint and compassion for the needy.
A historical medical ad describes rheumatism beginning with a sudden twinge of pain felt in bones or muscles. It claims the real cause is impure blood and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleanser to remove poisons and impurities.
The article recalls the first fatal duel in what is now the United States, fought on Boston Common on July 8, 1728 between Benjamin Woodbridge and Henry Phillips after a tavern quarrel. Woodbridge died that night, Phillips soon died in France. Background covers their social status, ages, and the duel site near the Great Elm. It also mentions Woodbridge’s Barbados lineage and Phillips’s Cambridge degree.
Representative Aiken introduced a bill to pay rural free delivery carriers $900 per year. The proposal aims to increase annual wages for rural mail carriers, with preliminary action noted in Washington.
A reader decries undertrained teachers and calls for stronger college preparation, better training, and higher standards. She urges rural districts to fund two well prepared teachers per district, improve libraries, buildings, and supervision, and to vote for leaders who elevate education over politics.
A damaged OCR fragment touts a Heart Cure and Nerv remedy curing heart trouble for Twan and others. It mentions breathlessness, fluttering, faintness, and relief after taking multiple doses, with confusion over names, places, and dates. The garbled text references remedies, physicians, and suspected blood issues amid health claims.
Thornes of Buffalo Ohio reports kidney and bladder trouble for years with gravel and stones. After using Boley's Kidney Cure he notes swift relief, stones passing and improved health. He estimates the treatment has done him a thousand dollars worth of good. Bold by J. W. Bell Waltalin.
A notice describes pecan nuts from J G Lego of Green Pond South Carolina. It highlights eight year old trees the Columbian or Pride of the Coast being largest nuts, the Van Deman as the next size and prolific bearer. It notes prices and demand to nurserymen and claims South Carolina grows the world's largest pecans and compares favorably with other states.
The Spartanburg correspondence reports Pastor Frierson facing minister conduct charges. The Charleston News and Courier notes claimed misstatements about Pacolet circuit faults. Spartanburg Herald cites church stewards defending the circuit amid past tensions. Frierson suspends pending investigation. potential suits mentioned.
An old time ad notes Elliott's Emulsified Liniment for humans and animals. It promises soothing penetrating relief in a very short time and urges readers to try it. Available in a large bottle at nine cents from Daxby Walhallas Sonocs Pharmacy in Banoce.
A quoted sermon fragment from Rev Bam P Jones recounts a train robbery tale and a joke about belonging to both the Methodist and Odd Fellows orders. The speaker reflects on choosing two affiliations to manage worldly and spiritual aims, concluding the narrator is “Sam” thriving in both worlds.
An old ad claims kidney trouble causes heart issues and blood poisoning, urging readers to use Kilmer Swamp-Root as a remedy. It touts the product’s cures, directs readers to buy locally, and offers free pamphlet and sample by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
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