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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
2
A late 1903 issue reflects on The Courier's year end, praising subscriber loyalty and monthly growth, announcing plans to continue expansion and service to Wentminster and Oconee County communities while noting charitable acts by local youth and a mix of notices, obituaries, and society updates.
The Westminster Courier reports on local happenings from late 1903 including lodge elections, postal carriers, school notes, and social events. It mentions W. Zimmerman’s Masonic officers, community thanks to carriers for rugged service, student Daisy Foster, Miss Jessie Stribling, and Christmas programs at Presbyterian and West End Chapel with gifts, a Santa appearance by Chas. K. Anderson, and festive activities amid concerns about alcohol during the season.
A long local page mixed with notes on communities, holiday gatherings, visits by residents from nearby towns, balloon demonstration by Callahan Bros, and Christmas greetings. The fragment mentions Fair Play news from December 20 and 28 1908, with social events in Westminster, Spartanburg, Lakeview Louisiana, and nearby towns. It includes family arrivals, school celebrations at Christmas, and community sympathy and well wishes.
Village Creek on December 20 reports a quiet Christmas with no liquor or disturbance. Miss Amy Lyles left her school on December 28 after a kind term, treating pupils with candy on the farewell day. Friends of the family wish for the young child W. G. Hunter’s speedy recovery.
Maine farmers on Preaque Isle cultivate up to 500 acres using modern machinery. Potatoes from Aroostook County yield high baskets per acre, with rotating clover and hay increasing farm fertility. Profits cited include annual totals between $3,000 and $12,000 per farm, supporting lavish rural gains and strong bank balances.
A medical note argues that handkerchiefs spread infectious nasal catarrh and auto infection when used then pocketed unre washed. It cites the habit as a sanitary risk despite assuming the healthy nose does not require wiping.
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