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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
4
A fragmentary verse piece titled The Damsel of One Dimension appears with archaic diction and ornate imagery. It references beauty and temptation, quoting lines about slender form and contrasts with otherworldly praise, ending with a curious attribution to Norton Hradford on Boston Alpha.
A folded executive note reproduces long letters claiming a published remedy cures smallpox and scarlet fever. It includes a recipe with sulphate of zinc, foxglove, and other ingredients, alleging rapid healing and scar reduction, urging readers to publish and try it despite warnings.
Mrs Laurie A Mytchinson of New York asks the Supreme Court for an order to set aside a trust deed of her property to her young husband Willard Hutchinson and lawyer Paul Sheldon claiming a plot to seize her wealth. She alleges a medium linked paramour influenced her to marry Hutchinson and that relatives warned of attempted transfer to the trio. A compromise forced the man to leave the inland and avoid further trouble.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph excerpt tells of a woman hoping to surprise a friend with a specially prepared lunch. While the hostess forgets supplies and her daughter helps, the kitchen stories unfold as the meal comes together from memory and effort.
Report discusses alleged brutality by foreign soldiers in China and Japanese government responses. Cites British and American perspectives, mentions 60 missionary women and 26 children killed, but questions and exaggerations persist. Notes claimed massacres, mass suicides among Chinese elites, and differing accounts from observers.
A 19th century notice touts Tutt's Liver Pills as a cure and preventive for Sick Headache dyspepsia biliousness malaria constipation jaundice and torpid liver. The item also covers a newspaper report from Indianapolis about I Smythe Grand Secretary of the Mosaic Order of Indiana shot in his Masonic Temple office by a mysterious blonde woman. Smythe survived after bullets struck his head and body.
A temperance activist named Carrie Nation injured a hotel room and damaged goods in Wichita cities Kiowa and Kiowa by breaking mirrors and smashing a Cleopatra painting with a stone. She was arrested and appealed to the Governor, who refused clemency.
A collage of curious anecdotes and oddities from a historic newspaper page. It mentions alleged premonitions and near death experiences, a Bronx wolf tale with a six year old philosopher, and a Washington dispatch noting Hawaii delegate Robert H. Wilcox receiving a record mileage claim of $1,000 for a 6,000 mile trip to Washington.
The Walhalla town ordinance outlines prohibitions on harming shade trees, litter, blocking sidewalks, and disturbing public peace. It forbids playing ball on Main Street, shooting firearms within town limits, unlawful driving on sidewalks, and obstructing the depot area, with misdemeanors and penalties specified for violations.
A garbled excerpt from the Chicago Pimes Herald mentions soil return and crop yield with unclear names and places. The text references a company in New York and a Bentd party, but specifics are obscured by OCR errors.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County South Carolina the master offers at public sale two land parcels. The first tract lies along Booen Creek and Kanawha River waters, 2500 plus acres, adjoining Elijah Saodore Dyer valley and others, conveying as per grant. Cash and stamps payable by the purchaser. sale date January 18, 1900, by Master J. W. Holleman. The second parcel in Geenos County along Gum Branch of Que Crook and Tugalo River waters, about 148 acres, adjoining K. Compton and others, with a plat by J. Wyth and August 18, 1802 reference. terms cash and purchaser pays papers and stamps. Sale conducted by Master J. W. Holleman.
Books of registration for the Boxford municipal election are now open at O W Fushford Co’s store and S&N in Pitchyard. Supervisor October 17, 1000.
A garbled OCR summary references the Southern Railway and a final event or note. It mentions primary finalities, train terms, and locations in a fragmented form. The text also includes scattered names and phrases that imply a formal notice or schedule update without clear details.
The Auditor's Office will open from the first day of January to the 30th day of February for tax returns in Oconee County for 1901. Taxpayers must appear at listed times and places including Clemson College, Newry, Seneca, Mount Tabor, and other districts to file returns. Nonvoters face penalties after February 6. Confederate soldiers and those unable to work are exempt from taxation. Return deadlines and locations are noted with specific dates and venues across the county.
Schedule notice from Pickens R R Co detailing passenger and freight timetables for a route between Charleston, Columns, and Upper South Carolina. Includes daily and Sunday service, stops at Kanoy and Padstnyar, trains from Wilmington and Maine Atlantic Coast Line, and notes on departures, ticketing, and general service. Ends with approval by Joriu Bough and Taylor Gal of the Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Department.
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