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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1901
Page
3
Walhalla items include lost dog reward, marriages, a pension report, local deaths, real estate transfers, and town notices. Names of residents and businesses appear with dates, places, and local events across Westminster, Walhalla, and nearby townships. The record also notes court decisions, hospital admissions, and educational milestones in a compact weekly column.
After January 15 Twill occupy the store room where C. Craig now stocks clothing hats shoes and gent’s furnishing goods. Call at the old stand three doors below the Post 28 for the best in clothing and furnishings at the lowest prices. Bloom sells it for less.
Deputy Marshal W. B. I. Corbin escaped a Monday night ambush near his home as eight assailants shot at him through a yard and fields. Corbin fired back wounding none, pursued by gunfire until reinforcements arrived with bloodhounds later unable to track due to cold conditions. Investigators note torn boards and opened doors at outbuildings and vow arrest and punishment for the assailants. Corbin, praised for bravery, remains protected by federal authority as the case unfolds.
Philip Dantoyth Armour, financier and Chicago magnate, died at his home on January 77 after a heart failure following a pneumonia illness. He had spent months seeking health in German spas and Southern California, with a nurse reading the Lord’s Prayer to him shortly before death.
News from New York reports ongoing Boer relief efforts and conflict notes. It cites 10,000 patriots, 5,000 invading Cape Colony, and 210,000 British troops. Also mentions firearms, weapon origins, and a testimonial about Kings New Discovery for Consumption with prices and availability.
The Waunanarohabe Wisdom Sunday school mourns the death of Anna Burley, praising her as a devoted worker. A resolution notes her exemplary service and asks the family receive a copy, with publication in The Konne Courier. Also mentions Dr. D B Cargill reporting blood purifier claims about Blood Bitters with broad health use, urging caution.
The steamer Taqui from Murano to San Francisco wrecked last night off Duxbury rock outside the Golden Gate. Most of the 80 to 400 aboard were lost. only Oliver Figuinoir Burill survived, washed ashore after two hours in the water. Capt. Bnach and crew are missing. Dr Herman Baer, Charlestown leader and German-born Hebrew convert to Methodism, died Wednesday night.
A garbled late 19th century style news digest covers medical, political, and military notes. It notes a senator's reelection prospects, Boer War wagon capture, a kidnapping case in Chadron, and the death of Tynallya Donnelly. It mentions Lord Roberts in England, harsh northwest winter, sugar price cuts, and war secretary Root’s Philippines visit. It reports Bank of England rate changes, congressional reconvening, Papal charity, and a Nebraska death penalty bill for kidnapping. Mobility and political shifts include Atlanta civic changes, Lord Roberts’ appointment, and various business and crime references. The text is riddled with OCR errors but preserves names like Roberts, Donnelly, Dudahy, and Cadahy, alongside places such as Chadron Nebraska and Indianapolis.
In Marietta Ohio on January 7 Mina Nellie Morrill aged eighteen was killed by Walter Wallnatook in Morgan County after a shoreline assault as he fled home. A crowd captured him bound him with ropes and planned to hang him after a mob assembled near a building. Wallnatook had recently left the reform school and was known as a former farmhand of Stood Walnatook, a wealthy Morgan County resident.
The town observes a week of prayer appointed by the Evangelical Alliance. Prayer meetings were held at the Matho church Monday led by Hoy Want law. The week will feature services at Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches with several diary additions this week.
An old advertisement extols a cure for kidney, bladder, and urinary troubles by Dr Kilmer and Company. It warns of dangers of kidney disease and Brights disease, claims many deaths from heart and organ failure result, and promises a sample bottle, a price list, and a book by mail from Binghamton NY.
Merchants report heavy underwear and blankets in demand as cold snaps are delayed. Stores tout full size blankets from Lambs' Wool to budget mixes, promising easy fitting by size and price with a complete stock ready to satisfy customer needs.
A party led by Captain Samuel Kirkpatriol explored a sandhill mound near Bonnottaville seeking hidden treasure. The dig uncovered a nine foot human skeleton and a hogro taken from Rome, while a local mob lynched a suspect. Reports mix with notices about pensions and trespass warnings in Olonsono county.
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