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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1904
Page
2
The Reewee Courier announces weekly publication on Wednesdays and offers low advertising rates for personal notices, obituaries, and tributes. A January 1904 notice from U.S. Senator W. A. Brown and a Garden Seed distribution letter from ALC Latimer are included, detailing public notices and requests for seed recipients.
Summary of a long scrambled report describing multiple lynchings on January 1 in Florida and Virginia. It recounts Jumbo Clark in High Springs and another man hanged in Sussex County Virginia. A third lynching is noted near Tallulah after a shooting in Mississippi, with details on mob actions and victims.
The town buzzes with planned February entertainments as Mr and Mrs George Benedict host a reception for the new pastor and wife Rev and Mrs K S Jones. Mrs Bates arrives to aid music circles while teachers prep Washington's Birthday drills. A hospital visit to Dr J E Hopkina seeks cheer, and local marriages and baptisms bring community excitement.
Fort Madison and Madison County items recount local arrivals and departures, mills resuming work, timber markets, social events, and village life. Mentions M. L. Jones & Co mill, families like Mies Matis Boliiven and Mrs Johen, and a lively dance hosted by J. D. Jones. Also notes students and teachers, religious services, and regional travel to Georgia and Alabama.
A detailed society and local news item from Baldwyn Mississippi covers a recent wedding in the community, family movements, and local happenings. It notes the marriage of Vawdivar Junkines by J. Bory at a residence, profiles the couple, and mentions church events, visitors, and regional social activity. It also reports on accidents, promotions, bank directorships, and community notices.
William J. Bryan says victory is likely and he will not seek the Democratic nomination. He declines discussion of Parker Gorman Hearst and insists no personal preference for any candidate. He notes no circumstances would make him a candidate and confirms no change in views on money and silver. The column also mentions a stomach and liver remedy advertisement and reports Capt Richmond Hobson's mother's death in Boulder aged 70.
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