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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
4
The Reetree Courier offers obituary notices and tributes of respect up to one hundred words free, with longer notices charged at one cent per word and cash required with manuscripts. Subscriptions remain one dollar per year, advertising rates noted as reasonable.
In Mountain Rest South Carolina 1900 era notes describe local farming progress with terracing and the Disc plow, church activities led by Reverend duties, and social events such as horse riding and Knight Benevolence gatherings. The piece also mentions a surgeon and minister changes, ongoing telephonic and railroad limitations, and pension-related figures in the region.
A January 1 railroad incident near Chester involved a collision between freight and material trains. One engine wrecked, the conductor Boney injured, and wagons derailed. Most crew escaped unharmed as the wreck disrupted the night shift.
Ex congressman Colson shot Scott Luther Demares and Charles Julian after meeting at the Capitol hotel. Scott killed, Demares and Julian fatally wounded. Colson wounded but alive. Wounded by Golden during the exchange. All involved are Republicans. motive linked to a past quarrel, not an election dispute. Local police secure Colson who then surrenders at the scene.
Report of a frontal clash near Willow Grange where the East Surry left and West Yorkshires right faced Boers misidentified as the foe. A costly melee ensued with fierce bayonet fighting. hundreds dead or wounded as Imperial Light Horse and Sixtieth Mounted Rifles aided. Colonel Kuchner led British forces. Hobbs of Yorkshire was captured.
A fragmentary item mentions India and Boara with phrases about final events and a near burial. The readable text lacks clear subject emergence, dates, or concrete identities to establish a precise news note.
Fragmentary text describes a burial scene with a grieving family, an undertaker, and a daughter named Mary who insists on her father's holy rites. It also mentions a man named Crosby, a possible prison or escape, and references to two murdered officers and a treetop land scene.
From Pittsburg Dispatch notes a two week battle between diphtheria and Christian Science in a New Brighton household. Two children died, a third and the father were gravely ill, and officials forced admission of a physician after parents resisted treatment. The coroner investigated the first death and health authorities now try to save the remaining child and mother.
January 17 report from a House of Representatives special committee on Brigham Roberts Utah confirms a unanimous finding on his polygamous status. The committee splits on seating Roberts, with a majority seeking initial exclusion and a minority favoring seating him with a later expulsion. Civil and marital details are outlined, noting multiple marriages and children. The chairman promised a full report Saturday and action in the next session.
Deliberate attack on his wife by Mack Pesperman in Cusmorer North Carolina left her dead instantly after he confronted her and four blows were struck with a public safety item. Police tracked Pesperman but he fled a mile toward Lookout Point Park before the pursuit ended. The clipping also notes local civic notices and regional events with scattered names and dates in Greenwood and Georgetown areas.
The Observer reports New York financier George Gould has invested 250000 in Loray Cotton Mills Gastonia and a further 150000 from a northern financier. The subscriptions would lift capital stock to 1400000. Contracts for buildings and machinery were awarded yesterday.
An advertisement claims Rheumatism worsens with mercury and potash, touting a blood remedy as proper treatment. It warns doctors medicines worsen the disease and promotes a mineral or remedy superior to those containing potash or mercury.
Historical note cites swans living up to extreme ages and falcons reportedly reaching around 162 years, illustrating extraordinary avian lifespans.
The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee approved a version of the Hepburn bill for constructing the Nicaraguan canal with minor changes. Most members backed reporting the bill. Senator Fleteler opposed. Discussion touched on delaying actions and related canal commission reports. Senator Tillman and McLaurin plan amendments on banking taxes and state accounts, while Abbeville Press lauds Governor McSweeney and temperance stance.
A garbled assessment notice mentions property in Green County, with references to taxes, due dates, and payment obligations. It hints at a foreclosure or tax lien process and lists dates around February and March as deadlines for response or payment, naming local officials and a county seat. The readable fragments point to a government assessment action affecting a property owner.
Fragmentary timetable shows routes from Asheville to Hendersonville Spartanburg Greenville Winnsboro and Newberry Prosperity Columbiana via Charlotte Charleston Sumter and Columbia. Passenger names Emerson and the general manager initials appear among the scribbled entries.
Oeanee county will let contracts at the Auestic office in Valhalla and Av Aileen on the first Tuesday in February. Bids are invited for multiple months starting February, with the lowest responsible bidder to be awarded contracts for services including physician care, ferry work, advertising, and other county needs. Bids may be rejected at the supervisor’s discretion and the contract period is one year. January 3, 119.
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