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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
1
The piece blends shop bargains on yard-wide fabric and household items with lengthy, garbled notes on denominational conventions and Methodist church leadership reforms. It includes prices for 5 cent soap and washing powder, plus fragmented discussions of the Northern and Southern Methodists, women delegates, pastor years, and church governance debates.
A damaged, partially readable petition circulated in Washington is signed by several members of Congress. It questions a proposal related to a practice described with unclear terms. The language is garbled but indicates opposition or concern raised by a group including colored delegates.
The Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station at Manhattan outlines a seed selection method to improve wheat varieties. Growers pick desirable heads before harvest, plant seed from large well formed heads on a favorable plot, and use results to produce seed for the next year. The process emphasizes yield, quality, and careful isolation to protect the improved stock.
Naval appropriation movement favors Charleston as the plan to relocate the station to Port Royal is approved. South Carolina delegation, local press, and supporters celebrate while a committee of naval officers will assess the site before reporting on relocation details. Court actions follow related incidents and land disputes near Lincoln Park in Chicago.
A Manila Bay letter traces a U S Army voyage from Asheville to Manila via Camp Meade and New York aboard the Thomas. It recounts the November to January landing near Legaspi and Albay Garnga, heavy fighting, insurgent casualties, and heavy bombardment from Nashville and other gunboats, with mention of the Carmona and volcano events and the toll on troops and civilians.
A grandmother recounts early poultry-raising on a plain farm using common chickens not bred with incubators or brooders. She describes steady egg sales, thrift, feeding routines, and simple care that kept their hens productive through cold winters.
Harsh warnings against olutincuts for catarrh containing mercury and claims about their dangers. The text condemns unsafe remedies from Cheney Co and promotes vaccination debates in public life, mentioning compulsory vaccination, political figures, and election contexts. It reflects early public health battles and medical quackery concerns with a tone of caution.
Washington May 20 Democrats in the House held a caucus to chart party stance on the war tax and trust legislation. The session drew about eighty members with Chairman Molino and Secretary Cummings noting the resolutions urging broad tax reduction while indicating support for anti-trust measures and a constitutional amendment sought by Ball.
The text describes a wild berry described as raspberries and turnips with a fruit named Raspherry its deafness and covered with small prickles. It notes imagined cultivation increasing value and flavor. It mentions Parni pa and origins of words meaning move apple and pomegranate in various languages cited as New York Prosa.
Mary Potter, aged 15, of Milesburg, is hailed as heroine after she drove a fork into a vicious bull to save her near 60-year-old mother who was thrown and injured. Both women were carried to the farmhouse. the mother is expected to recover.
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