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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1901
Page
3
A long Walhalla page itemizes local notices and society updates, including travel plans to Confederate reunion in Columbia, church and school events, fabric and fashion ads, oblique references to county meetings, and a batch of personal notices. Names like Cudworth, Hartwell, and Vandivers appear amid community announcements and travel mentions to Spartanburg and Atlanta.
The Memorial Day program at Pendleton begins at 1 to 2 1 0 a m with decorations by Seneca and Clonixon College groups at Stone Cemetery. Prof. Morrison to speak on Confederate War dead. procession forms at Hachurch then proceeds to Episcopal Cemetery for remarks by A Hoyt and Prof. Daniels. cadet wreaths and music to honor veterans follow.
Public notice from M. Pool Supervisor Walhalla South Carolina May 11001 announces a bounty of ten dollars for the capture of a five foot six inch, roughly 180 pound captive described as white with smallpox marks raised in Atlant. The notice asks informants to contact authorities with any information or capture reports.
An old newspaper ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder trouble. It claims wide hospital and private use, offers a sample bottle by mail and a book on the product, and cites availability through druggists. It urges readers to mention the paper and send address to Kilmer Co. for the sample.
An old classified note advertises price cuts at The Cash Bargain Store offering items from five to ten to fifty cents per piece. The text is fragmentary but indicates a sale with low prices and assorted goods.
An OCR fragment lists various groceries and household goods with prices. Items include Arbuckle’s Coffee two packages, Best Roasted Coffee one pound, Good Groen Coffee, Bust Green Coffee, Standard Granulated Sugar, Bost Rice, Bost Kog Soda, Octagon Soup bars, Ibis Good Soup, Good Flour, King's Friend spools, Handkerchiefs, Pina, Good Man’s Shirts, and pricing notes such as eight dollars eighty-five per barrel and four fifty per barrel. The text is fragmentary with garbled words and OCR artifacts.
The Worida News records the wedding of Walter J. Pitchford and Susie M. Zehnbauer last Wednesday at St Augustine Cathedral at 4 o clock. Rev Father Maher officiated. After the ceremony the couple, attended by a large bridal party, went to the Zehnbauer home for a reception prior to a 4 PM departure for Asheville and other points.
In Manila on April 2 General Calzado ordered eight American prisoners shot and Suncio and Sonor Luroan linked to insurrection faced death. Wes, now in Luzon’s Yayabax mountains, proclaims Mingolf as dictator and vows extermination. Calies reportedly born in Tudin to a French father and Hindu mother. he allegedly registered 19 French subjects in Manila. Aguiinaldo denounces the killings and war crimes claims while promising continued conflict.
Farmers around Return Wy report wheat and oat crop prospects as promising. Mr John Lumplin is able to be out again. Miss Rada Williams name correction noted. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised 25 cents per box. The Oongoo County Alliance meets at Folovlow Academy on Saturday morning for a major business session with A LU Hillman Provident and J E Pickett secretary in attendance.
An advertisement touts SNUFELES as the sole cure for catarrh claiming it cures by reaching all membranes. It promises permanent relief, rapid fever and cold relief, and includes a money back guarantee. The copy warns against pastes and inhalers as ineffective while urging readers to send for full particulars.
An Indianapolis account details Mrs Louis Crater of Nineveh Johnson County an opponent of saloons who aided law by confronting a Raleigh saloon keeper Tibbs with a revolver in a disturbance that damaged property and ended when a constable escorted the attacker away.
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