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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
1
A local store advertises a broad range of menswear and accessories including shirts shirt waists collars collars cuffs neckwear underwear hose and shoes. It emphasizes fit style price and up to date lines across furnishing goods.
A peculiar tale centers on Sapho and Snipe in a Georgia community. Chesie and Nicodemus Squilly navigate reputations while gossip and tall tales flourish, as Sapho’s suitor Verona and a local wit share racy banter and courtship misadventures.
In a turbulent frontier tale, Sapho Woell learns of a settler romance between Snipe and Miss Sapho as rumors swirl through the village court. Col. Cisco debates, a public kiss and a duel threat loom, while townsfolk recall Hardy era ways and the social drama of a colonial era. The scene shifts from whispered letters to a courthouse crowd and a rustic public ritual.
A reader from Washington DC advocates Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's health during life changes. The letter praises its non alcoholic formula and claims it improves general female vitality and organs. It mentions Dr. Victor's Common Sense Menten Adviser and Buffalo Andrews as endorsers.
Early 1900s analysis shows Southern mills rising from 100 plants in 1900 to about 890 by 1897, with 4 to 6 million spindles planned. It details construction costs from 75,000 to 475,000, power choices including electric motors, labor wages around 13 dollars daily for 54 workers, and dividends of 10 to 16 percent. The South now produces about 17 percent of U S cotton and aims to convert 6 million bales into yarn and cloth by 1901.
In Mumfordsville a morning robbery at Hlart County Deposit Bank and Trust Company vault caused damage with ultra glycerine. Three private boxes were taken along with bonds and papers. No suspects named and extent of damage not yet known. A four week old white baby was found on the Presbyterian College steps and brought to the Door of Hope Society. Parents unknown.
A garbled report from Chicago dated May 16 discusses corn contract deliveries, open price movements to 60 cents per bushel from an opening at $4, and references the Coster Martin deal. It mentions DeWitt and Kisorn remedies, tobacco stamps, and speculative notes on cotton crop expectations and 1901 to 1900 acreage comparisons.
An advertisement for the Texas Wonder patent remedy sells a bottle of Great Diae based on claims it cures bladder and kidney troubles in men and women. It offers two months supply and a discount with payment by mail, with testimonials and a bold offer to send samples from St. Louis Missouri.
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