02 Nov 1899
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
1
A local ad advertises 5 10 and 25 cent prices with a promise of fixed stock items. The seller asserts every listed article is in stock and priced as a bargain and claims to not say when items are out.
A fragmented OCR list presents assorted items and prices, including thread spools, buttons, garments, oil, clothing, handkerchiefs, watches, and various accessories. Readable items mention thread, buttons, coats, girds, and a few brands, all embedded in a messy catalog-like text.
A garbled OCR style catalog fragment lists items such as Clothes Brush, Wool Sacks, Men's Wool Sacks, Roya Kase Pants, Winter Underwear, Petar Frames, and a secret Tycoud Rigor Strap. It mentions quantities like 1 and 106 and includes phrases that resemble an informal shop inventory with scattered brand or color terms, making precise identification difficult.
The fragment lists various clothing items and fabrics such as woolen garments and pillow shams. Mentions include men and ladies gloves, overalls, pants, towels, linen items, and child garments in assorted sizes. The text reads like a catalog or sale notice with scattered misspellings and partial product names.
Reported in Washington on October 26 the president issued a Thanksgiving proclamation praising national progress. It mentions strong finances, reduced war impacts, Cuba aid, restored industry and health, and relief after Porto Rico and Taizong disturbances. The note includes contemporaneous London and European commentary and misreadings of figures and dates.
In Belton South Carolina agrostologist Dr. Scribner leads Secretary Wilson’s farm experiment, testing grasses and forage plants across ten sections. Knoxv ille trials show promise but open-field results in Anderson County remain uncertain as diverse species are planted and mapped for future study.
Anonymous widow in Walterboro sent a gold chain to Epworth Orphanage in Columbia. Rev G J Waddell received the chain and investigators traced it to Mrs Sellers, then later to Yorkville dealer G Strauss. Proceeds from the sale reached 1819 dollars, and the donor identity remained sought as workers verified the deed.
An old newspaper ad touts B B B for blood poisons with miraculous cures. It claims the remedy cleanses poisons and humors, cures eruptions and throat ailments, offering free trial bottles and nationwide distribution. It also promotes a Manufacturers' Record supplement and notes South Carolina post office changes affecting deliveries.
Esteemed correspondents report local scenes from Richland Tugaloo and Okway. Notes include community events, schooling updates, and social happenings affecting residents and nearby towns.
October reports from Rimland and Parway detail visiting relatives, farming life, weather, and local happenings. Several residents travel, others move houses or begin new employments, and church duties are noted with minor delays. The items reflect a small town portrait with names such as Sadie Stribling Morris Shanklin J.C. Davis and families in Lumbar, Polear, and Walhalla areas.
Roy Catesuo Ian reports a 10 percent advance in a key baking powder market while broom prices rise. Over four weeks Troon corn has climbed 60 a ton, spurring producers to push broom costs higher as competition among buyers tightens the market. By year’s end analysts predict broom prices reaching 160 a ton as factories nationwide lift pricing.
A chaotic assemblage from a historical newspaper page shows quirky notes about a cigar box receiving processing, a claimed mixeless eldertrical cannon, and various curiosities. It mentions marriage law changes in Massachusetts, knitting and domestic skills for women in Norway, and extensive snippets about local life, crimes, and farm goods with scattered names and places.
Astronomers from around the world will observe a total eclipse in Athens Georgia on May 28 next year with a small observatory planned atop the Moore building on the college campus. Government parties from the United States and Great Britain plan to attend. Judge Aldrich in Columbia rules the State Board of Control must show the records for Commissioner Jon B. Douthit’s discharge before the court. Douthit seeks trial by the board. Col George Johnston harshly arraigns the case against the lord.
Alfred Taylor of Naylor's Station is praised as county champion corn grower with a striking 126 bushels per acre on Enoree bottoms. His crop, viewed by Greenvilliana readers, is lauded amid a broader portrait of prolific farming and regional potential.
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