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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1900
Page
1
The article recounts the deaths of two infants, Ruby Nell and Gail, detailing funeral rites at a Lutheran church and messages of faith. It also surveys public notices, education statistics, and various brief items from politics, science, and local concerns reflecting a period newspaper page.
A promotional notice touts Hall’s Great Discovery or Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles in men women and children. It promises removal of gravel diabetes and other disorders with a small bottle mailed for 8 00 plus testimonials sought and a customer certification from Grance RM Awpsity Clark House One St Louis Post Office included.
The census reports over seventy six million people living in the United States. Officials provide breakdowns by region and demographics, highlighting growth in several states and urban centers.
The 1900 census reports a total U S population of 76 205 220 with 74 627 907 in the 45 states for apportionment. Indians not taxed number 434 158. Comparing 1890 figures shows a 18 226 104 increase over ten years, about 21 percent. Tables show state by state totals and notes on untaxed Indians and military figures abroad.
A Piedmont Alabama column reports a local death from heart failure a church sermon on being born again a Masonry degree for women a lecture by Dr Hall on social issues and school enrollment near five hundred mentions visitors from Belton Furman University attendance at local churches and affectionate recollections of past trips and local courtesy aimed at readers of The Piedmont Courier.
A Charleston preacher claimed the Garden of Biden lay near Charleston with delightful climate and beauty. A Northern editor mocked the notion, joking hell must lie in Kayenield. The item also notes the sale of DeVil’s Little Early Risers pills and the Knights of Pythias donation of 850 to Marion’s industrial school.
The Beaufort county coroner Dr. R. R. Sams recalls being the first in the world to be placed under chloroform during a dental test in 1848 at the Baltimore Dental College. He describes the first attempt failing and a second day successful inhalation that left him fully unconscious without pain. The item also mentions the 1849 Palmetto steamship screw propulsion and other era notes.
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