16 Nov 1899
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
1
Read over these Lists of Prices and call and get the Goods cheaper than you have ever heard of before. We advertise just what we carry in stock we will not tell you when you ask for them that we are just out. Every article named is a bargain and every article is in stock.
A crowded list of cheap items and goods including buttons, thread, stockings, handkerchiefs, drawers, complexion powder, garters, socks, and footwear. Names of items appear with misspellings reflecting OCR, mentioning fabrics, leather watch, hats, shoes, and a large stock of general furnishing goods and notions.
A damaged OCR listing shows various garments and items for men women and children. The readable entries include shirts, woolen garments, overalls, trousers, stockings, corsets, hats, gloves, and shoes with references to styles, prices, and sizes, all presented as a chaotic inventory fragment from the Lindenwood area.
A sorrowful tale from Viatins of Ingrattuge recounts a devoted wife and mother buried with her husband after his struggle for political office. A reporter tends to the bereaved infant as the machine’s grip on state politics worsens, and the couple laments the broken promises of public service. The narrative closes with the couple’s graves side by side, a child asking when papa and mama will return.
An advertisement touts a tonic called Blood Balm or related Wood pulp cure claiming to cure blood poisoning eruptions swollen glands and rheumatism. It promises a permanent inside cure and offers a free trial bottle by writing to Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
A twenty diameter cylinder engine with heavy freight capacity was displayed in Greenville yesterday as part of Southern Railway’s plan to add fifteen mammoth locomotives for extra heavy freight. Deliveries were promised from Pittsb u rgh Philadelphia and other points with six to be placed between Raleigh and Spencer North Carolina and others between York and Atlanta. The article notes the machines weigh about 86 tons with 60 ton axles, pulling 4 loaded cars or 7 empty cars, and a larger capacity than standard engines, while public and legal scrutiny of rail operations is also mentioned.
The piece describes the steamship Booshdone caught in ice. crew notes the vessel’s peril, drifting off course, with a moral about drifting souls toward heaven. It blends nautical peril with religious sentiment and a mix of unrelated historical notes and ads.
Fragmented notes recount the New York morgue handling 8 422 bodies in one period and detail photographs and preserved clothing. It also cites wartime deaths and logistics, including 1 185 million railway miles affected and losses or injuries among troops. A testimonial endorses a liver medicine.
A speech by farmer Wy iy Merriam near Atlanta argues productive farming relies on studying surroundings. He cites rising cucumber, potato, and turnip sales from 1895 to 1898, notes soil depth and deep plowing, and claims modern methods can yield national impact and local wealth.
Fragmented OCR notes mention Castoria and familiar phrases about Taronte and Chilean, plus Augusta Chronicle and Columbia. The text hints at a flag lieutenant and Brumby, described as clever but with garbled names, indicating a colonial era news snippet likely noting a public figure or anecdote.
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