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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1902
Page
4
The Reotwee Courier outlines advertising charges and free obituary notices up to one hundred words. Personal advertisements in a sharacter are charged at one cent per word, with cash due on manuscript submission.
Tharry Allomang, a ball player and former Southern League pitcher for Little Rock, was mortally wounded when burglars broke into a post office in Walialla. He attempted to halt them and was shot in the back, with the bullet lodging in his left lung. The robbers reportedly took $80. Mandarin the elephant is executed aboard the Minneapolis for the Barnum & Bailey circus after being rendered unconscious by a strangling hawser. The action, weighing about 5900 pounds, ended with the ship disposal and the elephant sunk. Messrs. Fernwood farmers near Spartanburg report a corn yield of 140 bushels on two acres and project substantial cotton and crop outputs.
A pupil named John and his sister Carrie join a new school led by Miss Brown Mrs Smith welcomes John into the kindergarten. The tour includes a rich display of relics, portraits, and natural history exhibits in the library and yard. The program blends Bible study music and physical culture with plans for Audubon Day and local history lessons.
A regional appeal invites Mrs Smith and others to travel to Valhalla on December 6 to gather aid for rural schools. The message emphasizes helping laborers' children and improving education. Several Quinvaley schools already recognize the need and plan to participate.
Valdosta Ga November 7 Mr Noll proposed a cotton crop estimate of 11500000 to 12000000 bales noting the South may yield about 1000000 bales less than harvest predictions. He warned droughts floods and boll weevil threaten output while spinners and agents say topcrop narratives dominate. Farmers compare top cotton yields to top crop of children suggesting limited impact.
Washington reports say the army in the Philippines will be reduced by about 9,000. Officers are to weed out ranks, with nonessential soldiers discharged or retired on extra pay and certificates. The move aims to bring the Philippine force to a peace footing until future need arises, while the navy keeps steady recruitment.
The Savannah Morning News details Diavolo paying 175 dollars for a ride on the Atlantic Coast Line from Jacksonville to Waycross aboard Engine No. 118. The journey covered 54.3 miles at 77 minutes, with stops at Jacksonville and Waycross, 1.29 p.m. arrival, and delays noted. Engineer ONeill and Conductor Jos Palmer were in charge.
A testimonial from T R Crawford of Center Texas praising Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine as remedies for a shattered nervous system and weak heart. He credits weight gain, steadier nerves, better sleep, and improved appetite to the treatment, and notes belief in doctors who failed him. The ad invites readers to buy first bottle from druggists and mail for a free book.
Union meeting programme for the fifth Sunday in November at Comcross Baptist Church includes talks on deacon duties to church and community by CG Smith and dM Sanders, training young converts by J W S tribling auld, mission work at home and abroad by P M Cary, and a Sunday School session at 10 o'clock led by J M Sandore with other participants.
A wagon carrying twelve persons collided with a street car on Jefferson Avenue injuring eight. A ten year old girl was hurt and hospitalized. The crowd attempted to lynch the motorman and conductor but police protected them until a patrol wagon arrived. The injured were taken to the police station to ensure safety.
The article surveys agricultural feats and rural industry in Barnwell and Oconee counties, noting large pumpkins from a single vine, tobacco yields near Latta and Buck Swamp, and a claim that South Carolina could outproduce Connecticut in pumpkins. It mentions a Clemson Methodist move and local church efforts alongside broader industrial interest attracting investment.
In Indianapolis Indiana November 1890s detectives learned ghouls Dante and John Melindi admitted robbing graves at several cemeteries. Cantrell named victims including a woman and her daughter saying he stole the woman’s body by agreement with her husband and received payment from a physician.
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