08 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
1
Storefront puff extols Battle-Axe Shoes alongside Bion F Reynold a Queen Quality Julia Marlowe Steel and other brands. It promises boat shoe material and modern patterns, claims to sell sturdy goods at fair cash prices and urges customers to compare and buy now.
Morgan and Co. halted a $25 million market move amid a looming panic driven by the Louisville and Nashville slump. Roosevelt donations to Thornwell Orphanage, a liquor arrest in Columbia, and a Serbian strike violence incident in Scranton frame a cluttered page. Agricultural notes advocate oats sowing strategies, and a catarrh cure advert promises $100 reward for failure. Also tall tales of a massive snake kill near Valdosta and an ad for the Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal and Tax Courier.
Call at the store of J. W. Byrd & Co to settle all accounts due as soon as possible, as requested by Richardson and Byrd.
Notice promises free enlarged photographs and frames to customers who spend ten or twenty dollars in any line except Groceries. The deal includes a choice of photo or frame with ten dollar purchases and a photo plus frame for twenty dollars. The seller claims no catch and guarantees perfection.
My Dry Goods Department showcases 1500 yards 7 8 sheeting 30 yard 2500 yards yard wide heavy sheet ing 6000 yards drills and more. Includes jeans wool flannel worsted cross goods wool dress goods linings primmings and a full Union Suit line for men women and children. Prices range from 15 to 125 and include men and women undergarments and all sizes.
Lot of footwear offered with 800 ladies shoes in multiple sizes and styles, 160 pairs men’s wool shoes, 200 misson and children’s pairs, and 50 copper tip kid shoes. Prices range from $1.00 to $2.00, shop-worn but suitable for quick fitting. Call or visit to choose, before stock ends.
An old line advertises a large stock with suits for stout slim or medium men at various prices. It touts hosiery children’s stockings men’s socks and a full line of wool apparel plus furniture and stoves. Several pricing ranges are listed for beds bureaus side boards and iron bedsteads with emphasis on low prices.
Old Pickens reminiscence recounts Civil War volunteerism by poor Southerners, soldiers James White and Joseph Kelley, pension debates for Confederate veterans, postwar doctors and ministers, and local bridge and school history. It notes Easley and Mitchell families, Six Mile settlement, and Rev John L Kennedy as a famed early educator whose rod discipline shaped many leaders.
The piece catalogs self made fortunes like Marshall Field Potter Palmer and Dr. Munyon, noting humble origins and later wealth. It shifts to a Houston era weather report describing a devastating 12 hour rainfall across South and East Texas, washing out bridges and roads, drowning cattle, and causing widespread damage to cotton farms and rail lines.
A patient recounts severe lung disease and impending death from consumption. After using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery the narrator improves, claims full oxygenation and recovery, and credits the remedy with saving them from the grave. Also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to cleanse the system.
The Westminster Investment Savings and Trust Company charter proposal outlines a fifty thousand dollar capital with twenty percent paid at organization. The project lists real estate, finance, deposits, stores, hotels, mills, utilities, and various ventures, with liberal provisions for promissory loans up to seventy percent at eight percent interest to attract subscribers.
Richland October 1 report on the fall session of the South Carolina Presbytery held at Richland church September 18 to 20. It notes about 35 ministers and elders, sermons by Williamson Strickland Cartilege, and the installation of Rev. R. L. Rogers as pastor. Also lists local visitors and community notices from Anderson Walhalla Seneca and nearby towns. Also reports on educational moves and local social notes alongside other items.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims kidney disease causes heart symptoms, urges readers to doctor kidneys first, and offers samples by mail from Kilmer Co., Binghamton NY.
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