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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1867
Page
2
The Courier lists subscription options and advertising rates with options for six months and annual terms. It notes penalties for nonpayment and mentions notices for election candidates and announcements, urging adherence to payment schedules and publication standards.
A historical notice from Pickens Illinois dated September 28, 1887 announces a new volume of a local publication. It highlights editorial aims, civic progress, and the push to expand readership, with references to agriculture, labor, and church activity, plus brief economic and regional notes. A later paragraph mentions a Grogan arrested in Hollifont for whealing combatones, to answer at Court.
A Civil War era notice discusses Gen. Caray issuing orders on jury composition and required qualifications, plus a prior directive on investments in Confederate wargoods. The Charleston market scene is described as brisk with firms like Mayne, Meeting, and East Bay streets selling goods at low prices to connect urban merchants with interior trade, signaling renewed commerce and resilience.
A humorous notice describes The Ladies' Pair event in Groonville to benefit Baptist charity. It notes a choir debt dispute, a promised entertaining program, and a manager determined to satisfy all attendees. References to political news and local antics appear alongside garbled details of Mexican affairs and contemporaneous events.
Long article notes efforts by Gov Wad and South Carolina migration officials to attract European farmers with pamphlets and travel outreach. It warns of land speculation abuses and urges orderly settlement, arguing the West has strong crops, markets, and prices. Contains census of counties and towns, plus commentary on private land schemes and public proposals.
A garbled OCR fragment surveys diverse items: New York police arrests, court actions, regional political moves, military orders, voter eligibility issues, and oblique references to governors, conventions, and public notices. Names and places intermix with scattered dates and events from September to October.
A late September dispatch chronicles intense party friction over new congressional moves and expanding reconstruction rules. It notes fears of tyrannical use of power, potential removal of the president, and rising death tolls from yellow fever as military and political maneuvers unfold across multiple cities and states.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Muetin and David Lawson with unclear roles. Names Colds F Minter Go C W Livingston Hija Ventor appear, but total context and events are unreadable. No concrete action, date, place, or organization can be determined from the legible text.
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