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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
2
A long, fragmented dispatch covers reform factions, primary politics, editorials on Tillman and the Cotton Plant, county races, and local reactions. It notes conventions, endorsements, the tariff issue, and various regional remarks, with satirical jabs at politicians and factions throughout.
A Richmond Virginia note discusses a Woman Publishing Company issue titled Woman and questions whether it is run by women or men. It critiques the potential impact on women’s roles and asserts that if run by men the venture may fail.
A remarkable light lit the northern sky and stretched east and west at 1:10 AM, resembling a great fire with changing colors from red to yellow as telegraph lines faltered nationwide. The glow faded by 2:00 AM, while Indiana Walhalla Mining Co is chartered to operate four gold mines in Oconee county, led by Carl Willauer with a $10,000 capital and $1,000,000 potential, mills expected within a month. Electric Bitters advertised as a cure-all for liver, kidney and blood ailments, with 40 cents to $1.00 prices at Meall's Drugstore.
C T Martin is announced as a candidate for treasurer of Pickens County subject to the action of the Democratic primary election.
The note indicates visits to Central in the second week and Wickens in the third week each month, followed by the word Ago.
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