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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
2
Essay urges young men to return to farming rather than seek urban wealth. It cites cotton prices, labor trends, and immigration for farm work, noting colored labor limits and regional road improvements. The piece argues farm life offers stability and local prosperity despite wheat and cotton fluctuations.
County readers flock to ReBlue Back Speller now popular in Pickens alongside the Bible. The Sentinel notes letters from locals form a bright feature. National Gas Association met in Atlanta and the Atlanta Journal praised its December 5 edition as the gas edition.
A medical promotional piece claims women suffer from delicate reproductive parts and promotes Dr Simmons Squaw Wine Wine as a cure. It asserts the drink strengthens the nervous system, regulates the generative organs, relieves pain, boosts digestion, and restores household energy.
A memorial note honors Mrs. Ellie Parrot Mauldie, who died on November 8, 1906, near Keowee. It recalls her as a beloved sister with priceless jewels, moved to a heavenly home beyond death’s sea, and expresses enduring memory and longing.
The Newberry Observer notes why people rush to pay fifty cents to see an educated horse while free educated jackasses are readily available. The response highlights that novelty drives interest in horses, whereas jackasses lack the same appeal.
The Pickens Sentinel rebuts Easley Progress claims about cross town advertising. It asserts the Sentinel has more paid subscribers and prints more Pickens county news, arguing advertising should benefit both papers in a free democracy. It notes political remarks and mentions Taft as president until March.
A farm advisory list outlines ten actions for farmers this month. It covers evaluating profitability, planning next year, visiting schools, building and repairing facilities, fencing and drainage, planting trees and vines, manure spreading, plowing clay lands, hog and stock care, and evening domestic improvements.
Sale set for Thursday December 12 to bid on a mule a milch cow two yearlings a horse wagon a lot of old buggies wagons walnuts lumber corn fodder and other articles. Cash under ten dollars. Over ten dollars notes with approved security at interest due November 1 1913.
Promotes liver health and energy claiming to cure malaria constipation and bilious fevers. Urges readers to buy a fifty cent or one dollar bottle from local druggists or order from R L T Co Anderson S C for a family medicine chest remedy.
The widowed sister Kate Parrott recalls Ellie with heavenly imagery and reverence, describing her Christlike attitude and the dreamlike stay of a beloved figure who has gained Heaven. The letter ends with a hope to reunite in Heaven and a call to a virtuous life.
A rural elegy by Mrs. J. H Newton from Laurel Hill Pickens county recalls a vanished home light. The speaker laments the silent hearth and a departed family, music, birds, and daily rhythms, and asks the summer winds to keep the old hearth aglow.
The article promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as the best medicine to prevent and drive off pneumonia and related illnesses. It cites a Vermont testimonial from Mrs George W Place of Rawsonville praising its cough cold and croup relief and notes availability at Pickens Drug Company for 50 cents and 1.00.
An advertisement proclaims a remedy called Dr King’s New Life Pills to combat distress by prompting action of the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to end abuse of the system and restore health with a 25 cent price at Pickens Drug Company.
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