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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
6
An advertisement proclaims Pape's Diapepsin quickly cures indigestion and related stomach distress. It claims rapid relief from heartburn, sourness, belching, and bloating and urges readers to keep a fifty cent box at home for family use.
In New Hampshire, Governor Phend attended Colonel Barrett’s funeral as a military honor. A caller pressed to see the governor, asking if he would attend Colonel Barrett’s burial, while the undertaker prepared. The exchange touched on succession and burial honors as questions arose.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the top kidney liver and bladder remedy praised for mild rapid effects and broad usefulness. It offers sample bottle by mail and lists drugs store sales in two bottle sizes. The text then shifts to a curious school story about a girl named Doris with a moralizing aside.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover available at drug stores. It claims the product dries on contact, harms no surrounding skin, and offers quick relief from corn or callus. The note urges readers to ask their pharmacist to procure a bottle. Also included is a brief unrelated dialogue about marriage.
An old advertisement promises 25 cent Baby Ease bottles at drug stores with a mail coupon for a gold ring. It claims Baby Isa se cures bowel issues and teething troubles, while also promoting a worm remedy and a call to turn vacant New Orleans lots into gardens.
Sidney, a hospital nurse, learns deep sorrow as Christine grows disillusioned with her fiancé. At the base home, Sidney and relatives handle medical and social entanglements while Max Wilson pursues Sidneys heart and hides a crucial secret about Doctor Edwardes at a crowded, tense social orbit.
Anna dies after a tense night in the small house where Christine and Sidney confront hard choices. Sidney consoles a wounded K as Anna slips away at midnight, while Palmer's reckoning looms over Christine and Harriet.
Young Howe resolves to give up bachelor life for marriage but faces misunderstandings. Grace values him for appearance, while Christine sees his true flaws. The piece hints at lessons women learn over time in marriage.
A mining engineer found bauxite about 14 months ago on private Surinam river properties four hours from Paramaribo. The deposits stretch 100 km by 10 km, with no estimate of total ore. The company focuses on highlands and city deposits, amid unstable land.
Mr Yoshida chosen by the Japanese government reports on Manchuria trade. Transit from Osaka to Harbin takes about a month by passenger train. Key exports from Harbin to European Russia include hosiery underwear shoes textiles medicines and insulated wire. Since mid August import tax on hosiery and underwear by Manchurian customs. North Manchuria is on a path to prosperity due to growing population and agricultural development. Harbin is seen as business hub.
Society pages hail Gertrude Swashby’s wedding as a great success. The Swashbys exhausted their resources and the editors drained their supply of adjectives describing the event.
A fragment quotes a playful line asking why Wall Street is called that and hints at a follow up about the term’s origins and a hidden dig at the financial district. The terse exchange evokes curiosity about historical naming.
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