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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for constipation indigestion and biliousness. It claims dramatic relief from headaches dizziness nervousness and gas with a 10 cent box and urges readers to use the product for themselves and children.
A Massachusetts man and his parrot entertain with a vocabulary said to encompass seventy five words. The unusual talking pet draws attention as reports describe the bird’s profane repertoire and surprising speech skills.
Testimony from J. L. Dickson of Westminster South Carolina details recovery after using six bottles of Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He describes prior nervousness, heart and kidney problems and says he is now in excellent health. The ad urges sending ten cents for a sample bottle and notes sizes for sale at drug stores.
A lively exchange from the Buffalo Jax press features quirky lines about loading firearms and sending a shovel of coal through a furnace door, highlighting a humorous corner shot remark and a playful mispronunciation.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming to drive out malaria with quinine and build up the system with iron. The label emphasizes a tasteless formula and a 50 cent price point.
An ad urges following the Golden Rule as the best guide for everyday life and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach with a promise of keeping people clean and healthy.
A brief exchange highlights a belief that technology is increasingly involved in communication and perception. The dialogue suggests mutual acknowledgment of automation affecting everyday discourse.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Pigs for constipation in children, claiming rapid relief from waste buildup and listing signs like coated tongue and feverish irritability. The copy warns about counterfeit syrups and promotes a 50 cent bottle with full dosage directions and warnings about early treatment.
The upper chamber weighed mutual fire insurance rules with amendments to permit multiple societies per county. Prohibition bills and liquor regulations faced votes while tax reform and reassessment measures aimed to bring all real and personal property onto the books. A push to teach compulsory education and new county funding and road bills also moved through committees and the lower house.
The South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee fixed February 20 as the first primary date with March 6 for a potential second primary to select a successor for the late D E Finley. Campaign dues of 150 per candidate were set and a Washington inaugural delegation plan urged, with itineraries across Chesterfield Camden Lancaster Winnsboro York Gaffney and other counties.
About 60 high bred cows unloaded at Orangeburg for distribution to farmers who will contribute cream to the Orangeburg creamery. The cattle were purchased in Kentucky by D. L. Elliott, dairy agent, and drawn for by Orangeburg farmers. Greast interest surrounds the creamery with one route already shipping to Darlington and more routes planned.
The 1916 death rate at the State Hospital for the Insane drops to 12.1 from 18.5 in 1915 and 20.4 in 1914, with 40 percent of deaths due to pellagra. Diversional occupation engages 930 patients, mechanical restraints were eliminated by January 1916, and the regents project 375000 for 1917 maintenance plus 150000 for permanent improvements.
Former North Carolina governor Robert B. Glenn and Atlanta evangelist Will D. Upshaw will headline a national prohibition campaign opening in South Carolina on February 11 with talks in Columbia and Spartanburg. J. K. Breedin of Manning, state Anti-Saloon League superintendent, leads the arrangements, with A. T. Stratton organizing Columbia activities for the Y.M.C.A. group.
The six room addition to Burroughs high school in Conway is complete with four classrooms and two basement rooms now in use. Increased enrollment and a new teacher training department necessitated the enlargement, with the new section built and equipped at about $6,000.
The extension division of Clemson College in cooperation with the Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association has issued bulletins on peanuts and soy beans. Ready for free distribution within the state, the pamphlets emphasize these crops under boll weevil conditions. Copies available by applying to the Extension Division, Clemson College, S.C.
Washington reports Arthur Postell Jervey of South Carolina has been nominated to hold a provisional second lieutenant rank in the field artillery.
Congressman Byrnes secures 44500 dollars in naval funds for Port Royal marine barracks to add extra officers and men quarters. Florence readies two tobacco stemmeries for next crop. South Carolina field hospital No 1 departed El Paso Feb 2 per telegram to Adjutant General W W Moore. George D Brown enables night class at Lexington Manufacturing mill village. Farmers and businessmen convene at Rock Hill to plan against boll weevil damage this year. Locust Hill farmer W W Pearson ends his life by shotgun. Numerous Richland county Sunday schools set Feb 11 as Come to Sunday School Day. Steedley hospital opens for tours. cost over 100000 and near final occupancy.
A garbled report notes a dispute over selling liquor with and without a doctor’s prescription at a drug store. The fragment hints at scrutiny of advertising and regulatory restrictions but lacks complete details on parties or outcomes.
An unnamed actress shares a home recipe for gray hair color using water, Bay Rum, Barbo Compound, and glycerine. The mix advertised as inexpensive darkens faded gray strands without staining the scalp or leaving grease, with full directions in each Burbo Compound box.
The Nenana oil area in Alaska sits near Seward to Parthbanks with a railway link and a coal presence. USGS estimates ten billion tons of lignite in the Pennui field region. The district also yields gold placers mined for a decade, and the report The Doncal tile Region Alaska bulletin 500 details geology and exploration.
The passage describes a web of elevated rail lines on Second to Ninth avenues and Broadway Lenox area with river bridges spanning East and Harlem rivers and smaller waterways. It mentions real estate needs for approaches and an estimated investment around 815 million dollars.
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