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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
4
A sermon notes that Jesus calls Simon, Andrew, James, and John to leave their nets and follow him. It links the event to Luke 5 1 11 and emphasizes surrender of daily work to pursue the gospel, urging believers to invest life in Christ’s mission. The piece reflects 19th century preaching style and lore from Parsons & Ashmore.
A nostalgic verse recalls Crada woods hazel eyes and nutty gatherings with a beloved girl. The speaker longs for a lost romance as wars in Spain and Germany interrupt, promising return to the clasp of a white lap full of nuts beneath the hazel tree. Sir Samuel Ferguson signs the reflection.
A tribute to unseen strength and steadfast courage in battle and suffering. It honors a lone hero who bears the standard through rain and shell, never wavering for right, and endures pain with silent resolve beyond praise and public cheers.
A motivational verse urges readers to play life with honesty and perseverance. It challenges readers to endure rebuffs, stay true, and engage fully in pursuit of a goal, ending with a rallying cry to act boldly. The piece emphasizes resilience and purpose over wealth or fame.
A Denver Republic an article fragment contemplates the desert’s charm and danger. It contrasts peaceful sunsets with harsh noonday heat, drought, and hardship facing travelers and residents in stark landscapes.
A reflective piece from Constanece D Arcy Mackay in the Craftsman urges gratitude for everyday joys and shared experiences. It emphasizes noticing wind through poplars, sunlit seabirds, earth scents, dawns and dusks, urban twilight, music and the spring thrill, and an accepting stance toward joy and pain as travelers set forth daily.
A fragmentary verse describes Fame turning away from a lover who seeks glory and escape. Wisdom arrives with a deep mystic message while Knowledge arrives to guide him toward a transformative path.
Fragmentary verse reflects on fatigue and longing for grace as daybreak nears. The text references dreamlike states and a fleeting sense of living spirit amid weary thoughts.
A collection of witty maxims on coincidence, cheating, generosity, ego, and marriage. It muses that only the very rich can afford gifts, a loser isn’t charged with cheating, and indifference signals marriage trouble as a misdirected joke about love and roses.
A thirsty tramp, given a drink in a saloon, delivers a stark confession about lost manhood, ruined family, and the grip of drink. He recounts a former home, wife, children, and ambitions destroyed by alcohol before the room empties and he vanishes.
British House of Commons debated classifying fatal suffocation of babies by drunken parents as criminal neglect. About 1600 such deaths occur yearly in Britain, with Germany showing declines after holding caregivers responsible. The bill aims to punish drunk guardians whose actions endanger children.
A compilation of maxims from John Sterling M Barrie Marcus Aurelius Epic tetus Thomas Carlyle W Stewart Royston and Edwin Osgoor Grover on happiness fate and living well. The lines urge embracing reality and spreading joy rather than seeking external approval.
For Sale Baby carriage slightly used. Going out of business. No person having once tried one of these coffins will ever use any other. Wanted a laborer and a boy with grazing for two goats both Protestants. Wanted a young man to take care of a pair of mules of a Christian disposition. Just received Ostend rabbits. Buyers will be skinned and cleaned while they wait. Wanted a competent person to undertake the sale of a new medicine highly lucrative to the undertaker. Lest Near Tipperary on or about Tuesday morning last a large pig with no ear marks except a short tail and a slight limp.
A compilation of brief love quotations from Sheridan Lamb Bailey Eliot Havergal Lover Carew De la Rochefoucauld Blake Southey and others. The lines explore passion mystery risk and the inner meanings of love across eras and voices.
Officials from the department of agriculture advocate organizing cotton growing communities to plant a single cotton variety. Uniformity would reduce cross pollination and seed mixing, enabling better selection and higher fiber quality and prices. The Bureau of Plant Industry plans to support establishing improved varieties and selection methods in single-type cotton communities.
Attorney R. E. Ingold represents an unnamed plaintiff in a municipal case reported in this brief. The docket lists seven evidentiary dates as the trial proceeds, with local gas interests and residents holding stake in the outcome.
Warts are a common cattle affliction and can be removed by cutting with scissors or twisting off with fingers. They may also be deadened by tying a silk thread, rubber band, or horse hair around the growth. After removal, cauterization or iodine should be applied to prevent recurrence.
Do not overfeed steers in the feed lot. Introduce full feed gradually and avoid crowding. A steer benefits from a moderate ration. excess causes waste. A medium heavy ration for four months yields better results than a heavy ration for three months.
Musty grain is not economical or healthy for chicks. Even at a quarter price the birds will eat it only if starved for other food, and it harms their well being.
Rail schedule changes issued by Pickens Railroad Company supersede Time Table No. 11. Effective June 15, 193? New timetable covers No. 1 No. 3 No. 2 Mix’d and Mix’d services. Station times partially legible in the notice.
The remark explains that mules are not fully trained and will still kick if inadequately broken, similar to horses. It notes that mules have a poor reputation due to less thorough breaking compared to horses.
The Christian Herald notes dangers in dark stables causing eye issues for horses and mules. It warns against direct light in their faces and advises proper lighting. The piece implies that those who misuse liberties lose what they have sooner or later, urging progress to outpace the devil who climbs slowly.
The Kaiser warned that beer drinking by boys and university students threatens the German nation and need not await scientific proof. He spoke to student corps praising beer capacity as manly, avoiding the broader medical debate on alcohol as a drug.
Mrs J B Hartsfield of Atlanta Ga praises Anti Pain Pills and Nervine for headache relief and easing household strain. The ad claims twenty years of proven merit and lists 25 doses for 25 cents available at all druggists from Miles Mepicat of Elkhart Indiana.
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