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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
2
Classified notice indicates a second class mail matter entry at Pickens Fastoffice. Readable portions show an advertising notice with date and location details. Further specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
The Sentinel notes that views expressed by its correspondents are not necessarily those of the newspaper. The disclaimer appears in the masthead to clarify opinion boundaries and editorial responsibility.
This notice urges readers to prevent typhoid fever by destroying fly breeding places and getting vaccinated. It notes vaccines are free from doctors and that vaccination saves thousands of lives annually, urging immediate action to avoid illness and medical costs.
The piece argues every business and professional must advertise in the home paper to be represented locally. It warns that underrepresentation makes the town seem small and signals lost opportunities as readers and strangers rely on the paper for business connections.
A collection of brief newspaper quips from Greenville Piedmont Pickens Sentinel and The State note debates on funding farmer loans via state taxes amid fraternalism concerns. Other items poke fun at peaches fishing and matrimonial month banter with light regional commentary and calls to subscribe.
A fragmentary column mixes weather notes with cautionary social slogans and humorous asides. It mentions Col Roosevelt, moral improvements in Charleston, and a sharp remark on the female of the species alongside an advertisement for French poodles priced by gender.
A Spartanburg resident traveled to Greenville last week seeking employment and was robbed, highlighting risks faced by job seekers from Spartanburg.
A reported action notes suffragettes burning a house valued at $75,000 last week and destroying property weekly. The message questions potential actions if women held voting rights, reflecting ongoing suffrage tensions and property damage discussions.
The Pickens Sentinel seeks advance word on apple cider yields from Greenville Piedmont reporters. A French aviator and a woman companion died when the woman's dress tangled in airplane machinery, raising questions about aviation safety for women pilots. Dr Webber's agricultural work on upland cotton varieties began under the US Department of Agriculture and yielded the Columbia and Keenan improvements, with continued testing and propagation noted for next week.
D R Coker of Hartsville addresses the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in Boston on the South’s new agriculture and its impact on cotton spinning. He argues longer fiber from better soil and rotation improves staple length and price, urges fairer fiber pricing, and highlights plant breeding gains and the move toward larger boll sizes for efficiency and quality.
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