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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
6
An advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as effective for kidney trouble. It cites a Life Insurance examiner noting many applicants are rejected because kidney disease goes unnoticed. The ad invites readers to request a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton, New York.
London Answers quotes Turner and Brookes debating whether theory or practice more effectively raises a man’s wages. The exchange contrasts hopeful theory with practical wage growth arguments.
Ramsey faces pressure from Dora Yocum toward enlisting as war looms. Fred Mitchell questions his stance while Ramsey reassesses loyalty to friends and country. Their campus dialogue shadows a larger debate about duty and principle amid impending conflict.
The scene shifts as campus life loses its focus on sports and honors. Fred Mitchell accuses Dora of pacifist actions, while Ramsey remains distant. The group's mood shifts toward confrontation with Germany, foreshadowing deeper conflicts.
The article explains that compass needles do not reverse when crossing the equator. It notes that in the northern hemisphere the north-seeking end points to the magnetic north pole, while in the southern hemisphere the south end guides direction. A Mark Twain quote about blushes closes the piece.
A tombstone on an unused plot in Calvary cemetery was ordered seized and sold at auction by Justice Munc Crate in Queens Supreme Court to satisfy an unpaid balance. The monument was commissioned by Joseph Brandl in August 1920 for 1250 dollars. he paid 475 and buried his family in the lot, but missed further installments.
In New York, Salvatore Varotta, whose five year old son Giuseppe was kidnapped and drowned in the Hudson River in 1921, faces Black Hand threats as he plans a monument with a portrait and inscription honoring the boy. He recalls warnings from an operatives who visited his pushcart and warned him to drop the plan.
Lieut. J. O. Sanderson, flying near Quantico naval airfield, chased a flock of birds when a large eagle crashed into his plane's wire brace breaking it and injuring the craft. the eagle, seven feet wingspan, became entangled in the brace and died.
Orville Callaway, 23, was struck by lightning while sitting in his rooming house in Fort Wayne Indiana. Teath Hutson, his sister in law, nearby at the time, was shocked but not seriously hurt. Callaway was taken to a hospital where doctors say he will recover.
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