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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
5
Beautifel Track and General Farm 2131 Bictone. all in cultivation. Nice home, fine orchard. $3,500 with crops. Jas. W. Loni, lil Main Street, Richmond, Va.
A traveler at Marienbad mistakes Sir Herbert Tree for Beerbohm Tree. The actor denies the resemblance, apologizes for the confusion, and explains he looks unlike the famous pictures. The stranger repeats his mistaken impression but leaves without incident.
An advertisement touts Rub-My-Tism for rheumatism and aches with a 25 cent price. It notes a debate over where to place Pilgrim's Progress with a travel book, and includes a testimonial claiming Elixir Babek cures chills and malaria. The medicine is priced at 50 cents and available from Kloczewski & Co. in Washington, DC.
A bright note discusses a writer able to use both hands with equal skill. The advertisement touts Hanford's Balsam as a merit based sold product, highlighting versatility and quality.
A fragmented dialogue explores fashion, marriage, and social judgment. Madge jokes about seeing herself through others eyes while discussing slit skirts. Marjorie and others debate parental approval and life’s ups and downs as a couples’ path unfolds in a salon scene.
Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar, recently named mediator at the Niagara Falls peace conference, is praised as one of the most agreeable figures on the high bench. President Taft reportedly joked about a golf cabinet, but Lamar denies any golfing habit, describing his recreation as social companionship and study. He was a Georgia judge before his nomination and emphasizes humble, practical law practice.
Gen Alfred Mills, head of militia affairs, says the national guard is better equipped trained and officered than ever, suggesting readiness if states' militia are called. The piece highlights Mills reform of West Point and explains earlier resistance from officers and impact of Roosevelt and McKinley on his appointment.
F W Lehmann born in Prussia and raised on a farm before moving to Cincinnati. He pursued sheep tending in Nebraska then studied at Tabor College Iowa, earning honors in 1873. In St Louis he became a leading lawyer and noted bibliophile with a prized Dickens collection, famed for Burns poetry as a kept favorite.
Illinois Senator James Hamilton Lewis rejects jokes about his appearance and beard. He defends his career and taunts journalists to focus on real innovation rather than personal jests.
In two Russian medical journal articles Dr. Tatevosoff highlights ordinary snuff tobacco as a simple remedy. He reports a case of chronic chest symptoms relieved after applying a pinch of powder into the nose until sneezing occurred, with rapid improvement noted after initial treatment.
Le-Mrs. Liza Barber from Mangham reports using Cardui the woman's tonic during a West and Middle Tennessee trip. She credits two bottles with restoring health and urges other women to use it. The piece notes Cardui’s claimed >1 million users in 50 years. It then shifts to a Paris painters tale about Carl Gent and John Singer Sargent.
A Baltimore police officer named John T. Carroll reports long suffering from eczema on the hands. He credits Hancock's Sulphur Compound and Ointment with rapid improvement and complete cure after X-ray treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
After Jack Sullivan accused Becker of being framed by gamblers he left the stand in a rage, defying everyone and answering as he wished. Friends urged him to cool off with a drink, but he refused, joking he needed a long snooze in an icehouse. Cures ivy poisoning with Hanford's Balsam.
In a tense domestic scene at the parlor, a man rejects a woman's plea for space. He removes her ring, secures cushions, holds the dog, grabs a chair, pockets chocolates, and stuffs flowers in his mouth. He promises to send a messenger for the rest.
John D. Wells of the Buffalo News spoke at Sher wood New York where an elderly listener watched him closely. She revealed she was not impressed by his words but sought any relation to the Wells family in Jamestown.
A dialect exchange questions adopting a title for a black church publication. The speakers debate whether to call the second periodical the Colored Supplement, arguing against imitating white groups and suggesting alternative naming.
Advertisement states Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills are sold with and without soluble sugar coating. They regulate the bowels invigorate the liver and purify the blood.
A party of ten led by Bishop Lucas and Archdeacon Whitaker departs Edmonton for the North chasing a legendary gold mine between Fort McPherson and Herschel Island. Whitaker recounts a prior expedition where nine men found a mine but, after seven died on the return, the remaining two failed to replicate the route and the mine was lost.
More than ten thousand attended the unveiling of a Titanic heroes monument in London. Sir Archibald Denny praised Titanic engineers for their relentless duty from boiler room to boiler room, saving precious time for lifeboats. He likened them to Birkenhead soldiers, noting they died in darkness below deck. Bronze Glory figure crowns a boat prow pedestal.
A hive box broke on a London to Holmw wood train crossing London Bridge releasing about ten million bees toward a Suffolk bee farm. Some English bees escaped, causing a panic among travelers as a carman and clerk secured the remaining insects.
In Halsingborg Sweden merchant A Akron faces police action for breaking the Sabbath by working in his garden on Easter Sunday and Monday and for wearing only a shirt and trousers. Two officers stopped him during church service time. he said Sunday was his only leisure amid a busy week.
Mrs. Charles S. Whitman, wife of the New York District Attorney, rode a flying boat over the Hudson from Dobbs Ferry and praised the experience as wonderful. Aviator Ralph M. Brown noted she was the most composed woman passenger he had seen. In a separate ruling, a referee favored Isaac Weill in his divorce case after his wife indicated she would not contest the action.
A cruiser chaplain discreetly handed sailors small Bibles wrapped in parcels. Able Seaman Spikes received one and, after a week, claimed to have finished it quickly noting it ended with marriage and happily ever after.
A Staunton reader recalls severe scalp itching and hair loss lasting all summer. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, symptoms subsided in two weeks, as advertised with a free sample offer and Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
Yngve Langstrom, a Denver rail engineer, mocks Mexican politeness and compares a New York subway guard beating a Mexican at cards and spades. He recalls a taxi exchange in Mexico City where cabs rib each other about beards and appearances. An advertisement promotes Human Eye Balsam for eye irritation.
Emilia Pardo Bazan announces a national campaign for women’s suffrage in Spain. She is a leading Spanish writer and was named countess by King Alfonso in 1908. Spain, Greece, and Luxemburg lack organized women’s suffrage movements.
Howard Elliott, president of the New Haven lines, defended a conductor who, provoked by a passenger's insult about wrecks, reacted with a wry comment while punching tickets. Elliott distanced back talk among employees but expressed sympathy for the conductor's restraint.
The Magicians' club in London held its first annual dinner at the Hotel Cecil. Guests witnessed rapid magic effects, including potatoes turning into forks and waiters concealing soup. Mr Houdini closed the evening by extracting an egg from a bag, leaving the audience spellbound.
Luc Stafford of Minneapolis visits Chicago during a busy rush period as an Odd Fellows convention fills streets hotels and eateries. Seeking a snack, Stafford spots an IOOF sign and suggests, We can get ten off on sausage, and they enter the establishment.
For sprains, apply Hanford's Balsam thoroughly, then rub in well. The instruction emphasizes full coverage and massage to aid absorption and relief.
Miss Elsie De Wolf muses on New York democracy and snobbery with a jab at high society while cartoonish ads tease remedies for wounds and worms. The spoof humor contrasts urban grit with aristocratic disdain and sly quips about vanity and skeletons.
In Philadelphia and Providence testimonies, women report relief from displacement, bearing-down pain, and backache after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They praise improved sleep and health, with claims of returning to work and daily duties.
A thief accosted George Duryea, then fled after ripping off Duryea’s wooden leg and tossing it aside to hinder pursuit, before Duryea could attract help.
New York man Moses Oppenheimer receives $1 from the $15,000 estate of his wife the will states the children will care for him.
New York police officials consider a mendicancy measure under Police Commissioner Woods. The plan aims to curb street begging and related vagrancy issues with a citywide approach.
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