After Effects of Measles in Coal Creek Tenn
Mrs. U. S. Fritts recalls her experience with Thedford's Black-Draught after her family’s measles. She reports her five year old son James recovered from diarrhea and swelling with three daily doses for a month, calling the remedy their doctor and recommending it to neighbors. The ad promotes Black-Draught as a pure vegetable liver medicine aiding constipation indigestion and biliousness.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Uves
U. S. Fritts
Thedford
James
Relef
Parlor whispers hint at shared sorrows and trouble
In a Chicago Herald fragment a woman asks to share every sorrow after a parry and kiss. The same lady, two years later, laments Tom’s constant tales of work to pay the bills, signaling ongoing domestic strain.
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Aucin
Tom
Chicago Herald
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Claims Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles urging readers to buy at local drugstores or order a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York. The copy claims years of tested results and broad availability.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Frances E. Morss
York Ave
Spokane
Wast
Exterminator of Hfe Kaiser's World War Role Claimed
A German forestry journal is cited to claim the Kaiser as prime instigator of the present world conflict and responsible for the slaughter of millions. It provides figures noting 1908 deaths of nearly 2,000 wild game animals and a total score surpassing 61,700 pieces, including over 4,000 stags.
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Hfe
Kaiser
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Claims Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as quieting coughs soothing sore throat and lung inflammation. It claims a fifty two year American history and usefulness for lung trouble asthma croup bronchitis and related ailments sold in all civilized countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Not Taking Any Chances With Street Caution
A mother cautions Donald about street safety as he prepares to play. He responds with a comic plan to look up and down every street and even into the sky for airplanes, illustrating cautious optimism.
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Donald
Red Cross seals raise nearly ten thousand for TB work
South Carolina Anti Tuberculosis Association closes 1917 seal drive with 9982.87 raised toward 10000. Greenwood leads in per capita sales. Richland tops counties for nurse funding. A Palmetto State Association group sold seals within its race and raised 388.86. The program aims to fund trained public health nurses statewide to educate on home care and prevention.
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Columbia
South Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
L. A. Riser
Association
Greenwood County
Richland
Orangeburg
Greenwood
Palmetto State Association
South Carolina
National Association
J. O. Barber
Richburg
Milos
Martin
Strother
B. Ellis
Alma Myers
Government Seeks Castor Beans for Oil and War Needs
The article publicizes castor oil beans as a potential crop for wartime oil supply. Phillip H. Arrowsmith, Williamsburg county food administrator at Lake City, urges farmers to inquire about suitability, outlining government seed supply by April 20, cost about 60 cents per acre, and a $3 per bushel government purchase.
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Phillip H. Arrowsmith
Williamsburg County
Lake City
Food Administration
Arrowsmith
Williamsburg
County Food Administrators Named At Columbia Meeting
A list of county food administrators was announced at a Columbia gathering. Names span Abbeville to York with officials including S. G. Thomson, Herbert FE, J. K. Breeden, Joe Cabell Davis, W. M. Otis, J. B. Lee, Foster N. Martin, and J. Frank McEwee among others, plus assistants BE and Montague Triest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Abbeville
S. G. Thomson
Colleton
F. W. Risher
Darlington
T. C. Cork
Dillon
Joe Cabell Davis
Dorchester
W. B. Utser
Edgefield
J. L. Mims
Mairfield
W. R. Doty
Florence
L. Willcox
Georgetown
S. M. Kard
Greenville
F. FL Beattie
Meenwood
Kirby Snead
Josiah J Evans
Newberry
Foster N. Martin
Oconee
LL. Herndon
Orangeburg
W.e. Derrick
Pickens
Sam B. Craig
Richland
W. M. Otis
Saluda
J. A. Carson
Spartanburg
J. B. Lee
Sumter
G. A. Lemmon
Union
Lowndes Browning
Williamsburg
J. D. O'Bryan
York
J. Frank McEwee
J. 8. Johnson
Reardon
Charleston
Montague Triest
South Carolina Berkshire Swine Association Formed
A enthusiastic meeting at the Jefferson Hotel established the South Carolina Berkshire Association to promote Berkshire swine in the state. Officers elected include Mrs Mfird of Lexington as president, J C Brady of Dillon as vice president, and Mrs Moss of St. Matthews as secretary and treasurer. An executive committee was named with J A Shanklin of Columbia J lm Cut her son of Laurens HW p Stewart of Clinton Zed L Williams of Columbia and J T Willlard of Spartanburg.
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Jefferson Hotel
South Carolina
J. Lm. Cutherson
Laurens
P. Stewart
Clinton
Zed L. Williams
Columbia
J.T. Willlard
Spartanburg
Seed Potatoes Sent For State Use By Hoffman
262 cars of seed Irish potatoes have been forwarded for use in the state. F W Hoffman, representing the food administration and the farm demonstration, notified Dr. W W Long at Clemson College of the shipment and its purpose.
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W. W. Long
Clemson College
F. W. Hoffman
Food Administration
Charleston Firms Seek Capital for Real Estate Ventures
Lincoln Leasing Company of Charleston seeks capital stock of 500 for a general real estate rental and home business with petitioners Julie Mitchell and FF Horlbeck of Charleston. Martins Mill Company of Martins Barnwell County plans a 40 000 capital stack but contemplates no general chamber and timber business with Edgars Brown and J J Bush of Barnwell as petitioners.
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Lincoln Leasing Company
Charleston
Julie, Mitchell
FF. Jf. Horlbeck
Martins’ Mil Company
Martins
Barnwell County
General Chamber
Petithonemns
Edgars Brown
J. J. Bush
Bar Wel
State Board of Education Warns of Teacher Shortage
The State board of education reports a looming shortage of teachers in South Carolina. Free tuition appeals favoring students at Clemson Winthrop the University and the Citadel were mostly granted with two cases moved to a later meeting. The spring teachers examination will be held at county courthouses on May 3.
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Columbia
South Carolina
John Mr. Swearingen
Swearingen
State Board of Education
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Swearinson
Clemson
Winthrop
University
Citadel
State Board
Prison Sentences in Federal Trial for Impersonation Scams
W Os Rogers and S J Williams pleaded guilty in a U S court to posing as government agents to sell costly books to German ancestry individuals. Both received $1000 fines and one year in Atlanta federal prison. The defendants used government links to pressure buyers into contracts, some under duress.
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W. OS. Rogers
United States
S.J. Williams
Fach
Fea. M. Smith
Atlanta
Charleston
Army units prepare for mountain artillery range training at Camp Sevier
Camp Sevier reports the Second Battalion of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Field Artillery along with Batteries D and F, under Maj. Horace Frierson, moving to a mountain artillery range 26 miles distant. Battery II from Nashville will bring four three inch rifles while other batteries march footward over two days. The First Battalion will follow, then two battalions of the Thirteenth, with Brig. Gen. Gatley relocating his headquarters to the range for continuous supervision. Health conditions at camp show improvement with 942 sick, mainly mumps, and no new pneumonia or meningitis cases this week. Two large wooden auditoriums may be built at Camp Sevier under Liberty program plans.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
One Hundred and Fourteenth Field Artillery
Horace Frierson
Nashville
Tenn
One Hundred and
G. G. Gatley
National Guard
Liberty Programs
Bethea Sends Sympathy On Dillon Soldier’s Death
Lieut John V W David of Dillon was killed in France and was a cousin and close friend of Andrew Bethea lieutenant governor Bethea spoke of avenging his death with Americas blood and treasure He was a Citadel graduate class of 1914 and the first Citadel man from South Carolina to fall in action He was the only son of his parents and a pride of Dillon county and South Carolina.
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Columbia
John VW. David
Dillon
France
Andrew J. Bethea
Bethea
David
J. W. David
America
Citadel
South Carolina
Aeion
Dillon County
Teachers Employment Bureau Established by State
The act creating a bureau of registration and employment for teachers as a branch of the State department of education was signed by Governor Manning. Rev. W. S. Stokes, reading clerk of the State senate, is placed in charge. The bureau has begun operations with a $32,000 appropriation and a $1 enrollment fee for teachers seeking employment.
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Teachers' Employment Bureau
Bureau of Registration and
State Department of Education
Manning
W. S. Stokes
Reading
State Senate
Bureau
Carrier Pigeons Trained by Signal Corps at Camp Jackson
Three Hundred Eighteenth Field Signal Battalion at Camp Jackson has been training carrier pigeons for weeks as part of its signal work. Madame Tl Ro Elkins oversees the birds as a noted element of the unit’s communication efforts.
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Jackson
Camp Jackson
Signal Corps
Mad
Ro Elkins
Hogs Sold for County Pig Clubs At Laurens
A car load of young hogs intended for county pig clubs in Laurens sold mainly to local boys for breeding at 5 Sh per pound after 124 cuts. Mitzineh McMaster of Columbia offers a prize to Mount Aion pupils writing Winnsboro history. Fire at Anderson destroys William Menefield store room with $12009 loss covered by insurance. Senators Tillman and Smith receive petition from Winthrop College students urging support for woman suffrage federal amendment.
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Laurens
Mitzineh McMaster
Columbia
Winnsboro
Mount Aion School
William Menefield
Anderson
Tillman and Smith
South Carolina
Telen Gardiner
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Jav Dred
Winthrop College
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Eases Newark Woman
A Newark New Jersey woman describes suffering a nervous breakdown with daily headaches. After two years under a physician she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, felt better from day one, and is now able to work. The letter promotes the remedy and urges publishing it.
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Ewark, N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Misa Ho Kelly
14Th St
Newark
Misa Kelly
Spelling Confusion in School Note Ends in Laughter
A pupil notes his sister’s excuse for Tommy’s absence and a teacher suspects the author. Tommy cleverly deflects blame by pointing to his mother as the spelling model, prompting a humorous exchange about spelling accuracy.
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Tommy
Smith
Imother
The Escape Excerpt Weighs Moral Judgment
An enigmatic quotation ponders weighing in the balance and exemption, reflecting on judgment and mercy as a literary aside. The fragment implies scrutiny of worth and the idea of exemption being unlikely or inappropriate.
Took the Right Train He Came Home on a Freight Train
A Buffalo Express item notes a man returning home by freight train and asks what caused his hurry. The quirky detail highlights a curious travel choice and prompts reader speculation about his motive.
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Buffalo Express
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