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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Six-Sixty-Six cn as a prescription mixture for malaria or chills and fever. It promises five or six doses will break a case and that taken as a tonic prevents fever recurrence. Price listed as 25¢.
A tale from Pearson's Weekly recalls Sir William Harcourt about to enter a hansom when a friend in a brougham offers a lift. He accepts and tips a shilling to the young driver who says he is only a boy. The driver notes the fright he gave the boss.
A brief dialogue shows an American officer questioning a Mexican refugee about leaving Mexico. The refugee replies he did not want to be villified. The exchange highlights tensions over reputation and national identity.
Miss Addie Dunbar recounts how Duke Kahanamoka of Honolulu, a world champion swimmer, saved her from a shark and later from drowning when her boat capsized near San Francisco. The rescues occurred within hours of each other as she roamed the coast.
A 19th century advertisement claims Elixir Babek cures chills fever and ague with quotes from a George In of Company G 4th Battalion. It lists price at 50 cents and distribution through druggists or Parcels Post prepaid via Kloczewski Co Washington. The text also mentions a violent pound party at Mike O Rourke s and a fatal assault on Barney O Flannigan with Pat McGinnis involved.
Careful shoppers are urged to examine every bottle of SASTORIA for infants and children. Ensure it bears the signature and imprint indicating use for over 20 years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A brief exchange between speakers jokes about the sugar trade. The line About refining tendencies plays on the idea of refining and suspicion in commerce, delivered in a witty two person exchange.
A jumbled text notes a daughter studying pyrogra phy and questions about making mince pie with other Einds. It also mentions a man who kicks when receiving short weight and asserts he does not always give 36 inches for a yard.
A playful exchange centers on Knicker’s jealousy over Bocker’s belief that every cover girl resembles her, revealing comic romantic tension and vanity in a lighthearted dialog.
Allen’s Foot Powder promises rest and comfort for tired swollen feet. Sold widely for 2 cents with a free sample offer by mail to Olmsted LeRoy N Ady.
A Kansas Editor recounts an incident where a new student assigned to the back office throws type out the window. Mr. Brown confronts the student, who replies that the type has no letters, remarking that it is all right because it is discarded.
Mrs J R Greggs of Glenns P O Va recounts a year of severe itching and sores on her baby. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as bath and topical treatment the child improved and was cured within two weeks. The ad promotes Cuticura products available worldwide with free samples via Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A McPherson county boy sought a bicycle from his grandmother by nagging prayers. After omitting her name from his daily blessing, his mother pointed out the lapse and the boy retorted that grandma must “come across” before more prayers are doled out.
Dr Alexis Carrel criticizes the unhealthy life of the American business man citing a multi millionaire who ruined his health by long hours. The aged man recalls working 18 hours daily and learns that age brings wisdom but little time to use it.
Garrett King of Reno endorses a wife who sues for divorce after long deception. He quips that people say ignorance is bliss, but once known, bliss collapses into trouble.
Critics say Queen Mary speaks with focus at first then loses the thread, becoming abstract and silent. The piece notes her practice of preparing topics in advance to ensure steady discussion and cites Miss Muriel Wilson as an example of social impact in court circles. It also details court invitation practices and the role of the lord chamberlain and the queen in approving lists for royal events.
Viscountess Chinda wife of Japan's ambassador to the United States enters Washington drawing room with American manners and dress. She speaks fluent English, has lived in San Francisco Shanghai The Hague St Petersburg Tokyo and Berlin, and has raised six children with four living.
Maj. Gen. William W. Wotherspoon, assistant chief of staff, selected to succeed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood as chief of staff when Wood’s term ends April 22. Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott to be assistant chief of staff and Wood to command the eastern department. Wotherspoon is renowned for war theory and tactics while Scott, formerly Military Academy superintendent, helped quell the Navajo uprising.
Secretary Daniels issues navy wide prohibition of alcoholic liquors aboard ships effective July 1. All officers and enlisted men barred from wine messes and drink, with officers held responsible for enforcement. Army action may follow, but no advance discussion before War Secretary Garrison.
The U S battleship squadron including Arkansas and New Jersey travels via wireless from Charleston toward Tampico. South Carolina joins from Santo Domingo as Rear Admiral Badger commands. An equipment inspection was conducted. speed noted near 12 knots. President Wilson announces the wedding of his daughter Jeanor Randolph Wilson to Secretary McAdoo for May 7, to be held privately with only the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall invited.
A Louisville woman recounts severe postpartum illness and how Cardui, a woman's tonic, restored her strength. Her story urges others to start treatment early. The column also notes a French convict in New Caledonia earning $5,000 yearly on a coffee plantation after release.
A hundred years ago Napoleon faced defection and opposition as allies captured Paris. He brooded at Fontainebleau yet kept a faint hope to recapture the city. He offered abdication in favor of his son, but the offer was dismissed by the allied sovereigns who planned Bourbon restoration.
A large red vehicle struck a pedestrian, rolling him in mud. The owner returned in a frenzy and asked a doctor if the victim was dead. The doctor reassured him the man was alive, merely run down.
A. de la Torre Jr., ex U S Inspector of Immigration Port of San Francisco, commends Peruna catarrh remedy for personal health benefits and for friends. He says he will promote it as the remedy for catarrh, noting gratitude for improved health.
Louis W. Hill reserves a forested site at Glacier Park Station for a buffalo skin tepee replica. The historic tepee, once the Blackfeet council lodge, rests within a modern lodge complex and is described as possibly the only surviving buffalo skin tepee from bow and arrow days.
Berlin paleontologist Dr Hans Rock reports a perfectly preserved fossil skeleton from German East Africa. Found in diluvial desert canyon tufa limestone, the skeleton shows advanced features and suggests a highly developed early human race in Africa during a glacial period alongside extinct elephants hippos and huge apes.
Boston reports the Farm and Trades school celebrating 100 years of training boys in practical pursuits. It is the nation’s oldest of its kind and helped pioneer sloyd teaching and student government. Speakers included President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard and Charles Evans of the Chicago Historical Society.
Albert W. McIntyre, former Colorado governor of 1894, escorted by his wife into Everett court, faced separation as Dr. Ida Noyes McIntyre won a divorce on the sole ground of non support. The pair departed arm in arm, presenting a stark reversal of their earlier nuptial scene.
Reno Nevada George Wingfield a mining and banking magnate said in an interview that if Nevada grants women the vote he would sell his mining farming and banking interests and leave the state highlighting the suffrage controversy of the era.
Boston report notes Dr. A. M. Bradford advises obese individuals to forswear chairs and sit on the floor as a method to lose weight. The suggestion appears in a health column promoting simple, low-tech remedies for obesity.
Henry Ochs a New York chauffeur received 20 days in jail after driving on the wrong side of the street to avoid striking a woman. The case centers on reckless driving and endangerment of a pedestrian.
Elias Howe invited Miss Elizabeth Kilbourn the first woman to stitch on a sewing machine. Kilbourn, then a private school teacher in New Hartford, is now in a Connecticut hospital. Howe, once very poor, sharpened knives and did odd jobs before perfecting the machine and later forming a trio with Wheeler and Wilson in Bridgeport, where Howe grew rich.
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for eczema tetter ring worm and rashes claiming rapid relief and safe use even for babies. It notes hospital doctors have prescribed it for eighteen years and lists prices 50¢ 1.00 and 25c. It also includes a brief comic line about a lawyer cross examination.
Advertisement for G B Williams Liver and Kidney Pills from Quitman Georgia claims calomel is injurious and that the pills stimulate the liver and bowels without weakening after effects. 25c per bottle with free sample by request. A narrative section notes an angry father arriving on the scene as a swain lies on a sidewalk.
An advertisement urges good health with Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills priced for nightly use. It offers a free trial box and lists 372 Pearl Street, New York, as the contact point.
Fragments show a flirtatious exchange with Ethel denying kisses and Jack retorting with mutual stubbornness. The text also advertises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach and liver health and various quick quips and ads.
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