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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
7
A young Tommy arriving to the front asks an old timer if this is his baptism of fire. The veteran scoffs, mutters about the ordeal, and declares the experience a blooming wedding rather than a baptism.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without knowing it. Symptoms include back pain, headaches, loss of ambition, and nervousness signaling possible kidney disease. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root sold by drug stores. test with sample offer by mail.
The fragment recalls a dramatic moment where a sailor described as a kid performs an acrobatic feat. In a cryptic exchange Isis Mu Why asks why, and The Kid answers with a line about the book SYS. The scene centers on a seated posture atop his chest implying a tense, performance-like stunt.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as quick relief for eczemas and skin irritations with a promise of free samples by mail. It also notes a postcard address in Boston for Cuticura materials. A separate note mentions proposals to send Japanese weavers to Paris to run mills closed due to labor shortages.
To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. The formula on every label shows Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 60 cents. Success will go a block out of its way to dodge a lazy man.
The South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution closed its annual conference in Camden with a reception at the Savage home. Next year’s meeting invites came from Laurens and Cheraw. Cheraw won the vote to host in 1918 with Old Cheraws Chapter.
A unanimous resolution at the State Conference of Charities and Corrections renames the organization to the South Carolina Conference of Social Work. Officers elected for the year are Mrs. J. L. Coker president Rev. K. G. Finlay vice president Miss Margaret Laing secretary and George H. Huggins treasurer. The executive board includes Mrs. Thomas Silcox Dr. A. T. Jamison and Mrs. Walter Duncan.
Four hundred troops from Camp Pike Arkansas arrived at Camp Jackson next week. The Rev I Lightfoot, new Manning Baptist pastor, is to help establish a church near Camp Jackson. Governor Manning commuted Archie Smiths sentence to hospital for insane treatment. Marines at Paris Island and others will have Thanksgiving observances in Beaufort as part of a community service with a Home Hospitality day on Sunday December 2.
The draft classifications for 9,600,000 men are announced by the provost marshal general. Classes range from single men with no dependents to married men with or without children and specific dependent scenarios. Only class A men may be called, except in emergencies. Registrants have seven days to submit the questionnaire.
The promoter asserts an unlimited supply and pledges to print more as long as there is demand, countering claims of a limited stock and wheeze. He states the stock will be offered continuously to meet sales.
A fragment notes a graceful gesture as a woman stands inviting a man, alongside a remark that the scene resembles a motion picture. The lines convey a cinematic feel and suggest dramatic tension between the two figures.
Mrs. J T Stonecipher recalls a decade of severe illness with weakness and pain in the right side. After doctors offered surgery and ineffective medicines, she improved dramatically and was cured using Cardul after guidance from her husband. The ad urges Cardul as a remedy for similar symptoms.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County sworn statement by Frank J Cheney senior partner of I J Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay 100 for any catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The document dated December 6 1886 notes the medicine is taken internally and works through mucous surfaces. Notary A W Gleason seals the record.
A garbled dispatch hints at a homicide case being pursued after an off duty tip. Authorities, including the Wide-Sus unit, seek to trace a suspect connected to the interior city scene. No names or dates are clearly readable in the fragment.
An advertisement touts MOTHER'S JOY SALVE as a cure for colds coughs croup pneumonia asthma and catarrh. It urges immediate use and claims to improve women’s complexions while noting that seeing isn’t always believing.
An old nationwide advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup for coughs bronchitis and colds settled in the throat. It claims fifty one years of use across the United States providing a good night's rest and easy morning expectoration with soothing effects. It lists price as 30 and 90 cent bottles and notes availability in civilized countries.
A doctor urges a patient to take interest in outdoor sport while the patient claims already active. The dialogue references daily readings and personal health practices in a concise exchange.
A terse remark notes that a group failing to distinguish right from wrong nearly always commits error, hinting at recurring moral misjudgments within the clan.
An article promotes backache relief through kidney health, claiming toxins and urine buildup cause pains. It recommends meat restriction, water intake between meals, and taking Anurie tablet before meals, with a trial offer and a larger package price, attributed to Dr. Pierce of Buffalo.
A collage of snippets notes cheering soldiers, health quackery ads for Dr Mervee's Pleasant Pellets and Wright's Separable Pile safeguard, a Cleveland propulation claim, and a Washington drugging letter touting Elixir Babek with a sales pitch. Also a joke about a girl kissing a man for reprisals.
Fragmentary text discusses health ideas, love and danger, mentions Dr Peery and remedies for worms and tapeworms. No clear event or persons with verifiable context.
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