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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1913
Page
3
The verse contrasts opulent living with inner fault and weariness. A couple enjoys wealth, servants, big car, and travel while the speaker hints at a hidden flaw in their relationship, suggesting dissatisfactions behind outward ease and a choice driven by wealth.
An assortment of comic dialogue and verse fragments features a young bard styled with Byron comparisons, a matinee idol resisting roles, a preacher and heiress wedding with bonuses, and light wordplay on poetry and parsnips. The lines mix social satire, theatrical vanity, and playful mishearings in quick exchanges.
The item claims despondency is caused by indigestion and constipation and that relief comes quickly after taking Chamberlain's Tablets. It notes the product is sold by all dealers with Ady as the agent.
Dear editor notes little news as residents share recent calls and visits. J HK, Nix and wife return from Salem. Inez Lumpkin visits Norris friends. Minnie Nix stays with Miss Sarah McCalister. Mrs Dalton and Mrs Mauldin improve after illness. Claude Hunter, Horton families visited Norris. B F Mauldin family from Central visited Lumpkins. Bess Dalton visits Greenville. Claud Thomas and wife visit W E Curtis family. end of note.
Mrs. Sarah I. Dun san of Tipton Iowa recalls a severe winter cold in her son. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, purchased from local dealers, with stopping the cough and curing the cold completely. Ad.
A reader letter from Pickens reports a revival at Tabor Methodist Church led by Bro. Charlie Anderson from August 17 to 24. The writer notes a crowded house, at least fifty conversions, five new members, and reconciled old grudges with shared faith and praise.
A letter from T. J. Mauldin urges a proposed mountain highway from Anderson to Lake Toxaway via Easley and Pickens. It argues the route is shorter, passes through populated areas, uses existing roads, and could attract funding and local support if engineers survey it.
Mrs. C. J. Martin of Boon Mill Virginia says five years of stomach trouble left her unable to eat. After taking three bottles of Chamberlain's tablets she weighs 168 pounds, can eat freely, and feels better than in ten years. She offers to confirm with locals. Adv.
A Catron Kentucky letter tells how Bettie Bullock suffered four years with womanly troubles and near bed rest until her husband gave Cardui. She reports renewed strength walking two miles and doing her work. The Chattanooga Medicine Co advertises Cardui as a tonic for women with instructions for treatment and a 64 page booklet.
Fragmentary excerpt mentions Mary with a calf and a rustler motif. Limited readable names include Mary and a reference to a rustler, suggesting a rural crime or dramatic scene. No clear date, place, or outcome is discernible from the legible text.
An advertisement warns against mercury containing ointments for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as safe and effective taken internally. It claims no mercury and cites testimonials with Druggists selling at 75 cents per bottle. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Churches are urged to each set their own apportionments for objects and report to the association meeting for minutes. The form lists suggested gifts to State Missions 25.00 Foreign Missions 20.00 Home Missions 10.00 Old Ministers 10.00 Ministerial Education 5.00 Six Mile Academy 10.00 Current Expenses 2.00
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