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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
3
Washington Sept 1 The Department of Agriculture cuts its forecast for the cotton crop to 7,087,000 bales of 500 pounds gross based on August 25 condition at 49.3 percent of normal. Last year’s crop was 13,439,608 bales. Decline from July 25 to August 25 was 15.4 points.
Enon section reports a revival meeting closed with 42 joiners led by Rev BB Mitchell. Social notices list visitors and visits among residents including Margie McDonald, Minnie Porter, Caro Singleton, Margaret Ropers Easley, and many local couples. A missionary from China spoke at Enon and a baptism is planned for the second Sunday in September.
Druggists prefer Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy over substitutes as the best diarrhoea medicine. They rely on customer reports about its effectiveness and dependability, despite higher profits from alternatives.
A crowd of about two hundred from this county and nearby areas gathered Sunday August 28 to honor Mrs. W. T. Day on her fiftieth birthday. Relatives and friends enjoyed flowers, a generous noon dinner under oak trees, singing led by many, and a church service by Rev. Simmons. The note praised her usefulness to the community and wished more birthdays to come.
The Norris News Letter reports eighteen baptisms led by Rev. Cox with Dr. ER Montgomery driving revival efforts. It notes a wedding of Ralph Boroughs to Zoe Zeigler, Norris school opening September 12 with new teachers and improvements including a new room desks well and concrete pump.
Anna Steese Richardson argues in People’s Magazine that industrial work, education, and shared domestic life empower women to be independent. Modern wives value business sense and mental engagement, shunning passive roles and barking husbands’ restraint.
Carbon Chick, a vanished pigment, lacks substitutes. It is made by burning natural gas in air and supplies most of the 30 million pounds used annually in US ink, polish, paste, and rubber. Only 16 to 34 percent of the gas carbon is recovered, and Elk Mikes threaten raw material shortages as no new source exists. St Perrott and R and R Thiessen, Bureau of Mines investigators, report little progress from tests with squid and other gaseous hydrocarbons.
An Indianapolis girl marries in a small town and letters home boast cheap goods and fresh produce. A grocery note claims horseradish roots were bought but the mother replies that in Indianapolis they call them parsnips, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
The ministry reports that in 1914 the average height of 288,437 conscripts was 6 feet 4 and 4/10 inches. Only 1,853 men 6 feet or shorter passed service that year, with this number rising as the war continued.
J. H. Earle Pickens also known as 8. C. Earle at Law offers practice in all courts. Office located in the courthouse and in Greenville opposite the post office. Phone 404.
Caroline asks grandmother how Nevada is bounded and Grandma remarks on travel experience. Caroline replies she travels for joy and notography. Exchange.
A local barber shop slashes prices drawing complaints from customers about unfair competition while the rival barber calls the price cut a targeted discount. The exchange highlights tensions over pricing in small business districts.
The article discusses aging men and dietary care, noting older men can live to a ripe old age with proper digestion. It mentions that even careful eaters may suffer indigestion or constipation and may need Chamberlain's Tablets to move bowels and invigorate the stomach.
Oblique dialogue about angels and dance ends with a playful exchange between Mdith and Jack in Boston Tran script.
A remark notes that the new pupil’s parents insist on proper conduct and refined study. They require avoiding vulgar fractions and focusing on reciting only proper nouns, reflecting strict expectations for her education.
A clipped clipping records a note about a woman’s aim to live a spotless life in Ife, followed by a line stating she cannot due to having an attack of the measles. The fragment hints at a social or moral judgment framed around health and propriety.
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