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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
6
A Graniteville Vermont letter praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective for nervousness and change of life symptoms. The ad touts wide endorsements, claims cures for female complaints, and urges trial as a low cost aid for women through menopause and related issues.
A New York friend of Cuticura relates a three year old boy aboard an Atlantic voyage ate an entire box of Cuticura Ointment crackers and all. The note claims it proved pure and harmless and that the ointment’s ingredients are safe for children, while promoting other Sloan remedies for horses and humans with various testimonials.
A fragmented notice hints at new investors joining a syndicate tied to mining property with strong potential. It invites full details via interview or letter from W. N. Newnill of East 45th Street, New York. An ad for Cuids and Grip promotes a medicinal remedy and promises money back if not effective.
A collection of aphorisms on human folly and family life. It notes that quarrels need two, divorce needs three, the hog bears misjudgments, envy of others fails to weed one’s own patch, and that a man may be a genius only if driven to work.
Government issued circular extols stamped envelopes to replace adhesive stamps citing fewer losses and easier postage, offering customization for bulk buyers and protection against misdelivery. The piece also notes rising illicit whiskey activity in Alabama Georgia and North Carolina tied to mail and tax enforcement, plus Tariff bill debate and pulpwood shortages threatening future paper supply.
Experiments on forest conservation byproducts focus on corn stalks among other plants like cotton stalks flax sugar bagasse tule rice straw okra. While results are not yet conclusive for commercial scale, corn stalks show the most promising outlook with paper quality finer than wood pulp.
A woman assisting in a blackmail plot was shot by birdshot while picking up a decoy after banker N G Read received a demand for 30000 dollars. A male companion escaped unharmed and is sought by police. The injured woman, Miss Zella Clark, a domestic, was jailed after identification.
A telegram from the Echague constabulary reports the body of Dr William Jones, anthropologist at the Columbian Museum in Chicago, slain by hill tribesmen about fifty miles south of Echague while studying wild hill tribes for a detailed report on their customs and traditions.
Providence report notes the three masted schooner Donna Briggs sails for Philadelphia under a rare charter. For six months she will carry snuff between Norfolk and Philadelphia, 200 tons per trip, with tobacconists claiming each pound yields about 2,016 sneezes and the ship will hold over a billion sneezes on deck per voyage.
A sunny morning on a lake beach prompts Madeline Johnson to aid a hungry Italian man named Antonio and his dog Ike. Sheia helps by taking him to neighbor Mrs Gillespie who translates and arranges food, leading to Antonio locating his brother and joining his family with gratitude to Madeline. Susie Smith reports in the Weekly Witness.
The oblong silhouette dominates future high class dresses and gowns, with variations by makers. The princess dress remains prevalent but varied, some outfits resembling tailored suits, others fitted to the hip line with skirts added below. Some bodies use plaits stitched into the hips, then fall free.
A Saturday morning blaze gutted the Hughes Building at Middle and Pollock streets in Newbern. The Delmonico Cafe and George B. Waters cigar and stationery store were housed there. An explosion in Waters store injured a firefighter, and total loss reached about $4,000 with $1,200 insured. Waters carried $1,300 in coverage and about $2,500 in stock.
Reid Whitford of the United Stat eeering department has spent days in Wilkes and nearby counties investigating deforestation over the last 20 years. He seeks to determine its impact on Yadkin river water levels and floods, to find means to prevent yearly overflows, and to explain periods of drought if deforestation is not responsible. The piece also notes the University’s new building site at Bull and Pendleton streets, opposite the existing classroom building on Bull and Green, aligning with expansion plans.
Dr. Charles Alphonso Smith of the English department has accepted a call to the University of Virginia to chair English, not Teutonic languages. Negotiations have spanned about a year, urged by Dr. James A. Harrison. Smith says the move expands his service while his loyalty to UNC and North Carolina remains strong.
In Winston-Salem a section of the east approach to the bridge over the Yadkin at North Wilkesboro collapsed as Elder J. Frank Hutchenson a Primitive Baptist preacher crossed with his buggy two mules and the vehicle plunged twenty feet into the river. Hutchenson died within thirty minutes the buggy was demolished and the mules were crippled. The condemned bridge had been opened by public insistence for use at the time of the accident.
A Charlotte Mecklenburg committee pressed President Taft last week to attend the May 20 1909 celebration of the Declaration of Independence. The President stated he had not heard of the event before and did not confirm plans.
A fire in Salisbury Saturday morning destroyed the Kincaid Veneer Plant, long idle and under receivership after being advertised for sale in April. A spark from a passing train started the blaze, discovered by a night watchman, with insurance reported at 6500 dollars.
Hobson Martin, son of a respected Durham family, was ordered Saturday morning by the recorder to the Jackson Training School for theft of a purse and a small amount of money. He has not been considered incorrigible and was the first Durham youth sent to the reformatory.
This sermon recounts Peter’s imprisonment and miraculous deliverance by an angel as the church prays unceasingly. It emphasizes praying unto God with unwavering faith and unity, the pace of deliverance, and the role of Rhoda amid unbelief. The narrative urges steadfast obedience to God and persistent prayer in crisis.
A small boy speaks plainly to his mother about the water’s quality. The boy asks for a cup, but none exists, so he must drink uphill where the spring is said to flow. The exchange conveys simple rural humor through a child’s unconventional expression.
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