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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
8
An itinerant agent in Saratoga, ten miles east of Wilson, sells patent scales and liquorizing corn from a backroom bottle. The storekeeper tests trust, pays fifty cents for a pint of shelled corn, while the hawker exits claiming a nine dollar and eighty seven cent profit on the scales. The anecdote highlights counterfeiting and sharp dealing in a small town.
We extend heartfelt thanks to Dr Taber and many friends at Maple mill for kindness during our son Davis illness and arm amputation from injuries in the mill. Respectfully, C Grainger, Jane Granger.
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