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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
5
A Siberian Kor yak fur hunter dwelling features a crater like roof storage and a 90 degree vertical seal log entry. The ten foot below surface hut is heated by a grease coated log stair and a boiling blubber pot. Inside is bare, cooking seal and whale with tea and tobacco as luxuries. Dogs on the roof ward off spirits and aid luck in hunting.
Mrs Narcissa Owen mother of United States Senator Robert L Owen died at Guthrie on July 11 from injuries endured in a fall weeks earlier. A Cherokee born at Webbers Falls she wrote a history of the Cherokees and and taught in Fort Smith Arkansas. Her life bridged Civil War service with the Confederate cause and later education and art, shaping a notable lineage and enduring resilience.
The article notes sailing vessels unseen in American waters, including felucca type ships from the Mediterranean. These undecked boats rely on sails or oars, with tall masts and triangular sails, recalling old New England farm sheep in their yards.
The article catalogs Mediterranean craft such as the ketch, xebec, jabeque, tartana, and more, tracing origins from Turkish, Arabic, and European names. It also mentions a Nile dahabeah, a Bombay coast paramar, Ganges pateli, and Chinese junks, with remarks on sails, hulls, and uses, plus a Houston cotton exchange note on a second growth cotton stalk and potential double crop impacts.
Por sale wood poultry yard birds offered with pullets at 1.00 each cockroaches 1.50. An incubator and brooder also for sale at a special rate. Address Miss N McDuttle Fork, 8 C. 9-21-31.
The estate of Frank Graham, deceased, asks all indebted persons to pay and all claimants to present proofs within statute time. administrator is Robert M. Graham. Also an ad seeking a Carter-car friction drive automobile dealer in Marlboro and Dillon, South Carolina by A 1. Freeden, Agent Sz Lut.
A Freeville man H. J. Barnum endured a fever sore for years despite remedies. After Bucklen's Arnica he reports it healed with scarcely a scar. The ad touts relief for burns boils eczema cuts bruises swellings corns and piles and notes Evans Pharmacy offers it for 25 cents.
A home remedy offers a cure for lung ailments avoiding costly climates. Dr Kings New Discovery touted as king of cough and lung cures claims to treat Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Asthma, and Croup. A testimonial from W R Nelson of Calamine Arkansas cites 47 pound gain and recovery after others failed. Trials available via E Pharmacy with 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes and a free trial bottle.
Farm and timber land tracts ranging from 40 to 400 acres, both improved and unimproved, plus town lots and smaller parcels from one fourth to ten acres at Fair Bluff North Carolina. For details contact J. K. Dick Fair Bluff NC. I have some bargains that must be sold at once. S-24-41
Land listing describes 404 acres on a public road along RFP route in Robeson county near a church. 25 acres highly cultivated with 100 acres easily cleared. Several thousand feet of pine timber available. Priced at $2500.00 and offered for immediate sale.
A historic ad urges readers to “throw out the life line” to aid overworked kidneys, claiming Dean's Kidney Pills restore function. Testimonial from J F Turbeville of Florence, 8 C, cites back pain and kidney irregularities improved by the remedy.
A neighbor in Manville Wyoming recounts Mrs. W. P. Spaugh saying Dr. King's New Life Pills cured her obstinate kidney trouble and made her feel renewed. The inexpensive remedy claims relief for stomach liver and kidney issues, priced at two cents at Evans Pharmacy.
A promotional piece urges workers feeling weak and rundown to take Electric Bitters to restore tone vigor and prevent breakdown. It frames illness as a temporary condition while urging use for sustained health and productivity.
An old advertisement from Evans Pharmacy touts a product as the first dose guaranteeing satisfaction and health. It urges readers to try the item and notes the price as only 0c. for every bottle.
All persons holding claims against the estate of E Lide Berry deceased are notified to present them duly proved to the undersigned or be barred. Debtors to the estate must pay Tracey E Fore and Percy A George, Executors.
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