Cyclone Sinks Steamship Olive Near Norfolk
A cyclone struck the passenger steamer Olive between Franklin and Edenton at 9:30 PM, tipping her and sending her to the river bottom off Wooley's River. Capt. George H. Withy and five others survived, 17 confirmed dead, with a lifeboat missing crews and passengers.
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Norfolk
Olive
Franklin
Edenton
Wooley’s River
Mount Pleasant
Oliver's Wharf
George H. Withy
Withy
Associated Press
OC. D. Conway
S. P. Murphy
J. N. Bell
State Swept by the Storm and Fatalities Across South Carolina
A severe cyclone like storm swept South Carolina on February 17, causing two deaths in Honea Path and multiple injuries and property losses across Spartanburg Anderson Aiken Laurens and other towns. Homes stores and churches were damaged or destroyed, trees fell, wires downed, and telegraph lines interrupted. Local reports cite a killed hurled into debris two youths in Honea Path and a child in Aiken County, with extensive damage to mills churches and businesses and some rescue efforts ongoing.
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Honea Path
Honey Path
W. A. Shirley
Baptist Church
Chiquola
Aiken
Aiken County
Jas. Davis
Ergles Bridge
Lake View
Moves Dorkins
Anderson
Cal~ Houn Falla
Laurens
Wm. Brown
Owings’ Station
Jno. Campbell
Will Power
Robert Stoddard
Ridgeway
Longe Town
Dr King’s New Life Pills touted for digestion relief
A local drugstore ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy to rouse lazy organs and prevent constipation. The copy contrasts pale health with fresh vigor and claims the product improves digestion. Available for 25 cents at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Go
A 350-pound meteorite arrives at the National Museum
A remarkable 350 pound meteorite from Christian county Kentucky reaches the National Museum. Geologists say it bears ultra terrestrial iron and a meteoric mineral that oxidizes rapidly. It weighs heavy enough to require several men to move. The rock is named Pallasite and may have originated from a comet tail. The curator plans to cut and polish a side for visitors.
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Washington
National Museum
Christian County
Geological Survey
Siberian
Hulf
Clemente
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Long Standing Leg Ulcer
A Franklin Grove Illinois man J B Orner suffered a four year leg ulcer that resisted doctors and remedies until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it. The ad touts the salve as effective for burns bruises skin eruptions and piles and notes a 25 cent price at Crawford Bros J F Mackey & Co drugstore.
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J. B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Bucklen
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Monument to Wade Hampton Funds Bill Passes
The Johnson amendment to divert a 20000 appropriation for a Wade Hampton monument to scholarships in South Carolina and Winthrop colleges was indefinitely postponed by Mr. Sheppard. The bill in its original form passed both houses and likely to be ratified today.
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Johnson
State House
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Winthrop
Sheppard
Viyo
Yeas
Mesars
Brice
Brown
Butler
Carpenter Davis
Deane
Dennis
Hardin
Hay
Meridon
Hood
Hydrick
Manning
Marshall
McColl
Melver
Mower
Poultroy
G. W. Ragsdale
J. W. Ragsdale
Raysor
Sharpe
Standland
Talbird
von Kolnitz
Walker
Williams
Nuys
Blake
Douglass
Forest
Gaines
Goodwin
Hough
Mayfield
McDermott
McLeod
Stackhouse
Warren
Electric Bitters praised in Lancaster tale
A Lancaster New Hampshire man credits Electric Bitters with curing years of chronic indigestion and nervous debility. He says his wife remains in excellent health and calls the tonic splendid for female troubles. Crawford Bros and J F Mackay & Co guarantee satisfaction at 50 cents.
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F. J. Green
Lancaster
N.H
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackay & Co
Epidemic Smallpox Report In Wellridge Neighborhood
Smallpox cases reported in the Wellridge area with about a dozen on Mr L B Grants property. Patients are described as all colored, with several cases in the neighborhood said to be clearing up. some white patients noted. Chester Lantern reports.
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L. B. Grant
Wellridge
Chester Lantern
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Foley
T. Eugene Funnerburk
Scott
T & Bowne
Cheminates
Faller
Spartanburg
Earle McGee
W. J. McGee
Bertie Avastin
Thomas Austin
Greenville County
Edgar Donald
J. R. Donald
A. A. Stone
P. W. Sullivan
Bank
Shirley
E. B. Culberson
Ligon & Ledbetter
Anderson Cash
Evans & Co
Dobbina’ Stable
East Boundary Street
Cowpens
Abbeville
Hammond
Jonvasville
J. B. Foster
Charleston
Florence
Wencest
Thomas
Allendale
Kentucky
General Assembly
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