Major curbs on patent medicines and ciders issued
Chief Constable Hammett released a state circular barring about thirty patent medicines and ciders from sale without prescription. The State chemist analyzed the items and listed their spirit proofs, directing division chiefs and constables to enforce the new regulations.
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Columbia
Hammett
Constabulary
Notes on Burr trial and Alston pardon tale
A reader corrects dates and details of a Herald history on Aaron Burr's 1807 treason case. The letter contests Burr’s arrest location, confirms Joseph Alston was not South Carolina governor, and recalls a pardon scene with Governor Williams on horseback and a Charleston brass band.
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Aarron Burr
Pinckney and
Alston
South Carolina
Herald
Willtiams
Charleston
Thomas