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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1921
Page
4
The Dispatch New apologizes for cancellation of items due to engine trouble and balky type causing omissions across sections. Readers and correspondents are asked to bear with us as the disruption was unavoidable and will be corrected in future editions.
The Dispatch-News endorses justice through courts while condemning reckless driving and gunfire on public highways. It agrees police roles are hazardous but maintains the shot was unnecessary and that all citizens are equal before the law, including rural officers. The piece notes Dr Harmon should speak for himself and cites Mr Lown’s defense as untimely. Mar 3.
The Ladies Aid Society of St Stephen's Lutheran church will host a benefit supper on the courthouse grounds next Tuesday evening from 7 to 9. Sandwiches salads cake and ice cream will be served and the public is invited.
The Harmon Drug Company store in Tixall extends its Anniversary Sale through July with special prices on stationery toilet preparations tooth and hair brushes shoe polishes remedies pure food products and household essentials. Prices end August 1st and customers are urged to call during July to secure needs.
A letter from Governor W. P. G. Harding discusses difficulties in rediscounting eligible paper for member banks amid loan pressure. He notes the Fed will support banks with a broad, liberal policy and that each Federal Reserve bank board must judge soundness of rediscount requests. The response urges prompt public notice of policy on rediscounting rotten loans.
Harmon Drug Company promotes a ten day anniversary sale featuring a wide range of home essentials. The Rexall store offers stationery, toiletries, brushes, soaps, dyes, polishes, Rexall and Standard remedies, pure food products, and more at greatly reduced prices, with some items half price. customers urged to shop early as stock sells quickly.
Fragmentary readable bits mention a person and a location but lack coherent events or dates. The text is garbled with partial phrases and stray names, offering no distinct incident or outcome to summarize as a news item.
In a senate hearing the health governor discusses bringing taide activities to light. County Agent Ward demonstrates a method to test for poisoning with a lab exhibit. A large crowd views the display as farmers react to the shown results and note improved cow health after the procedure.
Oddly garbled text appears to advertise Rexall and Riker remedies with references to discounts and a sale. It mentions special values, toiletries, cosmetics, teeth and hair brushes, pure foods, and cosmetics in a cut price Harmon by Co. sale context unsure due to text quality.
The article extols the Character Cloth project by an industrial school run by the Methodist church, staffed by Textile Industrial Institute students. It highlights civic financing, non profit motives, and a weekly schooling model paired with mill work. It notes endorsement from prominent figures and showcases cloth quality and wash resilience with testimonials.
Barbecue notice to contractors cites a firm deadline in July at Steedmin. It requires bids for building work and outlines application timing and submission steps. The fragment references the project scope and contracting authority while indicating an upcoming team or site name and timeframe.
J. VP. Clay, a Lexington farmer, describes kidney trouble including frequent urges, nocturnal awakenings, and burning during urination. After two boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills his symptoms eased quickly and he praises the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. markets Doan’s Kidney Pills nationwide for this condition.
South Carolina Lexington County probate judge cites heirs and creditors of Mary M G Saylor to appear in the Court of Probate on July 1, 1921 to show cause why administration should not be granted and to address the estate and effects.
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