Dance Hall Fire Claims Dozens In Ville Platte
In Ville Platte Louisiana on November 23 a dance hall tragedy killed twenty five people mostly women and girls as a crowd stampeded down a narrow stairway. Fifteen were badly hurt and ten burned. The fire began by an oil stove explosion on the lower floor and rapid flames trapped the dancers. Rescue efforts and ambulance calls followed as bodies were identified by clothing or jewelry.
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Deville Building
Evangeline Parish
Opelousas
Bunke
Bunkie
Clerk's Sale of Pelion Lots in Fort Lands Block E
The Court of Common Pleas of Lexington County orders a public sale at the Lexington courthouse on the first Monday in December 1913. It offers town lots in Pelion, blocks B and E, described as 25 by 62 42 feet parcels adjoining Main Street and alleys, to the highest cash bidder with buyer paying recording fees and stamps.
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State of
South Carolina
County of Lexington
Joiner
Esther
Court of Common Pleas
Lexington
Court House
Pelion
T. S. Norris
Pelton
J. Lem Berry
Fifteen Foot
J. J. Shealy
H. L. Harman
Sacred heads and statuary offered in Columbia
A local notice from Columbia outlines supplying artistic headstones and statuary to mark sacred resting places at a moderate cost. The brief ad highlights availability and value for gravesites and memorials.
James Watson Endorses RAT SNAP for Hog Cholera Fight
James Watson says he never forgets the hog cholera incident and praises RAT SNAP after a vet's examination linked rodents to germs. He notes using RAT SNAP as a rat destroyer in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Harmon Drug Co sells and guarantees it.
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James Watson
Harmon Drug Co
This Means You Need Chamberlain's Tablets Now
A health notice advises that waking with a bad taste, dull fatigue, lack of appetite, and constipation signals a need for Chamberlain's Tablets. The tablets stimulate bowel movement and cleanse and invigorate the stomach to improve digestion.
Powell Spends Weekend in Lexington With Family
Mr. H. W. Powell of Edgefield Manufacturing Co. spent the weekend in Lexington with his family, visiting relatives and relaxing after a busy period at work.
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H. W. Powell
The
Edgefield Manufacturing Co
Lexington
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