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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
1
A Lancaster store proudly presents one of the greatest collections of spring goods ever shown on display highlighting new arrivals across clothing and home items.
E. £. CLOUD reports Mr W Nisbet of Van Wyck visited last week and learned that the handsome new brick store building of Messrs JE Nisbet & Company at Van Wyck has just received finishing touches. It stands as one of the largest and most substantial stores in the region and reflects credit on both the firm and Van Wyck. J & Nisbet, popular manager formerly with Morrow Heath Company, is well regarded and favored with hopeful prospects.
A Sandy Level Virginia man credits Dr King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds with curing a severe chest condition after other remedies failed. The ad promotes the medicine as the greatest cough and lung remedy, sold at Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Fooders Pharmacy for 50 cents to 1.00 with a trial bottle offered, and mentions Wolley's Kidney Care for kids and bladder health.
John Parks Black, year-old son of Mr. John Black, of Charlotte, died at noon today from burns suffered while playing with matches. His clothing caught fire and he died after experiencing great agony before help could reach him.
Nashville March 27. Governor Frasier vetoed a bill raising the governor salary from 4000 to 5000 dollars and later resigned to accept a United States senatorship. John J. Cox, speaker of the Senate, was sworn in as governor. Frasier also signed the anti race track gambling bill prohibiting betting with the law to take effect next December.
Lancaster county commissioners met to weigh reestablishing the chain gang for convicts, but预测 a $2,400 annual cost, increased county salaries, and Skipper trial expenses leave little money. They adjourned without action, planning to hire out convicts to Chester and seek other destinations while roads are worked. Mothers urged that Foley’s Honey and Tar is safe for children as no opiates are included.
A sharp saying contrasts chastity for women with veracity for men, asserting that all men lie and often lie more than others.
The census bureau bulletin lists 13,597,782 bales ginned in 1905 season including round and half-bale equivalents, with 13,103,447 square upland bales and 296,151 round bales. State totals for running bales include Alabama 1,458,966 and Texas 3,134,677, among others, with 192,275 bales still un ginned.
A 19th century advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant cure for headache and indigestion. It claims the pills restore health after constipation and indigestion, with a price of 25 cents at Crawford Bros J F Mackey and Co and Funderburk Pharmacy.
Florence Times reports in Charleston the grand jury declines to indict a blind tiger keeper after reviewing the evidence. The accused man said he would not have minded a fine but resents being called a liar in the courtroom.
Foley's Honey and Tar claims its cough medicine does not contain opiates and will not cause constipation unlike most similar products. Refuse substitutes sold by Fonderbark Pharmacy.
A reflective line argues that patience is scarce in current society and that women cannot reform a husband through constant nagging or tedious attempts, suggesting limits to enduring efforts in marital change.
In Spartanburg, a white man about 35 to 40, identified as D. Perotta or D. Pixotto, died after a night of heavy drinking. He was found with a bruise near the left eye and a fall in the Magnolia Street lodging, with an inquest attributing death to brain concussion and mystery over whether a blow or fall caused it. In Travelers Rest, Elijah Assett, a prominent farmer, suffered severe leg injuries at the Blue Ridge oil mill when a conveyor pulled in his foot. surgery amputated his leg below the hip, with reports hopeful for recovery.
A fragmentary line about a woman holding a baby in each arm contrasts with a proverb on restraint, reflecting a distant era’s blunt, humorous tone. The readable portion offers a glimpse of social saying rather than a full news item.
Miss Mildred Lee youngest daughter of Robert E. Lee dies suddenly in New Orleans. General Stephen D. Lee, commanding the United Confederate Veterans, sends a sorrowful tribute praising her devotion to Confederate soldiers and her refined bearing. The death marks a distinct loss to the South and to veterans.
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