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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1904
Page
1
A long editorial reflects on the value of a town newspaper and the editor’s role in public improvement. It questions reader support while defending steady work and the editor’s diligence in presenting town interests to the public.
A fragment notes Chester County's reputation for lawful citizens and mentions a historic court session where grand and petit juries were discharged in one day, highlighting an unusual speed for spring term proceedings.
In Winchester area a man ill with stomach and liver pains found quick relief after trying King's New Life Pills. He purchased them for 25 cents at Ford Bros J Mackey & Funderburk Pharmacy Drug Store.
A string of suicides and deaths were reported among six victims in a single day. One person drank carbolic acid, another hanged himself, and a youth, 17, died by his own action. Names include Brooks, Betham, Finney, Levy, Bertone, Bender, and Tos, with various circumstances noted.
Fall River firms controlling 65 textile mills agreed to curb output by shutting two days weekly amid unsettled cotton and cloth markets. Twenty of the city’s corporations in the print cloth sector join the plan as production slows and markets adjust. The program starts next Thursday and continues indefinitely.
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