Lancaster and Chester Schedule Aug 24 1900 Rail Route
Westbound and eastbound schedule details show connections at Chester with Southern Railway for Charlotte and Atlanta routes, linking Lancaster and Chester with lines toward Columbia Seaboard Air Line and Camden. Timings note departures from Lancaster 6 30 am and 4 00 pm, Chester 10 80 0 am and 4 10 pm, and mention midpoints Bascombville Fortawn Richburg and namenake lines. The document presents era rail service connections and transfer points for routes to North and South Carolina, Georgia, and northern stations. President Leroy Spring noted at end.
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Sunda
So's
Nola
Nau
Chester Gywan
Richburg
Bascombville
Lancaster
Chester
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Polita North
Seas Board Ale
Atlanta
Atianta
Alay
Arith Carolina
Northwestern
Columbia
Polars
Wolt
Thern Railway
Polite
40 & GE
S11 & GE
Camden
Mortai
Points
Mliwar
Fan Inovine South
Ham
Pune
Leroy Spring
Massacre of Christians in Diateckir Kardestan
News from Constantinople reports a massacre near Diateckir Kardestan where Armenians clashed with Kurdish regulares led by Abraham Puneha. After initial fights the Armenians opened fire as reinforcements arrived, resulting in heavy casualties among Christians Turks and Kurds.
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Constantinople
Diateckir
Kardestan
Abraham Puneha
Abraham
Conductor Nullities Decision By Judge Gary
Judge Gary ruled last week that excess fare charges on unpurchased tickets are illegal. An appeal awaits before the supreme court. On the same day he paid a 25 cent excess fare to a conductor, joking that the ruling proved his liability. He kept a receipt and joked about a rebate check being cashed later.
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Newberry
Gary
Supreme Court
Abbeville
Dr Scarborough Endorses De King’s New Discovery
Hebron Ohio physician Dr M L Scarborough recalls losing his voice after a severe cold two years ago and a persistent cough. He credits De King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with rapid relief and improved health over ten days, endorsing it as guaranteed for throat and lung troubles. Trial bottles offered free.
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M. L. Scarborough
Hebron
Ohio
de King
Crawford Brow
J. F.mackey & Co
Weather crop bulletin reports mixed corn and cotton planting progress
The bulletin notes southeastern and central counties show corn nearly finished with some replanting due to poor stands and damage from birds and cutworms. Central uplands have planting well underway while western counties begin. Cotton planting is light in most areas, heavier in the east planned this week. Wheat looks promising overall with many exceptions of poor results. Oats vary greatly with few fully satisfactory local conditions.
Chronic Constipation Cure Promises Relief
An advertisement touts Casearets Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed remedy for chronic constipation. It claims genuine tablets stamped C C C and notes they are not sold in bulk, with druggists offering the product.
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C.C.C
Druggists
Roc
Funeral for Rev Talmage Held at Church of the Covenant
Funeral services were held in Washington at the Church of the Covenant for Rev. T Dewitt Talmage. The church was crowded as Dr Tennis Hamlin and Rev Thomas Chalbers Easton led the rites. Officiants included Nicola and James Demarest. The casket lay before the pulpit amid lilies and roses, with a White House wreath from President Roosevelt. The service featured hymns Lead Kindly Light Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping It is Well With My Soul. Remains depart by train to New York and interment is set for Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn.
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Washington
Church of the Covenant
T Dewitt Talmage
Tennis
Hamlin
Church of the C Covenant
Thomas Chalbers Easton
Nicola
James Demarest
Brooklyn
White House
Demarest
Talmage
Easton
Spurgeon
Tultage
Nicols
Lin
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Greenwood Cemetery
Howard Suydam
Rhinebeck
N.Y
The President's Life Insurance Policy Details
New York reports that President Roosevelt has secured a life insurance policy for 50 000 dollars and continues prior policies from his New York governorship. The total coverage is said to exceed by 15 000 to 20 000 dollars what President McKinley held at his assassination. Mrs. McKinley received about 60 000 dollars from her husband's policies. Roosevelt, upon becoming president, opted to significantly boost his life insurance.
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Roosevelt
New York
McKinley
Buffalo
Minister of Interior Slavi fies A Student Shooting
In St Petersburg on April 15 the interior minister M Sipinguine was fatally shot at 2 pm after a student disguise as an aide delivered a paper from Grand Duke Sergius. The assailant, identified as Balsahanatt, claimed riots in 1961 and said he sought revenge for not being reinstated at Kiev University.
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St. Petersburg
M. Sipinguive
Me Sipinguine
M. Sipinguine
Committee of Ministers
Imperial Council
Sergius
Sesassin
M. Sipiaguine
Balsahanatt
Kieff
M. Sipiagnine
Early Fatal Run Away and Ulcer Cured by Arnica
An Illinois man, J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove, suffered a four year leg ulcer that resisted doctors until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it. The ad promotes Arnica Salve for boils burns cuts, and skin eruptions, with 25 cent pricing at Crawford Bros. and J. F. Mackey & Co drug stores. Also promotes No-To-Po for fifty cents as a tobacco habit cure.
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J. B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Bucklen
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co Drug Store
Death of Wade Hampton Leaves Two Confederate Lieutenants
Wade Hampton dies leaving only Gordon and Longstreet as surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederate army.
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Wade Hampton
Gordon and
Longstreet
Hall's Catarrh Cure Booster Ad Reward Promise
A vintage notice proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure. The unsigned signatories, a wholesale druggist and a local pharmacist, vouch for the seller's honesty and recommend Hall's Pills as the best remedy.
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Wicheney & C
Trespass Notice on Martin and Mill Beckon tracts in 1902
A 1902 notice warns all persons against trespassing on the Martin and Mill tract east of the Catawba river and the Beckham tract bounded by the Fitzpatrick lands and Reed lands. It states legal action will follow and lists D L Adams, Carter Adams, and Chas F Adame dated March 20, 1902.
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Martin and Mill
Catawba River
Abe Culp
W. McD Brown
J. M. Fitzpatrick
T. M. Fitzpatrick & Bro
Reed
Carter Adams
Chas
F. Adame
Mar
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Atlinta
N.C
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Aventis Caneaster
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Sim Jones
Walker Lewis
Harvie Jordan
John Temple Graves
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Rancastor
Ooumzivs Eet
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Br. Talmage
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Philadelphia
Minister of Interior
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W. ©. Alverson
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Spartanburg County
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