Veterans Rally Dinners and Cross of Honor Pending
The Dixie Camp of Confederate Veterans met at the courthouse on Saturday April 1 with about 150 veterans present including visitors. Six veterans enlisted under the Dixie banner and ninety one applications for crosses of honor were prepared for presentation by the Daughters of the Confederacy along with about fifty blank forms for others. Delegates to the State reunion in Columbia were elected: W. G. A. Porter J. N. Eastridge W. B. Bruce with alternates W. A. Marshall W.Q. Caskey J. E. Rowell. Delegates to the United Confederate Veterans in New Orleans named W. B. Bruce J.N. Estridge S.C. Gardner and several veterans expressed intent to attend. The day featured a large picnic dinner hosted by the Lancaster Daughters of the Confederacy, followed by a formal tribute and the Rebel Yell.
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Dixie Camp of
Dixie
Daughters of the Confederacy
Columbia
W. G. A. Porter
J. N. Eastridge
W. B. Bruce
W. A. Marshall
W.Q. Caskey
J. E. Rowell
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
J.N. Estridge
S.C. Gardner
J. McCinirt
FP. M. Ellis
J.J. Reeves
Charlie Wilson
W. M. Knight
M.N. Johnson
J. W. A. Porter
J. A. Gainer
W.T. Vanlanding
Han
W. B. Steele
LS. Caskey
E. K. Plyler
Starnes
J. Hi. Caskey
J. L. Barton
L. H. Rowell
Jos. M. Caskey
W. R. Robinson
W. J. Hunter
B. F. Haile
W. T. Sistare
J. Marshew Cauthen
To Cure A Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
A vintage circuit of patent remedy claims promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Advertised refunds apply if the remedy fails to cure and bear W Grove signature on each box.
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W. Grove
Cure Blood Poison With Botanic Balm Promoted Cure
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison. It claims the product clears skin ulcers patches and sores and stops aches improves digestion and purifies blood. It invites readers to order bottles and obtain free medical advice.
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Botanic Blood Basin
Botanic
Island Balm Co
Atlanta Ga
Murder mystery over wrong target in Louisiana
New Orleans reports reveal those in Shreveport sought revenge for Mrs Matthews murder and her wounded daughter. They killed Edward Porter, mistaken for the true killer Albert Washington of Vanceville plantation. Washington was en route to Shreveport to find his wife after a separation. Police note blood on his clothes came from butchered lambs. A white woman observer recalls seeing a man leaving Matthews house around three in the morning, after Porter’s killing.
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New Orleans
Shreveport
Matthews
Edward Porter
Albert Washington
Vance and
Stinson
Vanceville
Me. Philips
Matthew
Ian Porter Matthews
Bucklen's Amnica Salve advertised for skin ailments
An old advertisement extols Bucklen's Amnica Salve as a universal cure for sores bruises boils ulcers eczema and piles. Priced at 25e, the product is guaranteed to satisfaction by Crawford Bros and J F Mackey & Co, druggists.
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Bucklen
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Constable Detains Drunk Alleged Confederate Runaway
Last Monday a black man with handcuffs approached the county chain gang camp asking to work. He claimed a white man started to bring him in by buggy but got drunk and the buggy wrecked, forcing him to walk. The man was Phil Bailey, detained after prior transport violations, and sent to the camp under constable supervision following magistrate orders. Rock Hill Herald.
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Chain Gang
Phil Bailey
Ebenezer Township
Thomason
Jenkens
Rock Fill
Anderson
Rock Hill
Harald
Pneumonia Traced to Cough Remedy Claims
A medical product claim alleges Foley's Honey and Tar robs pneumonia of its throes by stopping coughs and strengthening lungs. It warns timely use to prevent pneumonia and names T Eugene Funderburk as a dentist. substitutes are advised against.
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Foley
T. Eugene Funderburk
OFF TO TILE PRISON IN SOUTHERN STATES
United States marshals left Charleston for Atlanta with William McKinley Edward Dugan Charles Howard and Nolan Lan to sentence five year terms and fines of 40 dollars each for postoffice robberies across several towns. Four others James Long Charlie Rodgers I B Wilson and Walter Wood were to be tried April 28 before Judge Brawley for Greer postoffice robbery as gang members.
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Charleston
United States
Atlanta
William McKinley
Edward Dugan
Charles Howard
Shopas Nolan
Greenville
James Long
Chasie Rodgers
I. B. Wilson
Walter Wood
Greers
Brawley
Circuit
Deaths and a Drowning Incident In Beaufort and Savannah
In Beaufort a woman attempted suicide by severing her wrist while ill and awaiting the chance to die to leave her family better off yet survived after her husband found her note. In Savannah, a revenue cutter deckhand jumped overboard during a Clifton excursion and drowned despite immediate rescue efforts.
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Breazenlo
Winthrop
Beaufort
Savannah
River
Clifton
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Columbia State
Tile Prison
Carpenter
Willian J. Mosiman
Washington Race Track
Mostman
Belmonts New Track
Staten Island
Branchville
L. W. Kinsey
Bamberg County
Kinsey
Hardy
Spartanburg
Martin Hardy
George Blanchard
West End
Horace James
Mus Ireazbale
Beeazeule
Anderson County
Winthrop College
Julia Simpson
Miss Simpson
Heath Banking & Mer Co
Reser
Strauss Bros
Chicago
Fondreburk
Scott
Scott & Howne
Pearl Street
New York
Harry Foster
Liw
Lancaster
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