This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1901
Page
4
The passage blends garbled quotes about American governance in the Philippines with scattered items, dates, and names. It includes references to Patton, MacArthur, United States sovereignty, and pacification, interspersed with church notices and a job ad. The legible portions hint at a 20th century wartime or postwar context and a community classifieds snippet.
A customer in Carmi Illinois extols Mother's Friend saying it eased labor significantly noting her wife endured ten minutes with one child compared to longer with previous births. The supplier is Haxpsasox Cats.
A clergyman warns a gentleman about a haree jockey attempting to dupe him with a false deal. The jockey grows nettled as the man refuses to buy. The parson retorts that had he attended services last Sunday he would have heard a warning sermon in jail.
Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised as a vegetable remedy that positively cures constipation headache dizziness jaundice malaria fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Sold at Crawford Brest and SF Mackey Co’s drug store.
A Hartford man writes of severe leg infection after a rusty wire scratch. He credits Electric Bitters and Bachley’s Arnica Salve for restoring his leg to full health, praising their power against eruptions eczema and blood disorders. The ad claims local merchants guarantee satisfaction with a 50 cent bottle and references multiple sellers.
Local note from WLS Porter COCLG requesting debtors contact him while in town to settle amounts owed for recording deeds and other papers, stating the money is very needed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.