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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
3
The notice lists Rev Joan Wire Unity being appointed for duties at Gills Creek Istwand on Sabbath with services at 11 a m and 4 p m. The undetailed abbreviations suggest related church schedules with times and locations.
Community notes from Union county cover births and anniversaries, church meetings and protracted services, visiting relatives, and local travel. Highlights include a August 1903 birth, Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, Unity and Hopewell church activities, an Asheville excursion report, and ongoing temperance efforts with notices of meetings and public invitations.
A large picnic hosted by the Daughters of the Confederacy will honor veterans and friends on August 26 in the Williams residence grove. Veterans will receive badges if not already earned, and attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets. Coroner Caskey conducted an inquest at Haile Gold Mine over John Leach, shot at Blackmon mine. Leach died Sunday after being wounded in a prior Sunday incident. A Good Roads Convention is set for August 22 with Senator Latimer speaking. the county seeks farmer support to improve highways.
Foley's Honey and Tar claims effectiveness in fighting colds and preventing pneumonia. The claim centers on a traditional cough remedy marketed to general readers, with emphasis on immune support and respiratory relief. The product name suggests a blend of honey with tar for therapeutic use.
Mr John Crawford of Lancaster S C reports a theft aboard a Charlotte bound train. A tall white laborer from the Catawba Power Company dam at Bert Mill, South Carolina grabbed Crawford's valise containing his Sunday clothes and fled. Police including Chief Le win pursued and captured James Long who admitted the act and was jailed after the valise was opened and items exposed. The report also covers a Shiloh and Waxhaw Bible Society meeting with Rev B Frank White and several life members, plus multiple deaths from diphtheria and fever in 1903 1905 with interments at local churches and graveyards.
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