15 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
1
A short notice advertises a grab lot sale with Organdies Dimities Percales Piques Crashes and fine dress Ginghams all marked down to five cents. It touts underselling rivals and states customers save up to 25 cents on shoes and slippers as prices are greatly reduced.
The ad proclaims affordable pricing and broad selection, emphasizing value for footwear and broader merchandise as a selling point.
Clemson College reports hundreds rejected from entrance this fall as President Hartzog confirms no more applications will be accepted. The State notes widespread demand with 26 rejected in a single day and more inquiries for September 1901. Special to The State. Washington coverage follows on cotton crop conditions and drought impacts across states.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as powerful and energizing with a 25 cent price from Crawford Bros Druggist. A political note lists states deemed doubtful in 1896 and their McKinley plusses, urging readers to tally the electoral outcome themselves.
The House approved a prohibition amendment by 66 to 60 with Members debating Maine’s enforcement. Maine Congressman Littlefield defended strict local prohibition, while South Carolina's Finley discussed Hawaiian natives and the need to restrict intoxicants in the Hawaiian Islands. The Standard Oil Co plans its third quarterly dividend, totaling 97.5 million dollars of stock, with Rockefeller receiving about 2.666 million dollars.
The table lists states with electoral votes_assignments for Bryan and McKinley. States shown include New York Ohio Pennsylvania Maine Rhode Island West Virginia Oregon New Jersey with corresponding vote counts 36 23 32 4 16.
An old wartime ball wounded G2 Stead man of Newark Michigan, causing lasting ulcers for twenty years. Bucklen’s Arica Salve cured him and advertised as a universal skin cure for cuts burns boils felons corn and skin eruptions at 25 cents a box sold by Crawford Bros druggist.
Chas R H Ferrer a former Adams Express employee was arrested in Columbus Ohio and confessed to killing Messenger Charles Lane and robbing the Adams Express way safe on the Pennsylvania eastbound train. About $1000 of the stolen money was recovered. Ferrer 22 said he acted to fund his upcoming marriage to Miss Lillian Costlow. He had no accomplices and confessed planning the crime while unemployed. The report notes his motive as financial need before his wedding.
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