Lancaster and Chester Railway Schedule June 1902
Railway timetable outlines westbound and eastbound trains from Lancaster and Chester. Connections at Chester with Northern Railway to Charlotte and Atlanta Special, Carolina and Northwestern to North Carolina, and Southern Railway to Columbia. No. 15 from Lancaster to Chester 10:00 am. No. 16 from Lancaster 5:15 pm. No. 17 from Chester 8:15 pm with various through connections.
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Chester
Lin
Richburg
Bascombville
Fort Lawn
Kancaster
Lancaster
Northern Railway
Charlotte
Atlanta
Carolina and Northwestern Railway
N.C
Southern Railway
Columbia
Pointe
Seaboard Air Line
Northern and Eastern
Pointy
North
Arn
Lanaster
3C&ge
Blacksburg
SC & GE
Camden
Marion
Sharlotte
Jas M. Heath
Leroy Springs
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Caldwell & Tompkins
J.P. Caldwell
Observer
Washington
Sunday Observer
SUK
the Observer
Charlotte, N
Hatfield Declares Feud Origins In Eastern Kentucky Visit
Dispatch from Lyncburg Virginia reports attorney James E B Edmonds met Devil Anse Hatfield at Devon and heard Hatfield recount the Hatfield McCoy feud origin. Hatfield details killings and revenge spanning years with mentions of bloodshed on Tug River and encounters with McCoys.
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Baltimore
Lyncbourg
James EB. Edmonds
Kentucky
Devon
Devil Anse Hatfield
Hatfield
Edmounds
Devil Anse
McCoy
West Virginia
Blue Grass
Logan County
Mr. Edmunds
Anse
Tug River
Hat
All Were Saved By Dr King’s New Discovery
A Georgia man from Broughton, JH Johnston, credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing his chronic bronchitis after years of suffering and saving him from work loss. He says his wife’s asthma also improved. trial bottles are free at Crawford Bros and J Mackey & Co.
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JH Johnston
Broughton
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Headless murder near Cedar county shocks Choctaw hamlet
A Choctaw hunter riding near Cedar county encounters a missing person inquiry. An axe attack at a hut leaves the visitor dead with his head severed, while the assailant flees and drowns himself later in a creek. Witnesses observe the grisly scene before the killers end. The passage also plugs Grove’s Taste Less Chill Tonic as iron and quinine in tasteless form.
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Paria
Pexus
Ang
Blue County
Cedar County
Little River
Grove
Dangerous Patent Medicine Ad From Toledo Listing
An elderly Toledo advertisement touts a wholesale drug brand and a claimed cure for catarrh. The misspelled copy promotes pills and tonics with vague medical claims, mentioning a variety of made up or misrepresented ingredients and urging readers to try “Family Pills” as the best option.
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Garey
A Big Indian Dog Up Fort Mill Times
At Catawba Power Company's plant last week workers uncovered three Indian skeletons in graves. Beads of a unique design were found with the warriors, and a tomahawk lay on the breastbone. One bone overlapped another by about a third when scaled to a six foot man.
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Fort Mill
Catawba Power Company
Shatters All Records in Unlikely Cure Tale
A tale from Verbena tells of F A Gulledge paying doctors to cure a severe piles case, yielding 24 tumors. Bucklen's Amica Salve reportedly cured him, reducing inflammation and pain, advertised as the best salve in the world for 25 cents at J F Mackey Co and Crawford Bros drug stores.
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F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Alu
Bucklen
Prominent Irwin farmer found dead with four bullet wounds
In Tifton Georgia on August 24 Paulk a leading Irwin county farmer was found deceased in woods two miles northeast of Tifton. He had four bullet wounds and only 11 cents in his pockets. Blood evidence and signs of struggle were found on a highway nearby. He was last seen alive in Tifton yesterday and reportedly left for home with companions.
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Tifton
Hillman Paulk
Irwin County
Paulk
Mont Pelee Again Active Near Martinique
Castries St Lucia August 28 reports from the steam ship Dahonie that a severe eruption of Mont Pelee occurred yesterday on Martinique with total darkness extending for miles. The vessel altered course to escape volcanic ash that fell heavily on its deck.
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Castries
Island of
St Lucia
Dahonie
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Dabome
Hester's Cotton Statement Shows World Cotton Supply
Secretary Hester reports New Orleans on August 22 that the world visible cotton supply totals 1,432,323 bales, down from 1,511,839 last week and 1,747,278 a year ago. American cotton accounts for 838,323 bales, against 908,839 last week and 1,045,278 last year, with 594,000 bales of other kinds. World totals afloat and held in Britain and Europe total 841,000 bales, with Egypt 45,000, India 344,000, and the United States 202,000 bales, all lower than last year.
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New Orleans
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
Europe
Lodia
United States
Postal Clerk's Leg Broken In Train Accident
A passenger train on the Columbia and Greenville road injures a postal clerk who suffered a broken leg. No further details available. In Utica, Hiram Conk, the last War of 1812 pensioner, dies at 103 at his home on August 23.
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Columbia, 5. C
Columbia & Greenville Road
Charlotte Observer
Utica
Sug
Hiram Conk
Town Ordinance Regulating Privies and Sanitation
An 1909 town ordinance requires privies to be at least ten feet from ditches and fifteen feet from streets, mandates dry earth or charcoal deposits, and bans waste burial within the corporate town limits. Officers may inspect privies monthly, with fines up to 30 dollars or up to 30 days’ imprisonment for violations.
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Remison
Gralva
Bertion
Gala
Board of Health
Anid
Bald
Board of Beatth
Poonell
EE Wylie Mpyor
Town Council Proposes Pivy Deposit Service Ordinance
The Town Council proposes an ordinance to carry pivy deposits beyond town limits. The town will perform the work for annual rates: $1.25 for private families, $6.00 for hotels, and $200 for boarding houses. Boxes to be placed below pivot seats, with contracts to be arranged as paid to the Town Treasurer. July 8th, 19 R. E. Wylle, Mayor.
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R. E. Wylle
Mavor
Lancaster Town dog tax ordinance overview
A historical Lancaster ordinance imposes an annual dog tax of one lira due by January, with payment necessary before enforcement. Tax paid, dog owners receive a police collar tag to be worn. Unpaid dogs may be seized and impounded, with penalties and impounding costs charged.
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Town OF
Lancaster
Jannah
Noli
Aid Aders Jhoenueel
Mit
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