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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
2
In a Thanksgiving account from 1901 readers recall rising early to gather at Mr L H Rowell’s for a family feast. The day included a rabbit and bird chase in frostless fields, plentiful game, and a dinner where relatives and friends joined in hearty celebration.
In a game between Churaday potecen Biackatock and Winne boro the first half ended 0 0. Early in the second half Stewart of the home team tackled a Blackstock player, who fell and broke his left leg above the knee. The contest was halted due to the injury.
A man named Dave Thomas fatally shot Henry Tucker near Union Nevada last night. Authorities report Thomas used a double barrel shotgun after a confrontation near a garden. The decedent allegedly had interfered with family matters. an inquest is authorized and Thomas is jailed.
A mother and her four children perished in a fire near Altoona Pennsylvania after being unable to escape the burning building. Investigators are reviewing the scene and authorities are handling emergency responses and inquiries.
Charleston crowds celebrate the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition opening. Gov McSweeney and Chauncey Depew head a grand parade along King Street with 22 000 attendees by nightfall, civic leaders greet President Roosevelt, and illumination follows despite a drizzling rain.
The attorney general has begun the fight in court to annul the charter of the Aiken Industrial company an oil mill venture accused of entering a Southern cotton mill combination. B F Molley stockholder files the affidavit. George W Croft assists in Aiken with Senator Henderson representing the company.
Odd OCR fragment markets cold remedy and laxative products with unclear brand names. Mentions Re metast or Rem met’s Chopslates and Cow Mag Anoowlayes Laxative Gel in a garbled promotional line.
Special to Greenville News from Columbia November 29 The board of trustees of Columbia Female College adopted resolutions asking for power to receive bids for relocating the college away from Columbia and for authority to act. Dr J A Rice former president offered a substitute urging the board to study the necessity of removal and report to the conference next year. The substitute was adopted without discussion.
Kiesime Florida December 1 Miss Belle Steffe was shot and killed at her Springle Creek home three miles from her house. Harry Kendall who recently returned from the Philippines was mortally wounded and reportedly attempted self harm. Kendall was found speechless and wrote he wished to pass out of the world. They were second cousins and close friends.
A Rutherford NC special column denounces the Cherry Tree investment plan as a clear fraud. The article notes money flows from contributors to salaries, predicting eventual losses as more join, and likens it to the Miller 420 percent scheme that sparked a New York trial. The State urges caution and warns against investing even a little.
A Winchester lodger writes that his wife was ill beyond help from good physicians yet was completely cured by Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills are praised for stomach and liver relief, offering cure for constipation and sick headaches. 95c at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey & Co’s druggists.
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