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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
4
A fragment describes an explosion in Wilkesbarre this morning and casualties from a dynamite mishap. Seventeen are hurt, with reports of injuries and a fatality likely. authorities attend the scene at Le high qh Wilkesbarre valley No 5 area.
Notice announces Lancaster County tax return period from January 1 to February 20 1903. Taxpayers, executors, guardians, and agents must list possessions and contracts. Taxpayers face 5 percent penalty after February 20 and public sessions are scheduled for several January dates and places.
New York December 9 weather officials report the coldest December night in decades with temperatures plunging to minus degrees at the city station and lingering below zero in surrounding towns. Reports from nearby areas showed temperatures ranging from heavy subzero to a few degrees above in the early morning.
Homer E Hall of West Point Ja credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a severe lung cough thought to be consumption after physicians warned he would die. He now weighs 224 lbs and endorses the remedy as guaranteed for coughs colds and lung troubles with trial bottles free at J F Mackey Co and Crawford Bros.
A light local note salutes Mr. W. A. Lewis formerly of Guilford NC now in the growing West. It jokes that his oldest son is 64 and likely spanked when needed, while his youngest is three months and pap remains a dunce about it.
A combined year subscription for The Ledger and The News and Courier is offered at $1.75, payable in advance. This deal covers both semiweekly publications for one year, with payment due upfront.
The speech urges focus on upright citizens over riches, honoring individual merit, and pursuing stable economic policy. It links national greatness to prudent laws, peaceful progress, and cooperation between capital and labor, advocating preparedness, restraint, and resolve as 20th century challenges loom. It cites Washington and Lincoln as guiding examples and emphasizes duty to country and neighbor.
Private John Allen of Mississippi and Senator Mason of Illinois discuss irrigation and recall a G A R parade. Allen, a Confederate veteran, says he recognized many veterans by their backs, prompting a waiter’s interruption as the senator calls for service.
Blood poisoning touted as easily cured by Botanic Blood Balm BB. The ad promises to cure skin ulcers, hair loss, and rheumatic pains. It urges readers to send for guidance, noting 30 years of testing and prepaid treatment via Blood Balm Co of Atlanta Georgia.
One hundred dollar reward offered for proof of catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Dealers F C Ficheneey and L W Truax Toledo wholesale druggists endorse the product and provide testimonials. Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. price 75 cents per bottle. sold by druggists. family pills praised.
A fragmented timetable notes Lancaster and Chester Railway westbound and eastbound trains with connections. No. 14 from Lancaster at 6 45 am links to Northern Railway No. 86 toward Charlotte and north, and Seaboard Air Line Atlanta Special toward Augusta. No. 16 from Chester at 10 00 am joins Southern Railway No. 36 from Columbia and Seaboard Air Line Atlanta Special from north and east, with connections at Lancaster and Cheater to various lines. Also mentions additional connections to Carolina and Northwestern and Heathern railways, and a brief closing note from Leroy Springs President.
Real estate ads describe multiple acreages and homes for sale including 11 to 2 acre tracts with 8 room dwellings and corner lots, several 1 acre to 2 acre corner homes, 4 to 6 room cottages, four lots with 3 room cottages on one lot, East End cottages, and multiple farm tracts named as the Tom Barnes, J L Barton, Lime place, Kirkland, Porter, Ellis, Graham, Snipes places. Also Cunningham brick hotel on Kein Street with 4 rooms and 18 sleeping rooms plus furniture. hotel is the town’s only such property with selling reasons given as a bargain. Additional lots in Kershaw town and several large holdings up to 434 acres north of town, Cedar Creek area, with multiple named places and parcels near Heath Springs.
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