Ledger notice from December 22, 1900
The Ledger item appears as a damaged OCR fragment listing a date Saturday December 22 1900. readable portions indicate a local public notice or classified entry but specifics are not provided.
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
2
The Ledger item appears as a damaged OCR fragment listing a date Saturday December 22 1900. readable portions indicate a local public notice or classified entry but specifics are not provided.
Christmas stockings and holiday prep fill Van Wyck as families plan for winter. Prices hold steady for farm products, while a fall of warm weather gives way to wet cold days. A local youth requests for law and order follow a jail stay, and a Woodmen Christmas tree event invites all to attend with gifts.
Monroe dispatch reports Mark Austin white, under 30, died in county jail after being jailed for assault and a drunken shooting spree that wounded Frank Boyle. The death follows a life described as ruined and misspent with heavy drinking, and funeral plans set for the cemetery in Monroe.
A fragmented notice discusses quinine use and a child's dosage or treatment point. The readable text mentions medication and care decisions, suggesting medical guidance or a health advisory context without clear patient details.
T W Secrest, surveyor in Osceola, presents fully equipped and qualified services with reliable surveying operations.
Article reports a fatal murder at a plantation near Winnshears involving Mr Martin, clues and suspicions about a verse on the enslaved people, no arrest made, and Martin’s death at about age 50. It also recounts A J Dent, 24, injured in a Texas and Pacific wreck, addicted to morphine and cocaine, seeking Keeley Institute treatment amid extensive injuries and past sheriffly lineage.
Attorney General Heilinger's report highlights mortality and conviction data from clerks of court, with delays noted. A fatal fire on Pinckney Road destroys 105-year-old Hamrnty. details remain unclear. Charleston automates letter stamping boosting daily queues. job ad seeks active wholesale hours with $100 South Carolina earnings.
A Lancaster Mercantile Co advertisement touts De Kings New Life Ville as a gentle remedy for headaches and constipation. It claims to replace harsh tonics with a safer option and invites customers to Crawford Bros drug store to purchase. Also notes a stock of horses and mules arriving from Western markets for sale.
A reader asks if the publication has padded the subscription to boost value. No clear policy details are provided in the brief note.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by E. S. Cheney and Company claiming the medicine acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. It promotes a 100 dollar kit and lists pharmacists on various streets as distributors while asserting testimonials support its effectiveness.
Robert Snipes a brick mason in Anderson took about half an ounce of laudanum yesterday at 5 pm at his Whitner street home to ease a toothache. He had been drinking heavily and he and Mrs. Snipes are very reticent about the matter. The incident highlights dangers of self medicating.
All persons are warned not to trespass by riding, walking, hunting or in any way on lands of the undersigned in Gills Creek township, located 5 to 6 miles east of Lancaster C. H. The Brasington stock and the Funderburk group are in charge, and the law will be rigidly enforced against any persons disregarding this notice.
Desirable lands in Lancaster County offered for sale on easy terms. Tracts include 687 acres at Tilinan, 221 acres at FW McDow, 750 acres at Tf, with portions of other tracts available. Terms obtainable on application. Rind ROB Allison, law clerk, for J P Gregory. All notes and accounts of Hd Gregory Co and Farmers Banking and Mercantile Co placed in collection. Indebted parties urged to settle at once. Oct 3, 1900.
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