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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
4
A fragmentary parable likens tobacco to a small seed that grows into a vast rank plant. It describes mobs of users, illicit trade, and social decay as chewing, snuffing, and smoking spread. The piece notes religious and moral outrage, public spaces tainted, and the plant’s cultivation becoming a profitable merchantile venture.
A Baltimore News item recounts Foster of Vermont recalling Alan, who sought work as a brakeman in San Francisco. He questions monthly pay, learns brakemen are paid by miles, then quits a fast freighter when the rear car splits on descent, shouting he won't jump for $1.50 an hour. ad copy for Foley’s Honey and Tar closes the piece.
A young Irishman writes his uncle begging for five pounds, confessing shame and awkwardness. He fears sending the plea by a messenger who must wait for an answer. The uncle replies that the messenger lost the letter and urges him to blush no more, offering comfort and affection.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh with a 75 cent bottle and lists endorsements from local druggists in Toledo. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and mentions free Vestiments with purchases.
A compact notice from the Lancaster and Chester Railway describing an upcoming EE es schedule item. It lists the route and time window, with emphasis on the line between Lancaster and Chester and practical travel timing.
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