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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
4
Huge Wilson of Abbeville S C announces printing services including job printing, minutes, banners, envelopes and letterheads at low prices. Call at The Leport office to view samples and obtain prices.
Woney to loan arranged with New York brokers via Whent for sale place loans secured by a first mortgage on improved farms for five years. Installments payable at 7 percent annual interest. Brokerage and abstract and inspection charges are paid by the borrower R E Wylie. Atty at Law.
Guardian Morren Atty reports on a Keen final return to the Prot ontto for Hhud disellaree na guard as of a title Hoar ber FH Heber. Notable details appear in the Noga aay heenbee.
The notice requires all persons having a tax obligation of 200 or more to make a return to the auditor by a stated deadline. It warns of penalties up to 6500 for noncompliance and lists dates for related hearings and transfers. The document names Cook County and references proceedings directed at residents and property owners.
A partial OCR reads “ialiurees etive were ret. Perse. Strahl oes e owe verity ee Unstes eggs” with unreadable segments, offering little clear news content beyond scattered fragments and potential names.
The column lists numerous violent incidents, accidents, and disasters across the South and Midwest. It notes Boers in Colesburg, a Ridgeland riot, a white man and two enslaved people killed, a shooting over an apple, holiday fires killing eleven girls in Quincy Alabama, shipwrecks near Hatteras, a major mine gas explosion, and multiple lynchings and deaths from accidents. Additional items include fires in Augusta and a subscription reminder, along with political notes on Dewey, Butler, and Wheeler.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a scattered plea or notice requesting someone to come forward to settle obligations. The legibility is poor and no clear names, dates, places, or actions are identifiable.
A cure advertises Electric Bitters as the best medicine to purify blood and restore strength for women. It claims to improve stomach, liver, and kidney function, boost nerves, eyes, and skin, and transform a run down invalid into a good looking, charming person. Available for 50 cents at Crawford Bros Drug Store.
Legal sale notice in Lancaster County for a mortgage and deed of trust action filed by Sal Pape and others against Rooster and Harry Poster. The court orders a public sale on the first Monday in February, specifying parcels totaling about 225 acres with various boundaries and owners, including Rob Sowell and Hath Spring, and a cottage with insurance and fire loss terms. Purchasers pay all costs. sale terms include credit and potential immediate resale if not paid. W S Porter, County Clerk of Court, is the attorney for the plaintiff.
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