Auditor's Notice for Lancaster County Tax Returns 1904
County Auditor MO a Cook announces a tax return period from January 1 to February 20 1904 for Lancaster County residents with property or fiduciary roles. Penalties apply for late returns and a $1 tax applies to all males 31 through 60. Officials will be in various towns on listed dates to assist filers.
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Ereby
Lancaster County
A.l
Sid Confederate Wordhrs
Ofelouk Pleawut Valley
Belair
van Wyck
Olvlock Dixeeada
Dwight
Tradeaville
Fla Creekchurch
CG Welah
Oak
Haile
Kershaw
Heath
Dry Creek
MO. A. Cook
Chicago Buries Her Host of Dead
The Iroquois Theater fire death toll rose to 586 with 30 unidentified. Warrants for manslaughter issued for Will J. Davis Harry Powers and George Williams. Bonds posted at $10,000 each for the theater managers and the city building inspector. Funeral processions and church services marked Chicago’s grief as communities sent mourners to cemeteries.
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Chicago
Iroquois Theater
Inter-Ocean Today
Will J. Davis
Harry Powers
George Williams
George W. Underwood
Arthur E. Hall
Oakwood Boulevard
Will J. Davie
Harry J. Powers
Troquois Theater
Williams
Electric Bitters Cure All Ailments Says Fremont Citizen
Not a sick day since E was taken severely sick with kidney trouble. After trying various medicines I found relief with Electric Bitters and was cured. Neighbors report cures for rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. B F Bass of Fremont NC endorses the remedy in a testimonial. 50c at Crawford Bros J F Mackey & Co and T Eugene Funderburk Druggist.
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B. F. Bass
Fremont, N. C
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
T. Eugene Funderburb
Prohibition Begins in Texas as Counties Go Dry
Prohibition in Texas takes effect starting Jan 1 as the movement converts the state into a dry region. Over the last three months more than 200 counties voted to go dry despite strong opposition from saloon interests. The statewide shift marks Texas as a new teetotaler state at the start of the year.
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Austin
Texas
Lone Star State
Dr Kings New Life Pills ad promises safe relief
An old advertisement urges readers that blunders may be costly but a safe remedy exists. Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles. The ad mentions J F Mackey Co Crawford Bros and T Eugene Funderburk Drug Store as sellers.
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Dr. King
New Life
J. F. Mackey & Co
Crawford Bros
T. Eugene Funderburk
Charlotte Woman Dies in Chicago Fire
Charlotte woman Mrs Fannie Treloar Forbush, formerly of the city, perished in the Iroquois Theatre blaze. Her mother Mrs Julia Treloar of 815 North Brevard Street received word of the death with no details. Remaining arrangements call for shipment of the body to Charlotte for interment.
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Charlotte
Chicago
Fannie Treloar Forbush
Julia F. Treloar
North Brevard Street
Forbush
Rutledge Dentist Calls for All Debts to Be Settled
All persons indebted to J. E. Rutledge, dentist, are requested to call at once and settle.
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J. E. Rutledge
Wealthy Philanthropy of 19th Century Titans
The year-end review shows Andrew Carnegie giving away 25,824,500 dollars, a figure the Savannah News calls magnificent. John D. Rockefeller, with higher income, contributed 3,044,507 dollars, over half of which supported the University of Chicago.
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Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeler
Happenings In The State A Tome Destroyer Penibid
Frank Pickens and Sam Wilkie, Black residents on Mr W. Q. Homvwad's plantation, fought yesterday resulting in Pickens shot in the abdomen and likely to die. Wilkie, captured, jailed. prior thefts and a wife affair sparked the ambush theory in this rural Carolina incident.
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Pickens
Waterfront accident and Laurens fire strike lethal blows
A river tragedy reports a boy and ox drowned after a wagon plunged into a 20 to 30 foot water when a ferryman stood nearby and could not reach them. In Laurens a destructive fire at 3 am destroyed the store of S T Dagnall, nearby residences of Mrs Emmie Russell and Thos Roundtree, forcing residents to flee in nightgowns.
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Walterboro
Jacksonboro
Forry
Jno
Smalls
Lumter
Laurens
Jan
S. T. Dagnall
Emmie Russell
Thos
Roundtree
Alll
Laurens Cotton Mills
Fos Leys Honey and Tur The Great Throat Remed y
T. Eugene Funderburk promotes Fos Leys Honey and Tur as a timely cough and lung remedy. The note claims quick cures and prevention of serious results from a cold, urging readers to use the product this season.
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Fosley
T. Eugene
Funderburk
Shocking Homicide Records Highlight 1903 Crime Surge
A historical tally shows 222 manslaughter cases reported to the attorney general in 1903, with earlier years like 1597 and 1900 surpassing that figure. The data, compiled by Mr. Gunter, notes South Carolina’s high violent crime levels compared with neighboring states, and lists yearly counts for crimes such as assault, burglary, larceny, rape, perjury, forgery, resisting officer, bigamy, adultery, and murder across 1888 to 1903.
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Gunter
South Carolina
North Carolina
Longstreet dies in Gainesville at 6 after pneumonia
Gen. James Longstreet veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and former diplomat and U S marshal for Georgia died in Gainesville at 6 p m after a two day illness from acute pneumonia He was born in Edgefield district South Carolina on January 8 1821 and survived by his wife four sons and a daughter He will be buried in Gainesville a longtime home
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Deatit
Hampton
Eddie W. Hiers
Newberry College
P. H. Hiers
Weimer
Leonard
Sfflction
Atlinta
Georgia
Longstreet
Inez
Gordon
Gainesville
Ile
South Carolina
James Longstreet
Edgefield
S. C
Military
Alabama
Appomattox
New Orleans
Hoe
Grant
United States
Turkey
Hays
Garfield
District of
Washington
Saloon Licenses Granted In City For New Year
City and state taxes on 14 saloons and two beer houses totaled 21,000. Saloons pay 1,000 city tax and 400 state tax each, beer houses taxed at half. The combined taxes amount to 21,000, with closing hours moved earlier starting last night.
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Charlotte Observer
Reform School adopts Foley's Honey and Tar medicine
J G Gluck superintendent of Pruntytown West Virginia reports after testing various cough remedies that Foley's Honey and Tar is chosen for the reform school as most effective and harmless. T Eugeoo Funder hark.
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J. G. Gluck
Pruntytown
W. Va
Foley
West Virginia Reform School
T. Eugeoo Funder Hark
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