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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
4
County Board commissioners release a brief report detailing actions and approvals from recent sessions. It notes financial figures, budget line items, and new ordinances under consideration, with emphasis on local governance and county priorities.
John W. Miller a Secaucus farmer plans a raffle among district women to win him his savings and a 27 acre farm on Snake Hill road. He has sold 711 tickets and says he could sell many more with five women already having tickets.
An advertisement touts One Hundred Dellara Rew ward for catarrh cured by EEUU Cutie Cure. It lists Toledo wholesale druggists and claims the remedy acts directly on the blood and system, with testimonials and assurances of efficacy, urging readers to buy now.
A reader from Winnie writes the pills wholly cured her two year illness described as sick headache and related symptoms. The ad notes Crawford Bros and PL Mackey & Co. drug stores sell Dr Wing's New Life Pills for 25e.
Thirteen lives are now added to the Norfolk death toll from lockjaw caused by burns from toy pistols during Christmas. Two more cases are near fatally affected as the tally reaches thirteen fatalities thus far.
For weeks the smallpox situation in Charlotte has improved and city and county health officers have full control and are stamping out the disease. The smallpox hospital currently houses 8 percent colored and 16 white patients, with several discharged yesterday.
Special timetable notice for Lancaster and Chester Railway lists westbound and connecting trains with Chester and Charlotte routes. It notes No 14 and No 15 services, connections with Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast lines, and station timings at Lancaster and Chester, with names of agents Heth and Spring.
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