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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
4
A damaged OCR reads as a probate notice involving Southern Railway related sums and creditors. The fragment mentions deceased, claims, and payment terms with scattered references to points and dates. The legible portions indicate a formal notice to creditors about estates and settlement procedures.
Letter to The Greenville News urges self examination and reform to improve 1900 farm prospects. It advocates saving by reducing spending on fertilizers and improved farm practices, promotes home production, urges cutting cotton, and questions guano price manipulation and liquor shop continuation. Farmer CLop Horren signs.
The Greenville News reflects on hog killing mornings and the craft of smokehouse foods. It evokes memories of warm beds on misty dawns, the slaughter, the crackling cornbread, and the skill of seasoned cooks and old hands in curing hams and making sausage. The piece laments changing times and celebrates the farmer as lord of his domain.
A Greenville county telegram warns sheriff Gilreath to watch for agents from Rhode Island and other areas hiring mill hands. The message cites unions from Lonsdale and Manville and notes Rhode Island imports of weavers, urging mills in the Carolinas to stay alert to outsiders and possible disguised labor recruitment.
An old idea persists that impure blood causes most diseases. The text cites a 20 year old theory once used in preparing Browne Lee Bitters and notes physicians’ belief in this remedy based on that theory.
An old Toledo advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Family Pills as the best options. It mentions the firms Pichenev & Vo and Wear & Prux as druggists and lists a price of 750 per bottle with testimonials offered for free.
The 76th annual report of the state hospital for the insane shows the population at 1,399 with 415 admissions during the past year.
The advertisement from Crawford Bros Den outlines a claim that a discovery cures asthma bronchitis and throat and lung diseases. It promises a free trial and a guarantee on price and efficacy, urging readers to contact for more details and a regular sized set.
The Tolbert residence in Greenwood was destroyed by fire last night. Mr Tolbert, his wife and ten children lost all their furniture and belongings, with possessions totaling over 83 dollars. The cause remains undetermined and the family had to flee with only the clothes on their backs.
The ad proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pills as the busiest little health product. Each sugar coated globule allegedly turns weakness into strength and energy from listlessness. Only 250 per box.
An advertisement touts Swamp Root as the true remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the product cures thousands of hopeless cases and offers samples and a book by Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
The Pension Board will meet at the courthouse on Tuesday February 7 to discuss the pension project and eligibility. Bruce and Chen sign the notice as pension officials. The meeting outlines potential actions and required attendee roles.
Ongoing pressure to settle debts is reported as Barking and Mere and Perware ntile Co seek immediate payment. Books are at Heath Springs & Co's former office, now sold to Lancaster Mercantile Co, with uncertainty over carrying past due accounts.
HUGIL WILSON offers printing including lettersHeads bills and minutes in best style at low prices. Visit Liebork office for samples and new prices at Abbeville South Carolina Press and Banner.
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