Harwich Mine Disaster Tragedy Brings Rescue Rush
Pittsburg reports from January 26 detail brutal weather hampering rescue work at the Harwich mine. Fifteen to sixteen rescuers faced ice cold water and freezing winds as they braved debris and flooded shafts, with many bodies found and still more missing. By January 27, seventy-one bodies had been recovered, only eighteen identified, as villagers confront the scale of the catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Harwich
Henry Beckett
Ike McQuarrie
Allegheny Coal Co
Cautionary note on coughs and a wry social quip
The passage warns that neglecting a cough or cold can cause bronchial or lung problems and advocates Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy. It then shifts to a wry proverb about a man who fails at everything else but marries well, and about a conscience troubled by a neighbor's misdeed.
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Foley
Dr Kings New Life Pills touted to relieve stomach and liver troubles
A compressed advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills lessen domestic troubles by aiding stomach and liver health. It states the product both relieves and cures, with price listed as 25 at Crawford Brown and J I Mackey Co and T Eugene Funderburk Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Crawford Brown and
J. I. Mackey & Co
T. Eugene Funderburk Drug Store
Prices of Cotton for a Half How Tucker Nipped Uncle Rus Century
The article traces cotton price trends from 1890 to 1901 showing decades of low costs under 10 cents and rare higher years, citing Africa and domestic production fears. It also tells how Tucker, a curb broker, outmaneuvered Rossell Sage in a stock deal, manipulating a price move to profit and earning Sage’s wary respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Uncle Rus
England
Latham, Alexander & Co
Africa
Greenville News
Rossell Sage
Sage
Saved From Terrible Death by King’s New Discovery
The family of Mrs. M. S. Bobbitt of Bargerton Tennessee recounts her illness as consumption resisted all doctors. Dr King’s New Discovery cured her after one bottle gave relief and full use followed. advertised as a sure cure for lung troubles. Sold by Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and T Eugene Funderburk Drug store. bottles 50 cents and 1 dollar. trials free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MS. Bobbitt
Bargerton
Tenn
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
T. Eugene Funderburk
Notice to Trespassers on Indianland and Waxham Townships
Notice forbids hunting shooting riding driving walking cutting timber damaging culling fences permitting dogs hog stock and cattle to run at large trespassing in any manner upon lands owned or controlled by us in Indian Land and Waxham Townships and fishing in streams on adjacent lands. Penalty applies after December 15 1903.
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Indian Land
Waxham
Judge Frees Mayor Harrison After Theatre Fire Custody
Chicago January 27 Judge Richards Tut hill ordered Mayor Carter H Harrison released from custody citing no guilt or liability for the Iroquois Theatre disaster. The coroner s jury indictment was deemed unjust, and habeas corpus freed the mayor after he surrendered to the sheriff.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Richards Tuthill
Iroquois Theatre
Harrison
Tatbill
Auditor's Notice of Tax Returns for Lancaster County
The Auditor's office will open January 1 to February 20, 1904 to receive taxpayer returns. All persons with property or in charge of others must file for taxation and faces a 50 percent penalty for late filing. a $1 tax applies to all males aged 21 to 60 unless married and unable to work. Assistants will visit multiple county locations on specified January dates to collect returns, including Osceola Pleasant Valley Belair Van Wyck Dixie Dwight Tradeville Taxabow Fla Creek Dry Welsh Primus Haile Gold Mine Kershaw Heath Springs Hil Pleasunday Dry Creek and more. gross incomes of $2 and up must be returned to the Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanvcaster
Osceotin
Pleasant Valey
Kershaw
Heath Springs
Pleasunday
Dry Creek
Railway Timetable Fragments Across Lines and Officials
Fragments show station times and service windows for multiple rail lines including Chester Southern Seaboard Marlina Northwestern Lancaster Southern with entries around morning and evening with various times. Mentions A P McClure as Superintendent and Leroy Spring as President in unclear context.
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Chester—Southern, Seaboard and Marlina & Northwestern Railways
Lancaster—Southern Railway
A P McLure
Leroy Spring
Pressent
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Kansas City
Kanesas City
Missouri
Indore
Kansas City Star
Mr. Sage
Esa Co
Court House
County Pension Board
W.B. Bruge
Pen. Com
Lancaster Marble
J. MicNinch
Lancaster
Grove
J. Harry Foster
Charlotte Observer
Caldwell & Tompkins
J.P. Caldwell
Observer
Washington
Atlanta
North Carolina
THE
Charlotte
N. C
E. W. Grove
Lancaster and
Chester
Way
Sy Lancaster
Kort Lawn
Domain
Busconville
Richburg
Columbia
Atantas al
C&n
Gastonia
Jiowm Fort
Lenir
Yorkville
Bascomville
Fort Lawn
Dis Foley
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