06 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
1
Advertisement touts superior stock in Upper Carolina with emphasis on up to date merchandise and a complete weed out of old goods. Painstaking pride claimed in latest and best offerings across all categories.
Fresh arrivals from a local shop announce new Latin Stripe Lawns and seer suckers in stripes, priced at 5 cents. Batistes and other fabrics priced at 8 and 10 cents. The store notes a receipt of £55 and 15 cents and emphasizes quick sales.
Fine Shoes slippers and oxford ties highlighted with new lines for ladies misses and children sandals in lots with one two and three straps. Styles described as desirable and prices claimed lower than elsewhere as business reportedly thrives.
Our shop adds ladies fine summer underwear including Misses and children's sizes. Garments come in muslin and namsook with lace and embroidery trims, cut and fitted well. Prices are low at 25 50 75 cents 1.00 1.25 1.50.
The notice promotes summer shirts and shirt waists for men at deep discounts. It highlights a fresh shipment of fine sample shirts and pants priced at 35 to 60 cents, with regular values from 50 cents to 1 dollar, offering a breezy option for warm days.
Our Miss Evans has charm in town and country with fine work. Two stocks are gone and the third is selling fast. Prices on willierry this season are lower than usual. A pretty handed sailor is offered at 20 cents.
A torrid heat wave across major cities causes high prostration rates with New York reporting 148 deaths from 328 prostration cases by 11:30 pm and Brooklyn and Manhattan enduring heavy losses. Rain cooled conditions bring temporary relief, while daily death tallies climb in Philadelphia Baltimore and Pittsburgh. The State board discusses Charleston dispensary enforcement and withholds profits to fund stricter control.
Special to The State Orangeburg reports the death of Adolphus Cornelson in Australia at about age 60. He was brother of Geo H. Cornelson, Orangeburg’s leading businessman, and long resident of Orangeburg County before traveling to Germany and then Australia. The piece also includes a quarterly dispensary report with gross profits of $112,535.01, contraband seizure revenue of $2,511.40, total costs of $7,258.58, net profits $20,116.31, and a State treasury balance of $39,573.77. Quarterly receipts: March $154,827.3, April $157,758.77, May $134,409.16.
Fire destroyed the Homestead hotel between the floors as guests retired last night in Hot Springs Virginia on July 3. About 130 guests were evacuated with no injuries reported. The blaze was traced to a defective electric wire and the hotel was insured for 292000.
In Montgomery on July 2 a Madison County ladies petitioned the Constitutional convention asking for voting rights at least in school elections and in matters involving taxation.
Special to The State from Spartanburg July 2. C C Hopper a Clifton mills boss faced assault charges alleging he kissed sixteen year old Miss Maggie Cudd on mill premises. After hours of deliberation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Advertisement-style note claiming Dr E Detcohn's Ant Diurtec may be worth over $100 to parents of incontinent children, suggesting cures for persistent bedwetting. Mentions JF Mackey & Co druggists in Lanchester offering the product.
News of the death of Mrs Mary Catherine Rion widow of Col James H Rion reached Reading Pennsylvania where she had lived with her daughter Mrs L A Williams for two months She suffered a paralytic stroke on June 8 and faded gradually to rest Monday at 6 45 PM
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption as a revolutionary cure. It claims dramatic success against consumption pneumonia hemorrhage pleurisy and bronchitis and asserts quick relief for coughs colds asthma croup hay fever hoarseness and whooping cough. Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co offer large bottles at 50 cents to 1.00 with satisfaction guaranteed and trial bottles free.
South Carolina governor and attorney general initiate proceedings before the commissioner of internal revenue to test whether the state can be required to take out special tax stamps as wholesale and retail liquor dealers under the state dispensary law.
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