Great Salt Lake notes and local Lancaster farming tales
A reader recounts a trip to the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City detailing the shrinking waters, the salty bath, and notable sites such as Brigham Young's grave and the temple. The piece contrasts Mormon practices with critique of wealth and leadership, then shifts to Lancaster farming lore about J C Blackmon, his long farming career, and his self-sufficient operations, followed by state and local notices and a rash of obituaries and incidents across South Carolina towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mermit Tabermeter
Brigham Young
Imermon Elder
Tabernacle
Utah
Temple
Zion's Co-operative Commercial Institute
Lancaster County
Hse
Suort
Joss Smith
Mormon Church
Legislature of
Phi
Dr King's New Life Pill Promotion Claims Great Power
An old ad touts Dr King's New Life Pills as transforming weakness into energy and mental power. It advertises the product as a fast, powerful health booster priced at 25 cents per box with distribution through Solley ford Bros. and Mackey and T Eugene Funderhurk Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Solleyford Bros
Dil’. Mackey
T Eugene Funderhurk
Lynching Reported in Santa Fe Swamp Mob Disfigures Victim
A mob of Black men reportedly lynched Adams, a tramp described as a hammer or prowler, near Santa Fe swamp. His body was mutilated and left in the marsh after the attack. Local authorities and bystanders describe the event as carried out by a mounted mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Butler
Pla
Adams
Santa Fe
No pity Stiown cure claims and railcar accident remark
A farm ad style note by F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for piles with 24 tumors and for burns and pains. It cites Crawford Bros and J P Mackey Mey and Funderbark Pharmacy for sale at 25.6 cents. A railroad incident has Pat asking a conductor to stop as a train rattles at sixty miles an hour. The Knight of the Panch assures safety, noting first and last cars are usually the ones damaged and a humorous query about saving the front two cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Jule
F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Alyn
Bucklen
Crawford Beos
J. PL Mackey & Mey and Funderbark Pharmacy
Pat
Panch
Shure
San
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Lancaster Norcantile Co
Salt Lake
Mr. Borror
Great
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Saltair Pavilion
Lancaster Farmen
News and Courier
J. C. Blackmon
Taxuban
Blackmon
Flo
Mr. Blackison
Columian State
Anderson
Ethel Harrison
Florida
Bamberg
C. B. Tree
Aikens
Aiken
C. Wilson
Columbia
HOY
Spartanburg
Gon Jones
Gon
Yorkville
J. L McLester
Duck Mossett
Ferguson
Tits County
Messester
Fossett
Brice
theXolietter
Messrs
Thos. FF. McDow
Frankly McCain
Klugh
Mattshtughter
State
Win
AL Harper
AL AL Dellinger
Bethel
Harper
Dellinger
Sesday Uraghny TN OM
Arshoes
Gibson
N.C
Marlboro County
South Carolina
Will Ranson
Bogdon Taylor
Pickett Taylor
Boson
Pickett
Tie
Davoe
Working Negive
Neves Mob
Scott
Westher
Hee
York
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