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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
4
A long, dark verse traces a man’s self excuses for drinking and illness. He drinks hot whiskey at night and cocktails in the morning yet stays unable to get tight. He suffers rheumatic pains, insomnia, swelling, and dropsy as he blames everything but alcohol. The piece ends with a comic St Peter exchange about a man’s criminal record, from the Chicago Record.
A concise remark notes that some men are poor because they are honest and some are honest because they are rich and can afford it. The line suggests morality influenced by wealth and circumstance.
The weekly crop report indicates partial improvements in cotton states but not general in extent. Staple grows rapidly and fruits in Georgia Alabama Texas and Missouri while the Carolinas Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and Oklahoma report unsatisfactory fruiting and rust or shedding. Insects cause notable damage in Texas localities. no widespread injury. The crop opens in the southern belt and picking begins in southern Texas.
The weather crop report for the past week by Section Director Baner notes rapid cotton growth with excessive weed and sparse fruit in most areas while some fields show growth stopping and tops blooming. Insect damage reports lessen as rest spreading and yellowing rise. Cotton begins opening in Barnwell County amid widespread corn improvement despite nearing maturity.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar curesConsumption in early stages and never fails in the worst cases, calling it the greatest lung remedy. It urges refusing substitutes and notes availability at Funderburk Pharmacy.
A string of aphorisms on friendship and reputation, suggesting that excess company, legacy wealth, and past glories influence present life. The musings touch on love, money, widowhood, and belief, ending with a garbled phrase about the Bears and a misformed name.
The men ask what comes after the dispensary and answer their own query with prophesies of barrooms and blind tigers. A distraught young woman weeps in corner over fear of a possible future baby dying, but the piece urges drying tears and living for today with sufficient evil for the day.
A testimonial from H. Bunnell of Lincoln Indiana describes a man with convulsions and epilepsy who recovered after using Dr Miles Nervine. The letter says the patient had severe fits for years, was treated at Longcliff Hospital, and improved after the first bottle. The writer urges inquiries and notes Nervine is sold with a money back guarantee.
W B Herron white shot and killed David Gruber colored at about 5 o clock yesterday morning after the burglar had entered Herron's house and robbed him. Herron called police and surrendered on arrival. News and Courier report.
Attorney General Rogers files suit in Pulaski Circuit Court against International Harvester Company seeking penalties totaling 600000 for alleged antitrust violations. Complaint alleges the company is a monopoly under the act and that monopoly formed through a combination of McCormick Harvester, Desiring Harvester, Champion Harvester, Milwaukee Harvester, Plano Harvester and others to regulate prices and fix output of harvesting machines.
Cherry and Co professional card for DRM PCRAWFonD DR RC Keown listing services, contact details, and professional credentials in a concise concise archival card style.
The sale offers groceries at reduced prices to clear stock before relocating to the Williams-Hughes store. The promotion lasts the rest of this week and all of next week. Call early for deals.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a historic trial involving Davie For Datapoint. The text mentions Wa x Wt powdiee ta ha uve eatlily ef Laie and Frey tanglion with 1, HIS Ai, but the garbled lines obscure clear details and names.
Ambiguous OCR fragment mentions Pleasant and Montgomery Cielo with a 20 LF reference. Readable details are insufficient to identify a clear event, person, or organization. The item appears garbled and cannot be reliably summarized beyond noting incomplete place and selection references.
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