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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
1
An advertisement touts an upgraded assortment of goods in the state noting a weeded old stock and new Satin Stripe Lawns offered at 5 cents per yard. It promises striped and plain fabrics at 5 cents, with 124 and 15 cent items and 8 to 10 cent bargains, claiming rapid sales.
A dealer promotes a second lot of ladies misses and childrens sandals Hero with one two and three straps. Stock includes Crisso garments muslin camsock trimmed in lace and embroidery. Prices advertised as remarkably cheap at 25 50 75 cents 1.00 1.26 1.50.
An ad notes men’s shirts and shirt waists in hot weather styles, with breezy shirt waists and a vestless look. It promotes a new stock of sample shirts and pants at 160 cents on the dollar, 35 40 50 60 cent prices, and mentions Miss Evans’ fine work and lower millinery prices with a sailor hat at 20 cents.
A rich Poitiers landowner Madame Monnier and her son are accused of imprisoning Blanche Monnier for 25 years in a dark room. She, emaciated, was found by police and sent to a hospital. the lawyer she loved died earlier. Madame Monnier died in prison of heart disease, and her son faces inquiry.
A local explosion report from Kirkman Indiana describes a gasoline stove accident that burned a lady severely. N J Palmer notes medical care failed to heal the severe wounds, but Becklen's Arnica Salve reportedly cured her. The ad claims 25 cents at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey & Co.
Mrs J L Pease of Lawrence Kansas had not left bed seven years due to kidney and liver trouble and general debility. She reports three bottles of Electric Bitters restored her ability to walk and within three months she felt like a new person. The remedy is praised for headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells with guaranteed satisfaction by Crawford Bros and J F Mackay & Co.
An old advertisement claims Dr BE Detconna Anti Diaries 8100 cures sleep incontinence for children and adults. It promises immediate relief and mentions a price around $1 and sales through JB Mackay & Co, Druggist in Laws Center.
A guest at the Sea Island hotel in Beaufort, G Garret of Laurens South Carolina, aided by a night watchman, pursued a fleeing intruder who leaped from a window to a picket fence. Blood trails led to Craven street but the fugitive remained at large as police searched three back tenement houses.
In Carrollton Georgia the sheriff Joseph Meerill-tedey protected a black man named Williams from a lynch mob after Williams was convicted of murdering Otis Ward. One guard died and two were wounded during the jail incident. The state militia escorted Williams to a train bound for Atlanta. Williams had been scheduled for execution but new appeals were filed.
Fred Lee Rice survives sentence of 21 years for the Aurora bank robbery after extradition from Chicago. Thomas Jones died from gunshot wounds while trying to flee officers, and Frank Rutledge died by suicide by jumping from a jail gallery.
Sensational reports from Fort Fremont detail the deaths of Wright and Easterling two artillery soldiers. Wright fell ill after drinking bitters from a local illicit seller and died painfully within hours. Easterling, who accompanied Wright’s burial, drank the same liquor and suffered violent convulsions, dying the next day. Army surgeons express extraordinary distress at the deaths and note the men’s interment in the government cemetery after separate burials.
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