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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text with scattered dates and numbers. Reads like a daily notice or listing with references to August 28 and Parke MND. and various numbers. Content is unclear and partial. preserves few identifiable entities or actions.
Special to The State Greenville June. Pink Tollerson was convicted of burglary and larceny in a jury trial and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. The case grew from the Christmas Eve theft at the Poe mill company store with Tollerson acting alone. his wife Madame Tollerson testified, waiving her right not to against her husband, declaring she wanted him jailed. She admitted he came home drunk with stolen goods and confessed to J A Maxwell, manager of the store.
A Forties advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery cured a child with a near fatal whooping cough and a niece with advanced consumption. It touts the medicine as infallible for coughs and lung diseases, priced 56 cents and 1.00 dollars, with trial bottles free, and credits Crawford Bros and J.P. Mackey & Co. It also notes twenty torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats to be turned over to the government by contractors in coming months.
A 16 foot diameter fly wheel at the Charleston Consolidated Railway power house burst at 11 tonight, sending massive fragments through walls. One five foot long piece weighing about a ton struck a shanty 350 feet away, killing Lydia Booneau. Her husband was in bed nearby.
New Orleans June 7 Secretary Hester reports nine months of the cotton season from Sept 1 to May close show total in sight at 9,693,140 bases an increase of 878,879 over last year. Texas and Indian Territory 2,606,430 bases up 1,078,858. Other Gulf States 2,790,970 down 25,938. Atlantic States 3,395,722 down 171,242.
An advertisement promises fast relief for kidney and bladder discomfort using a product named No Great North American Ktungy Dog. It claims quick cure for urinary issues and water retention with a single dose. The notice cites JF Mankes & Co as druggists in Lancante. An editor’s Missouri readers share a farmer’s humorous reply mentioning hog cholera, potatoes, a dnfool who married a cross-eyed girl, and land ownership.
Acting on orders through the county, four dispensaries opened today, bringing Charleston to ten. The reopening ends the hond muddle and restores city and county revenue, while the State resumes dispenser salaries and rent. The dispensary beer privilege question remains unsettled.
A Rock Hill Journal reprint quotes Congressman Grenvnor arguing for a third McKinley term. He claims no unwritten law bars a third nomination, notes Washington feared defeat, and supports reciprocity and tariff reform to gain foreign markets while averting mill shutdowns. He praises McKinley as popular and capable.
A stranger who entered Franklin on June 7 hypnotized Geo Parker and his wife, ransacked the home, and departed with the family in a state described as insane. The incident ends with the Parker family being unable to recover normal senses.
At a recent term of court in Marlora County two violators of the dispensary law were fined one thousand dollars. This reflects a strict approach to enforcing liquor regulations.
The State press association near completion of arrangements for trips to the Buffalo Exposition travels via Norfolk and New York. James McMillan a brick yard operator at Abbeville reports orders from Jacksonville for 3,000,000 bricks and from Brunswick for 1,000,000 bricks. Treated by Woolford's Senter Lotion. Sold by J F Mackey & Co Drugists at Lancaster & Co Lee.
To T Jeaf a wealthy woman cured of deafness and head noises by Dr Nicholson's artificial ear drums donated ten thousand dollars to his institute. The gift aims to provide free Ear Drums to deaf people unable to afford them. Address No 11967 The Nicholson Institute 870 Eight Avenue New York USA. 6m.
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