13 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1900
Page
1
Customers queue patiently as sales staff push hard bargains. The phrase price cuts leave competitors unable to keep up, drawing cash buyers to the store. The message emphasizes fast service, aggressive pricing, and market dominance.
Local retailer advertises deep discounts on WL Douglass $3.00 shoes in tan and russet calf at $2.50 and Craddock Terry & Co $3.00 shoes in tan and black virls. Clothing sales are high. stock running low with a fresh lot at $2.25. Ladies misses and children's shoes and slippers offered cheap. imperfect pants at 50 cents. millinery at bargain prices as the largest Lancaster millinery business to date.
Special to The State reports six prisoners jailbirds escaped Laurens county jail around 3 a m. no recaptures yet. leaders include John Coleman suspected planner. escape involved sawn bars and pried window blinds. Sheriff McCrary offers rewards for Coleman and several others with descriptions and ages provided.
Chinese official reports say about 4,000 boxers surrounded 1,500 troops between Loafa and Yong Teun. fighting continues. Officials claim 500 boxers killed with no Chinese casualty figures. Near Taku road 21 boxers killed from Nieh's forces. three days without news from Pao Ting Fu. French cruisers D Entrecasteaux Jean Bart and Russian cruiser Rassis arrive at Taku.
Bismarck’s iron nerve came from splendid health and indomitable will. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr King’s New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25 cents at Crawford Bros’ drug store.
Cairo reports the year’s cotton crop is estimated at about 1 000 000 American bales. The outlook shows robust production for the season, with expectations of strong exports and continued market demand.
Dun's Trade Review notes failures may be larger than a week ago with no overall business shrinkage. Iron holds, minor metals coke and petroleum dip while silk hemp wool and cotton weaken. Hides decline and boot shoe prices stay low. Shipments poor. railway activity up. grain movement rising. exports steady. US and Canada failures increase.
George D Williams of Manchester Michigan recounts a woman enslaved by disease who could not turn in bed for five years. After using Electric Bitters she improves greatly and can work again. The remedy is claimed to cure nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headache backache fainting and dizziness. Each bottle costs 50 cents and is guaranteed. Crawford Brown Druggist sells it.
The Port Royal people slam Senator Tillman in daily papers for moving the navy yard from Port Royal. They claim Port Royal's natural advantages outpace Charleston, though Charleston holds sway in society and voting strength, per the Yorkville Enquirer.
A grisly Brashy Creek tragedy near Brushy Creek in Anderson County ends with James W Roper dead after a struggle over a double barrel shotgun during a family feud involving John H McTindall and Wm H McTindall. In Sumter a black man Edd Ucantey, 10-year-old victim, is accused of rape and arrest followed by mob sentiment and official custody. London reports Derbyshire soldiers killed or captured in the South Africa conflict, with figures of 15 dead and eight wounded, as Boer forces reportedly holding 500 British prisoners near Kroonstadt.
Five hundred prisoners at the San Juan penitentiary mutinied protesting the food, refusing breakfast and work. A warden was struck, troops fired warning volleys, and a native company later quelled the disturbance before regulars arrived.
The viceroy reports good rain in southern India and scattered showers elsewhere with a late but fair monsoon forecast. Hot weather persists and famine relief remains at about 8 802 000 people. In Virginia, a Lawrenceville jury returns a manslaughter verdict of three years for Rev J E E Riddick in the Temple case, amid public dissatisfaction and questions over acceptance.
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