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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
4
Describes available farms and valuable town property owned by The Messrs Fitzpatrick now on the market. Readers can obtain prices and terms by contacting the editor of The Ledger, noting the opportunity for moderate income buyers to purchase a home.
The schedule lists April 1900 westbound and eastbound train numbers Nols 14 and 16 Nolet and others with connections at Lancaster Chester and Charlotte. It notes departures from Lancaster at 6 30 am and 4 00 pm and Chester departures at 10 20 am and 8 10 pm. Connections include Southern Railway No 36 for Charlotte No 46 from Columbia and the Atlanta Special, with Northwestern and Carolina lines also noted. JAS M. HEATH Gen Pass Agt LEROY SPRINGS President.
A Reuters-style dispatch from June 12 describes sixteen British marines led by Major Johnson engaging Boxer forces near Lang Fung eight miles beyond Lofa. The clash drives 40 Boxers killed or wounded, while the column progresses toward Pekin with multiple nations involved. The report notes damaged railways, pursuit into two villages, and a growing international effort including Britain, Germany, Russia, France, America, Japan, Italy and Austria.
Mrs George Long of New Straits Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery with stopping a dangerous tragedy by curing her severe cough and saving two lives after doctors and remedies failed. The testimonial notes the medicine remedies throat chest and lung troubles with doses of 50c and 1.00 and guarantees every bottle with free trials at Crawford Bros Drug Store.
An OCR fragment notes Kermott’s Chocolates offered a product named One Day Cold Cure described as a laxative quinine for cold symptoms. It claims children take it like candy and suggests a broad appeal for relief of head cold and sore throat.
On June 13 era reports say rioting during the street railway strike may be easing as police and sheriff claim the critical stage has passed and nonunion workers help resume business. Inquests into Sunday unrest begin, with testimony split on blame between the posse and strikers amid contradictory accounts.
Dispatches show European statesmen believe Russian agents influenced the Chinese crisis. Russia and France face an allied bloc against Boland and Japan, with the United States urged toward England as neutrality fades. U.S. Philippines interests shift policies toward Asia, and some expect large indemnities after a Chinese empire collapse. Demetrius C Boulger warns the moment has arrived for great-power division actions.
Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a severe running leg sore. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured it in ten days. It treats ulcers wounds burns boils pain and piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by Crawford Bros’ drug
Weather reports show heavy rains in the central and east Gulf States retarding cultivation and injuring crops in some areas. Warm temperatures and adequate moisture boost corn growth in the central valleys while some sections need cultivation. Cotton improves in Texas after light rains but needs more fair weather. Louisiana reports slow cotton growth and yellowing. Winter wheat harvest underway in Virginia and to begin in Kentucky.
In Allapoosa Alabama on June 12 a cable on a rock basket broke while workers crossed the Wallapoosa river. One man was killed and two will die. Several others were injured as the basket suspended 85 feet above the water in a railroad improvement project.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for failure to cure catarrh and claims testimonials and family pills. It lists wholesale druggists in Toledo Ohio and asserts the remedy works by acting on blood and mucous surfaces.
A Lancaster Ledger correspondent urges South Carolina to create a state sanitarium for consumptives. Massachusetts and New York already run such institutions. Estimated cost to build and equip a suitable facility is about 650000. The piece notes that the wealthy seek private care while the poor have no options and warns public authorities must address the disease to halt its spread.
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