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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
1
A South Carolina store boasts a superior merchan dise assortment with old goods weeded out and a fresh up to date stock. New satin stripe lawns sell at 5 cents per yard and striped and plain fabrics at 5 cents. Broad 12 F and 15 cents, with buttons and trimmings at 8 and 10 cents.
Our second lot of ladies, misses and children's sandals with one, two and three straps has arrived. Styles are fresh and prices are advertised as lower than elsewhere. Prsse garments in muslin with lace and embroidery are trimmed and well cut. Prices start at 25 cents up to 1.50 dollars.
A local notice describes men shirting options including breezy shirt waists and summer trousers. It announces a fresh stock of shirts and pants discounted at 60 cents on the dollar, with prices from 35 to 60 cents for shirts worth 50 cents to 1 dollar.
Our Miss Evans' work charms town and country as two stocks sell out and the third moves quickly. Prices on millinery are lower than usual with a pretty banded sailor at 20 cents.
Surgeon General Wyman issues a circular from the Marine Hospital Service stressing the mosquito as a disease vector for malaria and filariasis. It notes Simond’s claim that plague transmits from rats to humans via fleas, and that typhoid and cholera may travel by flies. Recommends mosquito nets, flyscreens, especially in kitchens, and sulfur fumigation to kill insects in large rooms.
Bluefield West Virginia details a catastrophic flood in the Pocahontas field, Elkhorn Basin and Keystone washing away towns and mines. Officials fear 200 to 600 dead, with property losses around 2 million and many riverside homesteads destroyed as rail and telegraph lines fail. Rescue teams and telegraph crews race to restore contact.
Fragmentary ad text touts Dr EF Deiohn product for a child with bedwetting and mentions a sleep related condition. It cites a price of 1 dollar and lists JF Mackey & Vo druggists in Lung canter. A separate line states Italy has a high crime rate with 5,140 criminals per 1,000,000.
Albert Hay son of Secretary Hay and Yale 1898 graduate died in a New Haven hotel fall. A laborer saw him plunge from an upper window and a partly smoked cigarette rested on the sill. The door ring and neatly arranged bed suggest an accident while he toyed with a ring or cigarette, with no witnesses present.
A Armonk New York mother writes that her daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis, but Dr King’s New Discovery saved her life after other remedies failed. Her niece with advanced consumption also recovered. The ad touts the medicine as infallible for coughs and colds with trial bottles free and guarantees from Crawford Bros and Mackey Co.
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