Ledger masthead and staff names dated June 29 1901
The Ledger issue dated June 29 1901 lists Karlow as editor and Nager as Satlievy in the byline with Carter and others.
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
2
The Ledger issue dated June 29 1901 lists Karlow as editor and Nager as Satlievy in the byline with Carter and others.
A large South Carolina Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Blind held its annual commencement at Cedar Springs. Deaf and mute pupils performed music, recitations, and a gymnastic drill, with multiple graduates receiving diplomas after ten years of study. The event featured performances by Wayne Donald and a student orchestra, honoring a half century of service since 1849.
Col Leroy Springs of Lancaster and E B Springs of Charlotte have bought the Millfort Mill from W A Watson and B D Springs, with Springs owning large interests in Fort Mill Manufacturing. The purchase signals confidence in cotton manufacturing in Fort Mill.
An old broadcast of patent medicine and stock tips notes Browne's Iron Bitters as a liver tonic and purporting health benefits. It references a Columbia Record blurb about Senator Tillman possibly investing in Beaumont Tex. stock and compares to Latimer in Mexican Copper, urging readers not to neglect the liver and to use the tonic for strength and vitality.
A storm toppled an old cow shed at Epworth Orphanage, killing nine year old Charley Stack and wounding two other boys aged six and twelve. Two black men, two cows, and two horses sheltered under the shed as debris crushed Stack. Lee White and John H Parker suffered injuries. The body of Charley Stack, a Florence native, will be laid to rest beside his father in Lake City today. Dr. Philpot treated the injured and the orphanage mourns the loss.
Topeka dispatch reports Mrs W C Carson, wife of farmer Cowley Carson, badly burned and dying after an unknown blackmailer demanded five thousand dollars. The threat followed two letters and a Saturday night fire set while Carson was away, three weeks after he ignored prior notices.
Sixteen persons were killed and about 50 seriously injured when train No 3, the westbound Wabash limited, wrecked about 12:30 am west of Peru Indiana. The dead were emigrants bound for Colorado. Many injured will likely die.
Special to The State Greenville June 25 details the Chaffin pardon amid arguments over ambidexterity claims. Mrs Rankin Rochester N Y denies Warren Grube was ambidextrous and says Grobe was left-handed. she argues the weapon in self defense and questions the pardon motive.
The Liverpool bound Lusitania wrecked off Cape Ballard Newfoundland in dense fog. Of about five hundred aboard, reports say a boatload of twenty drowned as panic gripped passengers, mostly immigrants. The ship struck a reef and cliffs, leaving the house largely ruined while boats and tugs head to the scene. much cargo may be saved.
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