Rail Service Notes and Train Connections Across Lines
Fragmented OCR lists multiple trains and connections across Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, and Northwestern Rails. It mentions No 86 to Charlotte, Atlanta Special to Athens, No 17 from Chester, No 84 from Columbia, No 88 to Northern Atlantic points, and No 3h from Lancaster, with times around 410 pm and a conductor named Jas M He Sth.
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Cancaster
Nott
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Pointe North
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
Athieta
Points
Caroline
Northwestern
Chester
Columbia
Heaboard Aly
Nolnty
Lane
Tlacksburg
Laneneer
Lancaster
Camden and
Marion and Southern Railway
Lester
Charlotte Wed
Clos
Connie
Tiester
Southern Railway Noo Sd
Jas M
Jeu Pas
Leroy Springs
Col Sheppersons Views as to Cotton Prices Surged
From Baltimore March 2 Col Alfred Bo Shepperson of New York argues European spinners faced shortages, boosting cotton prices with no manipulation. He notes U S stocks are small, shipments pending, and futures likely rise to match spot cotton as demand from Europe and Asia remains strong.
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Col. Shepperson
Baltimore
Alfred Bo Shopperson
New York
Europe
American
Japan
Liverpool
New Orleans
India
Cotton Exchange
Alabama
Mining
Saw
Arkansas
Naval Stores Company
Florida
Georgina
Brewery and
Krag Company
Maryland
Telephone Company
Mississippi
Eectric
North Carolina
Lumber Company
Carolina
Tennessee
Cotton
Texas
Virginia
Foundry and Boiler Company
West Virginia
Auth
De King's New Life Pills Promote Health and Energy
An old advertisement claims the pills improve stamina and mental power by restoring stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It asserts superior vitality with daily use and directs readers to Crawford Bros Drag Store for purchase.
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Tod
King
Crawford Bros’ Drag Store
Young Telegraph Operator Willlie Barr At Kingstree
Willie Barr an 11 year old in Kingstree South Carolina serves as Western Cojon telegraph operator. He has held the post for three months and is noted as the youngest operator in the state if not the nation. He handles wire messages directly and has learned typing as well. Also mentions 30 000 Mormons leaving Utah for Wyoming and congress claims proposing about 200 million dollars in government expenditures.
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Kingstree
Willie Barr
United States
South Carolina Barbed Wire Regulation Enacted
A new act titled to protect against barbed and edged fencing requires owners or builders within fifty feet of public highways to place a plank or pole along the fence unless an embankment already safely shields stock. Violators face up to $100 fine or up to thirty days in jail as the road overseer deems necessary, with previous related laws repealed.
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General Assembly
State of
South Carolin
Sad Death of Me Van Pelt in Greenville News
Van Pelt, traveling for brothers in law George KR Lombard of Augusta Georgia, died Wednesday night from an overdose of laudanum. He had toothache and first drank whiskey for relief, then took laudanum after ten drops were given. He retired and was found dead yesterday morning, the remainder of an ounce bottle having been consumed.
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Union
van Pelt
Bie Brothers In Law
George KR Lombard
Augusta
Gibbes Hooves
Unclear vintage medical ad with dubious claims
An old salvage ad promotes patent medicines and pills by wholesale druggists. It references a blood cleansing cure, a Calareb Cure, and Panils Pills, claiming universal acceptability and direct action in the system. The text is garbled but conveys a generic 19th or early 20th century sales pitch for elixir style remedies.
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Bruax
Deugyiat
Heaviest Snowfall in Years Hits Western New York
March 1 snowfall across western New York described as the heaviest in years. Lockport reports three feet, Medina two feet, Hornellsville two feet, Delavan eight inches, Brockton one foot. Trains delayed. many caves abandoned.
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New York
Lockport
Medina
Hornellsville
Delevant
Brockton
Arnica Salve Promises Quick Cure for Various Ailments
An old advertisement touts Backlen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions, fevers, ulcers, boils, corns, warts, cuts, burns, chilblains, and more. It claims to relieve pains and aches, with a money back guarantee and a price of two cents per box, sold by Crawford Bros Druggists.
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Backlen
Crawford Bros Druggiste
How Young Fretwell Was Killed
Litkens South Carolina March report says Arthur Fretwell of Clark's Hill was killed near the WC railway two miles from the city while supervising a night excavation for a fill. An embankment collapsed trapping him. he died within hours. His father A G Fretwell, a contractor, was away at the time.
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Litkens
S.C
Arthur Fretwell
Clark's Hill
A G Fretwell
Municipal utilities in Edinburgh Indiana offer low rates
The town owns its utilities providing sixteen candle power lighting at 15 cents per month for homes, 20 cents for business houses, water at 1.00 per year per consumer, and complete telephone service at 86.00 per year. The piece argues municipal control is no longer an experiment but a success.
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Edinburgh
Ind
Candidate Coldus A Hoyt On Prohibition Ticket
Greenville figure Coldus A Hoyt is discussed as a gubernatorial candidate on the prohibition ticket. The Orangeburg Times and Democrat praises him as a true son and a credit to the state. The State has received 7500 dollars from the government, largely pay for rejected Spanish American War volunteers. Funds sit in the Carolina National Bank. A Boer horsemen troupe performing in a German circus has been barred from portraying a victory over British redcoats.
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Coldus A Hoyt
Greenville
South Carolina
Orangeburg Times
Carolina National Bank
Meritorious Preparation for Hair and Scalp Promoted
A dubious endorsement extols a hair product named Ant i Kick as safe and effective for all hair types, claiming it straightens kinky or curly hair, adds luster and vigor, and renders other preparations unnecessary. The text appeals for readers to trust the promotion, with praise from unnamed editors and a call for salesmen.
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Darah & Rich
New York City
United States
IRALI
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Rene
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Ewe
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Lancaster AN Hesser
Ratlway
Orm Rors
Yler
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Chen
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Geo
W Plyler
Col Shepperson
Reliahly Mitvices
Savannah
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Utah
Wyoming
Congress
Me van Pelt
Cor Greenville News
Buffallo
Volg Nie
HE County Board OF Equalization
Fretwell
Atos Gray
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