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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows Lancaster, Ly, and Chester connections with Southern Railway services. Mentions specific times, stations, and fare figures amid garbled wording. Indicates a timetable-like notice for routes, transfers, and possible departures or arrivals with limited legible details.
North Carolina geologist J A Holmes urged letting jail awaiting trial prisoners choose road work over further jail time. He cited state costs of 75 750 yearly from prisoners dying or being kept in jail. He noted Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina usage and costs of convicts and untried prisoners, proposing payment for work and credit against sentences.
A Davidson Dispatch note recounts a dispute where a patent medicine merchant sued a newspaper for omitting a comma in a testimonial. The altered sentence claimed the writer was at death's door through taking five bottles of the remedy, prompting a call for the missing comma between door and through.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the solution for constipation headaches biliousness and stomach liver or kidney troubles. It claims a worldwide demand for the “beat workers” and directs readers to Crawford Bros and J Mackeys Co drug stores for purchase.
The United States supreme court on Monday handed down a decision upholding the validity of Mindis law prohibiting dealing in futures.
A Pleasant City mother recalls her three week battle with pneumonia in her child, noting a severe cough and worsening condition until Dr King's New Discovery was used. The product is advertised as a sure cure for coughs colds and lung diseases with guarantees from Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co. Trial bottles offered.
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