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Newspaper

The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1905

Page

4

Hanged For His Brother In Canonsburg Mystery

Washington, March 3. Adolph J Bloch cried that his brother Eugene Bloch should have been hanged instead of him after learning of the Allentown hanging. Adolph, jailed in Washington county, confessed to murder and faces a hearing while his brother’s execution stands as the case’s focal point. He claimed to have killed Mrs Fraizinger, asserting his brother bore the guilt.

Washington Sam Eugene Adolph J Bloch Canonsburg Eugene Bloch Allentown Ilo Washington County Mre Kato Fraizinger Adolph Bloch Mrse Fraizinger Jens Bloch

Grand Inaugural Ceremonies Mark Roosevelt Oath

Washington reports President Roosevelt took the oath of office before a vast crowd at the Capitol. Chief Justice Fuller administered the oath. the scene was crowded, with a ceremonial salute and the inaugural address delivered to a packed audience.

Washington Roosevelt East Front Capitol Caren Mony Fuller Supreme Court United States Navy Yard

Secretary Hester Reports Cotton Trade Totals in March

New Orleans March weekly cotton statement shows for three days in March a 10 000 bale rise from last year and 26 000 from the year before. Season totals 906 000 ahead of last year and 803 000 ahead of the year before. Weekly shipments 225 526 bales. foreign exports 150 512. Season totals for mills 2 869 330, down from last year. Seaboard stocks down 17 344 bales. overall supply to Jute 9 859 628.

New Orleans March Hester North South Canada Seaboard

Finding Money Health Tip Promotes Dr King’s New Discovery

The notice urges prompt action for coughs colds or chest trouble citing W Barber of Sandy Level Virginia who was cured by Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. It touts the medicine as the greatest lung remedy with trial bottles free and lists Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderbut Pharmacy as retailers selling 50c and 1.00 bottles.

W. ©. Barber Sandy Level Crawford Bros J. F. Mackey & Co

Planters Commission Holds Meeting To Retire Cotton

A meeting of the Colton Planters' Commission and Holding Company is set for New Orleans on March 10 to retire 2,000,000 bales of 1904 crop cotton from the market. The Southern Cotton Association says such retirement should push prices back to 10 cents per pound. President Harvie Jordan discusses the company's formation and lists the board of directors. Also a note on Foley's Honey and Tar for croup and whooping cough, with no opiates, sold by Fanderburk Pharmacy.

Atlanta Colton Planters’ Commission and Holding Company New Orleans Southern Cotton Association Harvie Jordan Foley Fanderburk Pharmacy

Committee on Warehouse Plans for Storing Cotton

President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association calls a March 18 meeting of the committee to establish a southern cotton warehouse system. The gathering, in New Orleans, invites bankers warehousemen and insurance men to attend amid plans deemed important. Murray’s Horehound Mullein and Tar advertised as a cough remedy with 25 cent large bottle offered by Murray Drug Co.

Atlanta Harvie Jordan Southern Cotton Association New Orleans Murray Drug Co Columbia 8. C Murray

Stanford Widow Dies From Strychnine Bicarbonate Poisoning

Honolulu reports show a chemist’s test on bicarbonate of soda Mrs Stanford ingested before bed indicates strychnine presence. Police consider a household member as a suspect in the suspected poisoning. Autopsy doctor Dr H W Vo Marry says death due to strychnine poisoning. jewelry worth about 75,000 remained intact.

Honolulu Stanford HW. Vo Marry Ming

Murray's Ilorehou Mulle andior Cures your cough bottle

Druggist ad offers Murray's Ilorehou Mulle andior Cures your cough at 25 cents a bottle. Also touts Cobhace Plants with ready plants and mail orders for any amount and varieties. Write for prices on Lola 013000 and over. Addressed intern to WP Carr, Megueta, Dec 20, 1901.

Murray Tam Lola Addred WP Carr Megueta

Death of Ninety-One Year-Old Robi Swann in Steel Creek

Mr Robi Swann died after a week long pneumonia illness. A lifelong resident of Steel Creek he passed away at age ninety one, unmarried and at the place of his birth. Burial was held at Steel Creek church yesterday.

Robi Swann Lower Steel Creek Mr Swann Steel Creek Church Fort Mill

Cabbage Plant Shipment Offered By Chase Gibson

From best selected goats, sturdy cabbage plants ready for shipment. Open air growth with frost resistance. Varieties include Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield, Henderson's Succession, Augusta Early, and Trucker. Packed in light baskets at $1.50 per thousand, $1.25 each for five thousand or more. Express office Chase Gibson Youngs Island December 20, 1904.

Chase Gibson Youngs Island

End of Congress in Washington Marks Final Acts

The 58th Congress closed at noon with all major legislation already enacted. Presiding officers signed the bills, which were sent to the President for signature, then returned to the originating houses to complete the lawmaking process.

Washington 58Th Congress

Murray's Tlorehound Adullein Ad

An archaic ad notes a cough remedy from Murray's with a large bottle priced at 26e. The fragment hints at a patent medicine format typical of old newspapers, mentioning ailment relief and dosage context in terse terms.

Murray

Dr RG Elliott Practice in Lancaster County

Dr RG Elliott maintains a residence phone 187 and office at the Davis Building corner Male and Dunlap Streets with phone 72. The practice serves both town and county of Lancaster. All calls day or night receive prompt attention. Date June 10, 1905.

Davis Building Dunlap Lancaster

Roosevelt scheme for salaries crushed by Senate panel

The Senate judiciary committee permanently disposed of the so called constructive recess theory, alleged to benefit Leonard Wood and Col Crum, with negative ruling signaling a Senate rule. Nominations carried by President Roosevelt in December 1908 faced salary stoppage from adjournment of the special session until Senate confirmation. Hartford Times reports.

Roosevelt Bie Leonard Wood Army Crum Charleston D. C Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Congress Hartford Times

Fragmented notes on a schedule or event time

Brief OCR fragment shows times 343 pm 4pm and 145 am with unclear context or subject lacking identifiable persons or organizations. cannot determine event, location, or participants from the readables.

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