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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1903
Page
7
A town acquaintance recalls a drunkard briefly refusing a drink after seeing his children playing in the garden. He had planned to drink, but remembered a bottle at home and chose water instead. The man sobered, citing the children and his promise to his dying baby, saying he could not drink again. Iowa Endeavor.
Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg. Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. It is advertised as best for ulcers piles and related conditions. Cure guaranteed. Only 26 cents. Sold by Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt details a mother scolding Johnny for stealing a large pipe of gingercake from the pantry. Johnny admits part was taken, with a shy blush and a surprised mother reaction highlighting the household misdeed.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally to address catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It promotes “one hundred poplars” as a boast of sales, lists Kinnan & Marvin Wholesale Druggists in Toledo and promises price of 75 cents per bottle. The copy extols Hall's Family Pills as the best in white healers and widespread availability in druggists.
Fragmentary OCR description mentions a day treatment, a plot by Wu Che, a murder or poisoning, a theater or bar setting, and various named individuals. Names and places are garbled, but it suggests a crime or conspiracy narrative with multiple figures and possible investigations.
Gary refers alliance exchange receivership matter to the master of Richland for review and report. In the interim the injunction restraining directors from further interfering with the fund remains in place.
An ordinance declares an annual one dollar dog tax for every dog within Lancster town limits payable by January 1 1903 and each year. On payment, the Chief of Police issues a tag to be placed on the dog. If a dog runs at large without a tag, it will be seized and impounded and killed if the tax plus a 25 cent handling fee is not paid within 36 hours.
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