Local notices and family news from Lancaster area
Various short items report Corner Drug Store selling soft drinks and local ads for Punderburk Pharmacy. Revered J W Little to preach on Main Street at 5 pm. Notes on Cal oranges and lemons arriving, Williams returning from Orangeburg, and tickets for drinks at the pharmacy. Obituary for Bill A Burn aged months. Funeral of S Anderson McElwee. Cats nursing young squirrels. dancing hall near Indian ferry ready for picnickers. Post office list of unclaimed letters. Local trips to Pleasant Valley High School closing exercises. Pharmacy hours and a note about Orange Phosphate advertisement. Chinese family in Monroe. Waxhaw correspondent on Nisbet dancing hall. Lancaster to Unity line construction. Gregory breach of trust case in Columbia. pickpocket theft from A Thies. Aud J A Cook receives news of brother Judson Cook’s death from pneumonia in Alabama. Sympathy notes for bereaved families.
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Cure for Lung Ailments
An old newspaper ad claims Dr Kings New Discovery cures lung and throat troubles including bronchitis croup and pneumonia. A Shepherdtown West Virginia testimonial from Mrs OC Vans Matro says one bottle relieved a year of bronchitis. Trial bottles are free and the product is advertised by Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co.
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Dr. King
Crawford Bro’s
J. F. Macksey & Co
Scholarships exams at Winthrop College July 10
Examinations for vacant scholarships at Winthrop College and new student admissions will be at the County Court House on Friday July 10 at 9 a m Applicants must be at least fifteen years old Scholarships filled by highest average after July 10 Next session begins about September 16, 1903 For details and catalogue contact President D S Johnson Rock Hill S C May 22 1m
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Winthrop College
County Court House
Exciting Day on Cotton Exchange in New York
May cotton rose sharply with Liverpool leading the gains as spot prices jumped 82 points and futures 20. New York closed the day with May at 11.68 cents, July at 11.26, and August at 10.90, marking the season’s strongest advance despite a smaller total than last week.
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New York
Cotten Exchange
Liverpool
Judson Beck Escapes The Gallows and Is Sentenced to Life
Judson Beck of Barnwell was spared execution after Gov. Heyward commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. He had been due to be hanged on April 24 for murdering his brother-in-law during a dispute over his wife. The governor granted a 30 day respite pending an appeal, with a wired and phoned alert to halt the gallows.
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Gregory
Columbia
Hunter
Holloway
Richland County
Lancaster
Judson Beck
Barnwell
Heyward
Bec
Beck
Oldest South Carolina veteran James Powers to receive silk umbrella
James Powers of Dent, Richland county born July 20 1812 and slated to be 91, is declared the oldest veteran at a Columbia reunion. He claimed service in Seminole War, Mexican War, Civil War era actions under Maxey Gregg, and earlier struggles with persistence despite age. He received a silk umbrella with gold handle, to be buried with him rather than passed to relatives.
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South Carolina
James Powers
Haskell
Jef Davis
Santiago
Dent
Richland County
Mexico
Santa Anna
Union of States
Maxey Gregg
R. H. Edmunds
Columbia
Mr. Livingston of
Newberry
Lee
Appomattox
Starling
Mr. Powers
Massacre of the Jew resolutions reach state department
Washington May 20 the state department received another batch of resolutions relating to the Jewish massacre at Kishineff. The department acknowledged receipt and promised consideration while noting Russia’s steps to restore order and punish perpetrators, with no ground for U S intervention or representation at this time.
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Washington
State Department
Kischineff
United States
Gruive's Taste Less Chill Tonic Ad Claims No Cure
A dated advertisement warns readers about Gruive's Taste Less Chill Tonic. It asserts the formula is mere trote and quinine in a tasteless form with a no cure no pay offer priced at 50 cents. The copy stresses the product's claimed ineffectiveness and money-back condition.
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Matara
Grove
Gruive
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J. W. Little
Baptist Church
Main Street
California
Ars Rive
Funderbark
T. Y. Williams
Orangeburg
Grand Lodge K. of P
Greenville
Punderburk Pharmacy
Bill A
L. M. Clyburn
Charley
Fenderburk Pharmacy
J. M. Hood
Yorkville
S. Anderson McElwee
McElwee
J. B. Funderburk
Tradesville
Funprework Pharmacy
A. M. Rees
Lela Price
Senator Hough
J. Harry Foster
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley High School
Foster
Fuederbark Pharmacy
Monroe
Methodist Church
van Wyck
J.M. Nisbet
Waxhaw Enterprise
Foley
Eugene Fenderburk
Unity
A. Thies
Haile
F. R. McNinch
Charlotte
Eccles &Bryan
Thies
Charlotte Observer
Cook
J. A. Cook
Blocton
Ala
Judson Cook
N. M. Cook
Taxahaw
RE. Gregory
H. M.cook
North Carolina
KE. W. Grove
James Poyers
Jmakrey Foster
Lui
Lancaster, S. C
County Board of Commissioners
Boal
I. J. Percy
W. B. Brewe
Dti
Masonic Building
Lancaster, S.C
T. Eugene Funderburk
Nomethine
J. B. Mackorell
Pirlcis
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