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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1904
Page
3
Local notice lists schedules for religious services with changes to covenant dates and sermon plans. Rev Ji Weite announces July 1st and 3rd Sabbaths, a short break, and a gathering at Pleasant Hill on the 4th Sabbath.
Local notices report visits by Mrs. R B Mackey and Miss Agnes Cauthen, returning residents M D B Mohaffey, and Dr J J Hagins visiting Lancaster and nearby towns for free eye examinations. Baptist convention set in Chester on Nov 20, plus county notes on sales, farms, and a Confederate veteran’s year with yields. Thanksgiving service planned in Baptist church with orphanage contributions. court extra session in Abbeville led by Judge Ernest Moore. appeals for subscribers to settle dues.
Maj A HU Green is improving in Baltimore and plans to return home soon with his daughter Mrs W T Wallimas of Lancaster who joined him there. A vest pocket memorandum was lost about three weeks ago on Nevent road and a reward is offered at this office. W K Thompson of Liberty Hill Master of the State Grange passed through en route to Portland Oregon with his wife for an annual Grange meeting. Carmel school seeks a teacher to open on Doc Lat d F. Williams Trustee Lancaster R7 D No 4.
Three people died and twenty injured in a string of fires across New York City today. Nearly 500 people were overcome by smoke and about as many made temporarily homeless as fires, mainly in tenement houses, swept through various parts of the Greater City. Incendiaries are suspected in at least two cases.
Dispatch from Chefoo reports over 600 Russians killed or wounded at Etse Mountain as Chinese sources describe fierce Nov 5 and 6 assaults by Japanese. A shell from Panlung reportedly destroyed a land mine and mine station while Japanese forces suffered no injuries. The scene covered mined trenches on the boundary with heavy casualties for Russians. Foley’s Honey and Tar is advertised by Funderburk Pharmacy.
Short classified notice seeks a small tract of land within half a mile of Taxa baw. It asks who has property to sell and to notify V Y. 8. Carter. An unrelated ad notes Foley's Honey and Tar cough medicine from Fanderburk Pharmacy without opiates or poisons.
Thad Rising ten years old was accidentally shot by a twenty-year-old, Knox Baiav, while hunting near Dillon. The 8 shot entered his right side, lacerating the spinal column. The boy lies semiconscious and doctors fear he will not recover.
An ad promoting Dr Kings New Life Pills claims they cure fever dyspepsia jaundice constipation and old age ailments for 25 cents sold by Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy. The piece also notes a Spartanburg complaint about a fraudulent picture drummer who took advance payments, failed to return photos, and crossed into North Carolina. no warrant exists and no reward is offered.
A Nashuala night policeman recounts cold lung illness last winter and failed medicines from two doctors before Foley's Honey and Tar cured most symptoms. The product is sold by Funburk Pharmacy. A Colleton County case reveals fugitive R A Adams, convicted of murder, escaped jail months ago and has been living quietly on a distant farm. The sheriff shows no effort to recapture him.
James Greer, a prosperous young farmer, lost his right hand when it was crushed between the rollers of a corn shredder. The hand was amputated between the wrist and elbow. He drove four miles to Anderson, endured the operation, and returned home without a murmur.
Judge Mc Culough sentenced Karl Rochester to be hanged January 6 next for nursing his neighbor. A motion for a new trial was overruled. The courtroom scene was solemn as a young man from a fine family received the death sentence amid a prominent neighbor's family.
W F Lane y physician and surgeon states arrangements with New York lenders to negotiate loans secured by neat mortgage on improved cotton farms at 7 percent interest. Interest payable in annual installments of five years. No brokerage or commission charged. Reasonable abstract of title fee. E Wylie, Attorney at Law, Aug 31 6m.
Esopus and Rosemount residents relay telegrams of praise as Parker congratulates the president and Roosevelt responds, thanking Parker for his congratulations. The exchanges mark a formal post election moment between Alton B. Parker and Theodore Roosevelt.
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