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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1904
Page
4
Cherokee county voters decisively rejected dispensaries despite proponent speeches and the new amended price bill. The loss affects county and city incomes, raises tax considerations, and renews calls to revert to the original price bill to curb dispensary corruption and power.
Carelessness blamed for railway wrecks and throat and lung sufferers, but Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds has saved many lives including Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Mass The remedy is guaranteed by Crawford Bros Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy with prices 50 cents and 1.00 trial bottle offered Provide a period voice and local tone while detailing the medical claim and distributors.
Anxious moments come from a mother's worry during a child’s croup. Foley's Honey and Tar is praised as the most effective remedy for throat and lung troubles, safe for use since it contains no opiates or poisons. Available at Funderburk Pharmacy.
Judge George Watts Morris overruled new trial motions and sentenced J Sampel McCne to death by hanging in Charlottesville. The condemned man proclaimed innocence, stood composed as the solitary confinement sentence was announced, with execution scheduled for the January 20 deadline.
Nashua Iowa night policeman J N Patterson testifies that after failing with half a dozen advertised cough medicines and two physicians a friend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar. He reports that two thirds of a bottle cured him and calls it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world. Sold by Funburk Pharmacy.
Reports from Wilmington, Slantington, Cripple Creek and Midway describe deadly clashes at polling places. Victims include Harvey Miller in Wilmington and Hunter Reynolds in Slantington, with arrests not made in some cases. Cripple Creek cites multiple deaths of Democratic election judges and a deputy sheriff wounded.
A reporter witnessed a sorrowful case at the city jail as a man, after a night at a bar, could not raise a five dollar bond and remained jailed. His wife and baby struggled outside the bars, remorse weighing on all, while the man vows to quit drinking though the pattern of broken promises echoes again.
A list of biblical figures is invoked as ideals for Sunday School workers, urging courage, self-reliance, obedience, perseverance, decisiveness, administration, integrity, long-suffering, self-control, prayerfulness, passion mastery, leadership, and resolve in a faith context. The tone echoes exhortation for moral conduct and service.
A promotional item extols Dr Kings New Life Pills for universal cures and youth respect, listing ailments like dyspepsia jaundice fever and constipation as defeated by the pill. It mentions Crawford Bron J I Mackey Co and Fanderbark Pharmacy as sellers and hints at money worth and gold brick desires.
The News and Courier argues for biennial legislature sessions, noting only six states hold annual meetings. It contends South Carolina should join the majority and urges amending the constitution to end the state's minority status. It also observes divorces are allowed nationwide except in South Carolina.
Fall River Mills California voters approve resumption of operations under reduced scale wages after strikes tied to a 12 1/2 percent wage dispute. Factories reopen as workers accept arbitration under the old wage rate pending further action.
The fragment cites about 8 million dollars for a Republican campaign and mentions the South Carolina conference of the M E Church planning its annual meeting in Darlington in December with Bishop A W Wilson of Baltimore to preside.
An old time remedy ad promotes Murray’s Horehound Mutlein in a patent cough remedy. It claims to cure all coughs and is marketed as best for babies, urging readers to buy now with a two for one offer and to remember the name Murray’s and not use other products.
Coroner L. O. Montgomery Caskey announces planned inquests held in the county. Notice requests readers contact his Pleasant Hill residence for needed details. Product advertised by Williams Co and Kunderburk Pharmacy includes a medical remedy for piles and ulcers.
On Tuesday November 22 1904 at 11 oclock a m the county supervisor Perry will let to the lowest responsible bidder the contract to build a bridge across Waxhaw Creek on the old road near I G Mergisco's place.
The document lists levy amounts by townships including Waxhaw Van Wyck Cane Creek Lenawater Gills Creek and nearby areas. It names Kershaw Heath Springs Heath Springs and Russell Pimnee in a tally of assessed levies with scattered figures and percentages.
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