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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1904
Page
1
Professional card for Crawford and Brown eye nose throat specialist in Lancaster. Announces prompt daytime attention and office location at Eight Office over Crawford & Brown Drug Bene. Includes contact numbers and addresses.
A fragmented notice touts the value of business education and reports graduates securing positions. It mentions masters and business courses with special rates and cites a date August 20 1904 from Columbia.
The Sheriff deposits a public sale of land in Lancaster County South Carolina from an 1904 decree. The property covers two acres in the Town of Lancaster with a ten room house and servant quarters. Sale on the first Monday in December cash payable to the guardian sale conducted by J P Hunter and attorneys for the plaintiff.
A local health advertisement lists W F Laney as a physician and surgeon. The notice appears in the period print, reiterating the medical service a practitioner offers and naming the physician for patient outreach.
Fires destroy Fowles sea island plantation on Wadmalaw causing a $16000 loss with no insurance. Drownings reported after a capsized rowboat near Combahee river mouth. Grant Wright convicted of murder with life sentence. Eloise Jenkins acquitted. Million dollar electric power plant planned in Union County to supply mills and industry. Child dies of hydrophobia in Batenburg after mad dog bite two months earlier. funeral treatment unavailable to save him.
A letter from Judge Roulhac of Birmingham praising Roosevelt’s attitude toward the South is cited by Col. Mosby as favorable to the president. Roosevelt responds in a 1904 note from Oyster Bay expressing shared interest with the South. The piece also includes a testimonial from B F Baas praising Electric Bitters and a brief wartime dispatch on destruir Russian arsenal at Port Arthur with Japanese action and Russian sorties.
A Greenville News dispatch from Seneca reports J. R. Kay treasurer of Oconee County is about $2000 short in accounts. Comptroller General Jones visited Walhalla to settle and the shortage may be covered by bondsmen. Kay, who ran for sheriff in the last primary, had tendered resignation. Governor Heyward delayed action pending book examination. No prosecutions expected.
The Monroe Enquirer recalls Rev Joe Mundy once based in Btatesville and who lectured in the Statesville courthouse on Sunday afternoons. He reportedly sought funds to travel to Keeley Institute for treatment of his alleged moral infirmity, promising a collection to cover expenses.
The Spartanburg Journal urges ending the dispensary while avoiding state prohibition. Proposals include private licenses under strict bonds to sell whiskey only in sealed non drinkable containers, high license fees, and removal of state involvement in wholesale liquor. Local option to allow prohibition where desired, with safeguards against corruption and a simpler system.
Subscription appeal urges readers, especially those owing, to pay promptly for papers. The notice emphasizes no opiates and requests timely settlement to support continued publication.
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