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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1904
Page
2
Professional card for Crawford & Brown, opticians and surgeons in Lancaster. Includes eye treatment and other specialties, with office contact details and references to Crawford Bros. Drug Store. Mixed in public notice style with era spelling and unclear scan marks.
Columbia S C August 29 1900 Business College advertises high returns from business education with claims of guaranteed satisfaction and special rates for courses. It promises preparation for superior positions and urges enrollment through its catalog and offers.
In the commons of the Lancaster court the guardians of Emma A stibson Mary Alee Crawford and others by J Foster Moore trustee decree to sell land in Lancaster Town Lancaster County South Carolina. Judge R Wailt dated Oct 26 1904 orders public auction on the first Monday in December at Lancaster courthouse. Property described as two acre lot with two story ten room dwelling and servant house bounded by Clinton estate and J Harry Foster Barr Street and J F Hunter alley. Terms cash. JPH Rash
W Blaney physician and surgeon advertisement notes medical practice details and services offered, mentioning specialty in surgery and patient care.
The Wadmalaw Island sea island plantation armory of F W Fowles was burned early this morning, with a large cotton loss, estimated at 16000 dollars and no insurance. In Beaufort district three drowning victims were reported from a Combahee River gale, while a murder verdict and an acquittal marked two cases in Charleston. Union county plans a new electric power plant with 1 million capital to supply mills and factories. In Batesburg, 11 year old Carroll Hook died from hydrophobia after a dog bite two months prior, despite aggressive treatment.
Col John S Mosby received a Birmingham judge Roulacs remarks on southern views of the president. Col Moody sent the letter to Oyster Bay hoping Roosevelt would be pleased by a Confederate veteran endorsement. Roosevelt replied privately in 1904 stating he is saddened by southern attacks and cherishes the south as the nation’s interest.
A Fremont North Carolina resident recalls a sick day in 1941 due to kidney trouble that vanished after using Electric Bitters. He claims neighbors were cured of rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney issues and general debility. The testimonial lists Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy as sellers.
A Moji telegram says Japanese artillery destroyed another Russian arsenal and magazine at Port Arthur. After locating the facility they fired two hundred shells and blew it up. Japanese saps widen and reposition guns as Russians mount spirited sorties with grenades against the advances.
A Greenville News dispatch from Seneca reports J. R. Kay, Oconee county treasurer, is about $2000 short. Comptroller General Jones traveled to Valhalla to settle the matter, with bondmen expected to cover the shortage. Kay recently ran for sheriff, was defeated, and tendered his resignation, Gov. Heyward delaying action to order an examination of the books. No prosecution is mentioned.
The Monroe Enquirer recalls Rev Joe Mundy of Brateaville once a Sunday lecturer in the courthouse. He rose from poverty to preach, then drifted back to drinking, and reportedly sought Keeley Institute treatment with a Sunday lecture in Statesville to raise travel funds.
The Spartanburg Journal urges abolishing the dispensary without replacing it with bars or state prohibition. It proposes private licenses with heavy bonds to sell whiskey in sealed half pint containers, banned on premises and during night hours. It calls to retire state involvement in liquor wholesale, reduce constabulary, and allow county local option for prohibition.
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