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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1904
Page
8
The State and nation set a day for public thanksgiving. South Carolinians should express gratitude for material progress in farming, education, and spirit. Prosperity from King Cotton and rising school attendance accompany a safer public mood and stronger respect for law. Personal reflections urge thanks for health, station, and communal aid.
A runaway bicycle caused a leg injury to J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois. The wound, described as a stub born ulcer, resisted four years of medical treatment until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it. The ad notes the salve also treats burns scalds skin eruptions and piles and lists Crawford Bros J F Mack ey Co and Funderbark Pharmacy as sellers at 25 cents.
Col. W. C. P. Brackenridge has died at 11 40 p m after a paralytic stroke suffered Wednesday. The end came peacefully. Burial is planned for Monday afternoon at Lexington Cemetery.
An old ad style piece touts Murray’s Horehound Mallein and Tar to prevent pneumonia and colds, urging buyers to trust the 250 bottle and the 500 size, with druggists carrying it. It then shifts to a courtroom anecdote about a seven year sentence swapped for life, and finally promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills and Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption, with local names and pharmacy references.
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus ticket wagon was robbed of $30,000 while on a flat car between Greenville and Tarboro North Carolina. Keys stolen from the treasurer enabled entry. Police hold two suspects, a performer man and woman. Tarboro searches and rewards follow.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment for piles and itching of the private part. It claims instant relief, absorption of ta Nora, and a money back guarantee, with price 60s and 31 np per box, sold by frugeixta and via mail.
An 189 acre horse farm offers good buildings, about 50 acres in woods, two pastures wired, with potential to be sold as a whole or split into two tracts. Located about 3 miles northeast of town. A bargain. Call On T Carter, Agent.
Gresoville reports that the Court of Common Pleas in Abbeville halted the Wilson versus Southern Railway trial after Special Judge Ernest Moore learned a juror had been hosted by the plaintiff and stayed overnight at engineer Wilson's home. The hearing will resume at a later term.
A household remedy story notes Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted medicine for throat and lung troubles in anxious family hours. It emphasizes safety with no opiates and promotes Funderburk Pharmacy as the seller.
An old time remedy claim promotes Murray's Horehound Mullein and Tar as the best cure for coughs and respiratory ailments. It pitches the product as a universal treatment, urging readers to ask their druggist for Murray's and buy large bottles for about 50 cents. The ad uses rustic language and nostalgic references to parents and grandparents.
A Nashua Iowa policeman recounts enduring a severe lung cold last winter and trying six advertised cough medicines plus two doctors before Foley’s Honey and Tar cured two thirds of a bottle. He calls it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world and notes Funmark Pharmacy sells it.
Prepared to do the Work I have put in a gasoline engine with which to run my sausage and bone mill and am now better prepared than ever to serve the public with the best meat to be had. I have also attached to my engine a wood saw and can saw and split your wood on very short notice in your own yard. Call me io-market phone 43 residentee 56 at S. T. Blackmon Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs. Refuse substitutes. Sold by unde bark Pharmacy.
On Tuesday November 22 1904 at 11 p m the lowest responsible bidder will be awarded the contract to build a bridge across Waxhaw Creek on the new road near East and Ferguson's Perry place. Supervisor
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