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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
2
The Ledger nationalizes a local clash over Tom Yandle a mill worker whose drunken spends alleged to be funded by his children earnings. The piece denounces Yandle as a vampire parent urging harsher punishment and a shift toward a reform minded Republican party while criticizing Democratic leadership and liquor policies.
A letter to The State editor urges favorable action by the General Assembly on several measures. Proposals include selling state planting lands with provisions for penitentiary work, using convicts for road and swamp work, banning child labor in factories under age 12 or illiterates under 11, enforcing collars on female dogs with fines and euthanasia for collarless bitches, and reducing stray animal harm to crops and wildlife while curbing rabies. It ends with a note on China dialects.
That Throbs Headache ad proclaims De King's New Life Pills for sick and nervous ailments with blood building claims. Special dispatch from Greenville reports Young Lockman died after sixty hours inhaling gas, with family at bedside. remains to Spartandure for burial.
Yorkville readers learn jurors in the Bratton murder case express duty over sympathy. One juror notes the provocation defense could not alter the verdict, confirming conviction under oath. He urges legislative review on temporary irresponsibility in provocation cases.
The remains of Benton Ashe of West Cuion were interred at Elizabethton Tear after a seven year burial. The earth and water conditions varied, yet the coffin remained well preserved, with one observer noting a remark about the surprising preservation.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a fee for steamers leaving Japan for the United States and reference a guinea pig growing quickly, reaching full count state in weeks and beating when two months old. A scientific authority mentions saturating a filler with vaseline to track its path from gun muzzle, with the Inillet course marked by smoke from vaseline on leaving the muzzle.
In Cleveland Hanna outlines coming Republican bills in Congress including canal, army, tax reduction, and ship subsidy. He favors the subsidy bill and notes state department gains during recess resolving treaty issues with Costa Rica. The piece references election debates and current tax proposals, plus dog tax repeal by Georgia lawmakers.
Atlanta plans involve ten cottonseed pulp mills to convert seed into paper of varied grades. Robert Thomas of New York reports backing by the National Law Company with 5.1 million dollars in capital, beginning construction within thirty days. He is also backed by Standard Oil. Factories to span from Texas to North Carolina, each with capacity 125 to 200 tons.
Lincoln Neb Nov 21 The final partial Nebraska tally shows McKinley leading by 7 829 with a total vote of 251 008 McKinley 191 885 Bryan Har r ark The remaining candidates are not competitive Governor race shows Deitrich Republican 118 879 Poynter fusion 118 015 Deitrich is the lowest on the Republican ticket
Governor Beckham and Mise Joan Baphoetriqua wed in Owensborongzh Ky at the First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony drew the governor’s staff and Kentucky social leaders among the bridesmaids. A wreck on the Southern railroad extension from Allendale to Haridesville Tuesday morning killed timekeeper John Gozer and injured foreman J A Brooke. Conductor WC Brice suffered a severe foot injury with toe amputation.
An old advertisement touts Dr EB Detchon’s Antidiuretic for bedwetting in children and adults. It claims to cure incontinence during sleep for all ages and invites readers to travel to Lansdowne to obtain the remedy for $1 via JF Mackey & Co druggists.
Mrs Gilbert Reid, from Shanghai dated October 7, recounts the Pekin siege and hardships. Dr S M Reynolds’s sister details malarial fever and dysentery in their baby, injuries to Mr Reid, refugee journeys via Methodist mission and American legation to British legation, loss of belongings, and a single trunk with keepsakes saved during the turmoil.
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