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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1904
Page
1
The notice lists prices for dental procedures including an amalgam filling at $1.50, a filling at 76 cents, and cement filling at 75 cents, indicating a local medical service rate card.
The article outlines condensed premium offerings for the State Fair field crop, livestock, poultry and assorted departments. Prizes include 300 dollars for sample bushels across fifty varieties, plus 36 and 60 dollars for top corn and cotton yields. Horse, cattle, sheep, and hog sections list multiple placements, with breed and age distinctions. Exhibitors receive free stalls and freight paid. the prize value is secondary to advertising, prestige, and friendly competition. A request for Hat and inquiries is directed to Secretary Love in Columbia. a stray brown and white spotted reiter Anawwers to pame of Verlo is noted as missing since Saturday with a reward offered.
Report details expenditures and personnel for the county office through September 30, 1904. Items list salaries for coroners physicians clerks and constables, as well as numerous bridge road and building works, lunacy examinations, and various supports for public services including jail, burial, and lunatic care. Numerous names and amounts appear across many line items, reflecting comprehensive county spending and appointments.
Last night near Richardsonyville in the western part of the county M. M. Morse was shot and killed while W L Henderson was wounded in the right hand and belly. The fight grew from domestic troubles and involved Morse’s son-in-law Mike Deloach. Morse carried a gun when they returned from Edgefield and Henderson was seated in the buggy as shots were fired. Henderson’s arm may be amputated and Morse’s killer remains unclear. An inquest will be held today.
An Armonk New York mother praises Dr King's New Discovery for saving her daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis and aiding a relative with advanced consumption. The ad touts cures for coughs colds and throat lung ailments with trial bottles and local agents Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co Funderburk Pharmacy. A Laurens man Gold smith Tompson age about 32 shot himself amid poor health and despondency at his father's home five miles south of the city. A physician cites life threat in illness and Kidney Cure is sold by Funderburk Pharmacy.
Fragmented OCR text discusses a grand jury probe into a lynching in Alabama. It notes the judge explained what constituted conspiracy and that a conviction in Alabama would not meet federal standards. The piece frames a national duty to protect citizens and critics the handling of the case. Increased focus on federal versus state responsibilities and justice.
Fragmented text shows a patient seeking dependable medicine for chronic debility and nerve trouble. Mentions Ed Bitters and local druggists Ford Bros and Funderburk Pharmacy in a distressed, garbled ad-like snippet from a historic page.
An incident in Darlington Oct 44 involving Walter Ratliff and his colored wife resulted in a fatality. The woman died shortly after a failed attempt to save her sister during a violent altercation. Mary, sister to the wife, intervened to shield her sister from the attack.
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