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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1900
Page
4
A jail escape story unfolds as a prisoner rides to Atlanta, then back to Fairburn with a jug of moonshine. United States Deputy Marshals arrest him for attempting to evade custody and a staged ride to court ends with a surrender plan and chaotic proceedings.
Fragmented readable text mentions a company name style and possible magazine association. No clear events or persons are established. The readable chunks do not provide a coherent incident or report to summarize into a factual news item with dates places or outcomes.
A chance to buy the real estate of T M Fitzpatrick & Bro. in town or county offers prices and terms by calling the Ledger editor. The Fitzpatricks own clearable farms and valuable town property on the market, presenting a fine opportunity for men of ample means to purchase a home.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions various names and terms, including references to law, railways, and places. The readable content is sparse and non-cohesive, listing scattered fragments without a clear event or narrative to summarize into a coherent news item.
Manila October 15 Capt Deveyeux Shields and men of Company F Twenty ninth United States volunteer infantry were captured last month at Marindinques but were recovered yesterday by the American rescue force with all members of the party saved from the insurgents.
Advices from Haiti dated Friday October 12 describe a clash in northern Panay where a company of the twenty sixth United States volunteer infantry was attacked by Tagalog forces from Luzon. The engagement left twenty dead and forty wounded among the defenders, with two officers and ten enlisted men wounded on the American side. Twenty two prisoners were taken along with nineteen rifles and ammunition.
A fragmentary item recalls a six year old girl Flossie asking about marriage and a mother's wry reply about life for women. The piece shifts to a legal style notice from J E Rattedge, a dentist, calling on all debtors to settle promptly.
Ex President Grover Cleveland, replying from Buzzards Bay on October 7, 1900, to John S Greene of Louisville, says he has not changed his opinion as expressed in his April 18, 1895 Chicago business men letter. He had not seen the old letter in a long time but believes the case is not better stated now.
A rackety young man bids farewell to his beloved and vows to watch the stars for her. He asks why the star will remind her of him, and she answers that it stays up late and makes her pale in the morning. The dialogue has a wistful, old fashioned tone from Pick Me Up.
A stranger asked a newsboy for bank directions and offered a penny as payment. The boy replied that bank directors are paid well in Chicago, and pointed to a nearby skyscraper as the bank.
Dialogue between Brown and Jones on party names and loyalties. Jones argues that an old time Democrat may now seem sensible, contrasting with Republican._
The Charlotte Observer notes a future view where 1900 prices for cotton and seed are cited as a benchmark. Cotton at 104 cents per 500 pounds bale and seed at 25 dollars per ton boost farmer income, with ginning costs down and mills aiding value from perishable goods.
Mr George Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving two lives and curing a severe pneumonia attack. The ad cites a wife husband murder in Longtown Fairfield county where a woman killed her spouse and severed his head with a hatchet, now jailed at Winnebago.
Readers are urged to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy claimed to cure lama back and Brights disease. A free sample bottle and a book are offered by mail tostating readers who mention the newspaper. Sold by druggists in Hamton New York and elsewhere.
A wealthy donor endowed the Nicholson Institute with $10,000 to supply ear drainage devices to deaf people lacking access. The gift supports Deafness treatment through Dr Nicholson's artificial ear deams at the Nicholson Institute located at 780 Ength Avenue, New York. The initiative aims to broaden availability for those unable to procure ear dromes.
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