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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1904
Page
1
Crawford and Brown Lancaster advertises eye and throat care with prompt day or night service. Office at Crawford Bros Drug Store contact numbers shown for appointments and residence listings provided.
Lancaster and Chester Railway schedule in effect November 29 1962 shows westbound daily services excluding Sunday with departures from Lancaster to Fort Bassowville Richburg Chester Charette and onward to Carolina and Northwest Lancaster lines. The notice lists multiple times and stations including Gastonia Avante Coleosiia and Charlotte with superintendent Leroy Springs identified.
News from Saluda reports the death of J C Edwards a Saluda county representative elect after a six week illness. In Saluda a murder verdict for Clarence Thrailkill in the Burton case was returned with a motion for a new trial to be heard Monday. Clinton College appoints Dr W G Neville as president to start soon. Yorkville residents praise The State after a near disaster and extend congratulations.
Special to The State from Sumter reports Dr Telburg Hofman shot himself at his home after a violent quarrel with his wife over marital issues and religion. Coroner ruled death a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Neighbors describe a long, unhappy marriage with recent clashes.
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk New York credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis. A niece with advanced consumption also recovered. The medicine is advertised as infallible for coughs and colds with trial bottles free and 50 cent to 1.00 dollar bottles.
George W. Blount a black fish and oyster shop owner in Berkley was seized from a Norfolk police station by four masked men and shot dead in Hardy's field after beating. He had recently struck a Berkley policeman and the mob then dispersed as authorities claimed no known participants. A witness described four masked men, with one firing the fatal shot into Blount’s head.
Wake Ark preacher Rev Jno Cox says twelve years of yellow jaundice vanished after using Electric Bitters. He credits the remedy for liver and kidney trouble and general debility. Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy guarantee the product.
Winthrop College in Rock Hill reports the death of Miss Anna Teresa Lichtenwangen of Knoxville from heart failure after a two week illness. The obituary notes she was connected with Knoxville communities and died on Sunday, October 23.
Advertisement touts Murraya Horehound Mullein and Tar as the best cough cure. Claims it is made from pure ingredients and safe for infants and adults. Sold at druggists for 25 cents a bottle in extra large size.
US grand jury reports to Judge Jones on the Horace Maples lynching in Huntsville Alabama. It notes that if Maples had not been Black he would not have been taken from jail and lynched and indicts several mob members. The panel urges action to stop lynching and welcomes steps from any lawful court.
An old time remedy touts Murray’s cough medicine containing Horehound Mallein and Tar as a universal cure. It claims rapid relief for babies and all coughs and urges readers to ask their druggist for Murray’s, offering 3 for a bottle and an extra large size.
Census Bureau bulletin shows 426 883 running bales ginned in 996 counties this year through October 18, up from 293 669 last year. Georgia leads with 196 744 bales from 34 counties. 2411 ginneries reported versus 2342 in 1903.
An old health advert promotes Murray's Horehound Mallein and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds. It warns coughs can lead to dangerous illnesses like pneumonia and influenza and claims the product, priced at 25 cents, drops the cough quickly.
In Montmorenci near Aiken on Saturday night about eight o clock shots were fired into the Woodward store. A ten year old colored girl, daughter of Mary Roof, was fatally wounded by a bullet through the abdomen and a colored man named Jim Knight was shot in the calf.
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise Kermott's Chocolates Lasative as a cold remedy. The fragment suggests the product claims relief from head cold and sore throat by tasting like candy.
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