Letter on paint cost and value by Longman and Martinez
A letter to Mes Werry of Lancaster argues real cheapness is cost to service, not upfront price. It claims Linseed oil makes paint cheaper over time, asserts Four Million Pounds yearly sales support their claim, and promises color cards and further information from Criowfort Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowday
Lo & My
United States
Messrs. Criowfort Bros
Plessel
Longman & Martinez
Local News Highlights From Lancaster 1900
A collage of notices, births, visits, and ads appears from Monroe area. Derdge to Let drama mentioned, Fort Lawn visit by Mr ME Jordan, and a birth announced to Mr and Mrs Bb Walters on August 26 1900. A Lancaster County court meeting scheduled for September 6 at 3 pm. Ad for Ganson Cash Store fall bargains and fresh markets. Several letters advertised for week ending Sept 1 1900 and a report on Dr Uriah B Jordan’s return from Baltimore for leg treatment. Also notes on Mrs Mary Doster’s death at about seventy, and a call for school district reports by Sept 8. A laundry agent sought, and Bennett purchases Funderburk grocery stock. A elopement case of Tom Lowery and Miss Martha McManus led to arrest and Chester transfer.
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Tom Lowery
Fishing Creek
Martha McManus
Taxahaw
Lowery
McManus
Monroe
Myers
Rivena
Chester
Lightning strikes wire in Green Briar incident
A Thursday afternoon accident in Green Briar near Leonard Robinson’s house saw a buggy stopped beneath a phone line. A lightning flash struck the wire, killing the mule and stunning Mr Kol while sparing Mr Berry. Mr Ruff recovered from the shock. The event suggested a ground wire failure and near-fatal risk to nearby men.
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Greenbriar
RV Bray
Flint Hall
Leonard Robinson
Crosby Raff
Raff
Kol
Berry
Bray
Rol
Ruff
Winnsboro News and Herald
Fire damages bed in Washington Street residence
Lightning struck Mrs. Alice Vann's Washington street home Tuesday night. A feather bed in an upstairs room caught fire from the underside and a bedpost split. None of the inmates were injured. the bed tick likely ignited as springs burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Vann
Washington Street
Monroe Enquirer
The Tro’r Loves and the Bee in Garden Tales
A whimsical verse from The Ledger notes the Bee roves gardens and hums his lays while the Fly glides between plates seeking cream and the Skeeter roams bodies before settling to bill for gore in a crude, rhythmic sketch of insects and appetites.
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Skeeter
Bill
Gore
Peebloa
Cotton States convention forecasts 1900 cotton crop total
Raleigh August session of the Cotton States convention of Commissioners of Agriculture releases an estimate for the 1900 season totaling 9,504,500 bales. Projected by state, Alabama 21,000. Texas 3,300,000. Georgia 1,025,000. North Carolina 495,000. Mississippi 800,000. others listed. Weather and September frosts may affect final output. estimate reflects the association's opinion.
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Raleigh
Cotton States Convention of Commissa|ers of Agricultures
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indiana Territory
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Sabbath church assignments listed by denomination
The schedule assigns ministers to several congregations on the upcoming Sabbaths: ARP church Rev A N Brunson for the 1st Sabbath, Methodist church Rev WC Ewart for the 2nd Sabbath, Sed Sabbath Presbyterian church Rev J H Boldridge, and Baptist church Rev Chalmers Fraser for the 4th Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabbath —Arp
A N Brunson
Sabbath— Methodist
WC Ewart
Sabbath — Presbyterian Church
J H Boldridge
Sabbath —Baptist Church
Chalmers Fraser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ao Ke
Mes W. Werry
Lancaster, SC
Lical Matters
Add “Derdge
Mr ME Jordan
Fort Lawn
Bb Walters
Lancaster Court House Alliance
the Court
TS McManus
Athiotn
Ed I Mackey
Ganson Cash
Edna Cunningham
E Jane Crafort
Hannah Mobley
Sular Weatherspome
Napnie Scott
Ida Blakeney
Robert Caskey
Klizzer Rite
Those Reeves
Ro Stewart
Alex Cauthen
Uriah B Jordan
Baltimore
Lancaster
Vicinity
Camden
Funderburk & Co
W P Bennett
Atrs Doster
Mary Doster
Mooroe
Buford Township
de TL. Doster
Tradeaville
Wingste
Me J Y Doster
S A Robertson
Monroe Thursday
J H Thompson
TM Allen
Rock Hill
State Board of Control
Reid
The
Ledger
van Woyck
M¢ Gardner
State OF
Ounty OF
Pratiate
Hy Chass
Jones
Jade
Vivier & Hayes
Biot Pha
Vi. Nissen
Olt Mickary
Piedmont
Mr. M Hood
Lancer Mercatele
Priece
Heath Banking & Mercantile Co
Von
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