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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
4
Augusta Bolle leads the State Board of Health in a July typhoid fever alert covering 90 counties. The notice outlines transmission, main preventive rules, and disinfection steps for households, nurses, and physicians to curb spread, with instructions on disposing of discharges, boiling water, and avoiding wells.
W A Greer of McConnellsville Ohio recounts three years of treatment by doctors for piles and fistula without success. He finally found relief using Bucklen's Arnica Salve which cured him in two weeks. Available at Crawford Bros and Jd Mackey & Co drug stores for 25 cents.
A Tennessee preacher challenged by an itinerant who asks for any puzzling text. At a large meeting a country bumpkin asks if Job’s turkey was a hen or gobbler. The preacher falters as the crowd laughs.
In Augusta Georgia on September 5 police were notified that five year old Clifford Lundy suffocated to death in a cotton bin. The tragedy was reported to T J Williams the boy’s grandfather.
A Leesville Indiana father, W H Brown, rode 18 miles with his family fearing death to fetch Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and lung troubles. He credits instant relief and sleep after using the medicine, praising its cures for throat and lung ailments. Bottles 50c and $1.00. trial bottles free at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey & Co drugstores.
Budapest reports the Hungarian ministry of agriculture estimates the world grain yield this year. Wheat 2,905,320,000 bushels. rye 1,597,040,000. barley 1,141,680,000. oats 3,004,720,000. corn 2,178,480,000. European wheat rises 193,120,000. European corn falls 186,320,000. U.S. wheat 646,100,000 with 210,520,000 surplus. Canadian wheat 93,720,000 with 29,820,000 surplus.
In Charlotte the cotton market shows brisk activity with 165 bales sold at 50 cents. Farmers predict a short Mecklenburg crop as August cotton seems unlikely. The first new bale last year arrived September 5 and over 500 bales of the new crop were sold in Charlotte by yesterday.
The piece argues that country districts retain the old American spirit and that a good citizen must first be a breadwinner husband and father. It stresses self-help plus mental self-improvement through cooperation, warns hardness of heart, and notes a divide between good and bad citizens beyond wealth.
W B Whitehead of Kennedale Tex reports distressing head back and stomach pains and loss of appetite. He began using Dr Kings New Life Pills and soon felt improved. Infallible for stomach and liver troubles. Available for 20 cents at Crawford Bros and J B Mackey Co drug stores.
George L B Haughton of Atlanta, recently divorced, visits Charleston to wed Miss Victoria Dantzler of Atlanta. Haughton inherits more than 200000 from his father’s Milwaukee estate but must pay 21000 alimony to his ex wife per the will. The divorce was finalized in Chicago, with wedding planned in Charleston next week.
A fragmented old advertise style page promotes Hall's Family Pills and various tonics. Mentions Draveiata Pontiownais and Loredo traders along with a claimed blood and mucous system tonic with price or dosage notes. Contains multiple brand names and suppliers.
Rail timetable notes Lancaster and Chester connections with Southern Railway No 86 to Murlotte and points north. Link with Air Line and Carolina Northwestern routes to Columbia, Charlotte, and southern points. Chester and Lancaster connections via No 83, No 10, No 15, No 17, and No 44.
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