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Newspaper

The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1900

Page

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Millinery Opening Invites Public to New Fall and Winter Creations

A local store announces its millinery opening and invites everyone to visit and inspect the latest fall and winter hat and accessory creations.

Cotton Prices and a Plastered Fraud in Orangeburg

A News and Courier report quotes a prominent cotton figure in Orangeburg on price pressures and world demand as South Africa and tensions lift consumption. A separate item describes a counterfeit injury claim, an impostor with a plastered arm, and a drunken excursionist killed near Cameron with an inquest. The Weather Bureau notes drought relief arriving late and varied cotton prospects across the South, Texas, and Louisiana with early picking ahead.

South Africa News and Courier Cameron Dukes Atlantic Coast Ohio Mississippi Lower Lake Region South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Louisiana Texas

Manchester Mills Halt Cotton Era With 12 Day Shutdown

Manchester reports several mills closed as operators prove unprofitable at current cotton prices. The employers federation votes on closing mills for 12 days in October, with the outcome to be announced at today’s meeting. An effort aims to halt all mills, even those stocked with cotton.

Europe Manchester Employers’ Federation

Relief in Six Hours Cure Publicized at Lancaster

Remarkable claim of rapid kidney and bladder relief via Gear Sourm AMERICAN Ktonky Cure. Advertises prompt action on water retention with quick cure, urging readers to obtain from J F Mackey & Co., Lancaster druggist, for immediate use.

J F Mackey & Co Lancaster

Seventy Thousand Men Out In Pennsylvania Coal Strike

Seventy thousand miners in Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys are idle as Pennsylvania’s coal strike begins. District No. 1 reports thousands of workers idle this morning with breaker whistles signaling no work at many sites. The stoppage affects all grades among the mines.

Scranton Pennsylvania Lackawanna Wyoming

Mormon Elders Warned In Higgins Ferry Turmoil

Special to News and Courier Saluda September 20 The Higgins Ferry community pressured by Mormon elders preaching faced escalating opposition after plans to build a church were announced A mass meeting appointed a committee to demand stop of visits and preaching Elders warned their presence would be unsafe if they lingered beyond a few hours with no word on their departure reports suggesting they left within the time limit

Saluda Higgins Ferry

Disposition of The State Farms debated in South Carolina

Spartanburg Herald argues the legislature will likely revisit state farms policy and questions whether government should run agriculture and manufacturing for profit. Proponents of penitentiary control emphasize earnings. critics warn against socialism and demand a return to democracy.

General Assembly Friends of the Penitentiary Authorities South Carolina Spartanburg

Massacre Near Blagoveshchensk Sends Thousands to Amur

London reports from Moscow that Russian orders led to the massacre of about 5,000 Chinese at Blagoveshchensk. Escorted to the Amur five miles away, they were forced to cross the river without boats. On the far bank Chinese were stabbed or shot. volunteers on the riverbank killed those who landed. No survivors reported.

London Moscow Bligovestchensk Amur

Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad Endsurement

An old style drug advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle remedy for headaches constipation and colds. It warns against dangerous calomel and aloes pills and promotes a 25 cent price at Crawford Bros drug store along with various dubious claims about health benefits. It mentions unrelated corporate notes about road spending in the Philippines and whiskey funds in South Carolina.

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