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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1902
Page
3
Local Matters lists for sale items a feather bed and a Stieff piano at a bargain. Lancaster Mercantile promotes shoes for children while notes report visits, lectures, missing ring notices, and upcoming auctions. Obituaries, church notices, and mill reports mix with weather and local name mentions across Monroe and Fort Mill areas.
An old fashioned patent medicine claim promises cure of a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabs. It offers “We Cure, No Pay” and lists a price of 25 cents.
A Finnish delegation asks Governor about land ownership by foreigners in South Carolina. They recently surveyed soils and crops, plan to return with more high standing farmers, and seek timely answers on eligibility to buy and own land as they pursue settlement and citizenship.
The text discusses interest in literature on cultivation and crops such as cotton sugar cane tobacco and various potatoes wheat oats and grasses. It mentions weather data like temperature rainfall and droughts. It also notes Col James H Tillman engagement a securing tour for the West and recalls My. Jan D Winstead’s move and political nomination in Nash County. It reports John Lindsay shot near Steel Hill color camp meeting and says he is not dead.
The ad touts a one day cold cure using lowative quinine from Kermotts Chocolates. It claims relief for cold in the head and sore throat and notes children may take them like candy.
Before buying selling or renting, it will pay you to see T. S. Carter, the real estate agent, for informed guidance and options.
Boxed remedy promises to cure a cold in one day with Bromo Quinine. Guarantee offered with money-back refund if no cure, bearing E. W. Groves signature on each box.
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