Glastow ty ner Glengyyes torpedoed with heavy loss
Reports say the large merchantman Glastow ty ner Glengyyes was torpedoed with many passengers aboard and crew losses feared. The vessel carried some passengers who have been landed and some timbers missing. Officials in Lansing acknowledged the sinking but offered no comment while enquiries continue.
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Sandria
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Leonard Moss
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Créta
Mediterranean
Robert N. McNeely
Aden
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Hassan
Galicia
Volhynia
Balkans
Roumania
Balkan Peninsula
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Asquith
So Liety of Engineers
London
Hare
Ireland
Merchants Prepare for New Year Amid Debts and Displays
Many merchants report stock checks since Christmas and plan renewed notes and garden displays to attract shoppers. Meanwhile officials signal a firm stance on the Persia sinking with expected protests and a push to establish nationality in the incident. survivors recount the rapid torpedoing and number missing.
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Abbeville Authoress Myrtle McLesky News
Abbeville readers learn Myrtle McLesky has chosen literature as her profession and published several stories in the Piedmont magazine from Anderson, D. C. She has been writing since seventh grade and now works on a novel, while other notes discuss Consul McNeely, Persian torpedoing, and European war updates.
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Myrtle McLesky
Piedmont
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Myrtle
Union Dispensary Receivership Granted by Spartanburg Court
Union city through its attorney Mac Beth Young secured a temporary receivership for the Union county dispensary and a writ of injunction to protect assets and liabilities until a full audit is completed. Judge Seuse set the matter in chambers in Spartanburg and Thomas McNally was named temporary receiver in charge of the two local dispensaries with a plan to seek permanent receivership.
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City of
Mac‘beth Young
Seuse
Spartanburg
Union County
Thomas McNally
Weather Proverbs Predict Mild March and Cold April
Old timers claim the first twelve days of January forecast the year’s weather. If true, March will be as mild as a May morning while April will be cold.
Legislature Faces Strong Budget and Reform Debates
Columbia Jan 1 The General Assembly will tackle strengthening last session's progressive laws and hold down appropriations. Gov Manning aims to refine common schools and compulsory education while considering updates to the State warehouse system and an inheritance tax. The State tax commission and charities board loom large as key players in upcoming debates. The liquor question again stirs widespread discussion across South Carolina.
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John L. McLaurin
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State Tax Commission
Senate
A. W. Jones
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Tax Commission
State Board of Charities and Connections
Cveater
New Year News From Across the Nation and State
A South Carolina town reports stables burned and mules lost while New Year celebrations vary nationwide. King George grants William Waldorf Astor a baronial title for wartime contributions. Massachusetts sets minimum wage for retail workers at 8.50. Ford Peace Commission costs may exceed one million dollars. A Spartanburg push seeks funds for a Robert Hayne memorial project. The South Carolina battleship gets a silver model gift from Holland America for aiding the Ryndam collision inquiry. Tuskegee data show 69 lynchings in the U.S. last year, with a shift in proportion between races. Prohibition enforcement faces funding needs and rural-credit questions loom for Manning’s administration. The state plans continued hospital improvements and requests 150,000 for buildings. Military needs total 69,000, including 25,000 for recovered federal property. Legislature looks calm ahead.
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Military Department of the State
South Carolina whiskey laws move toward dispensary era
A historical overview traces the long fight over temperance in South Carolina from local option in scattered counties after 1876 to statewide dispensary proposals. It notes the 1892-1898 enactment process, key figures like Governor Tillman, and the compromise dispensary system creating state and county outlets with Marlboro exempted.
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South Carolina
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General Assembly
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Orangeburg
Laurena
L. D. Childe
Tween
B. R. Tillman
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Jate
W. D. Evans
Congress Faces Deliberations on Tax and Revenue Policies
The article outlines congressional debates on fiscal matters including potential taxes on gasoline, automobile horsepower, steel products, and checks. It notes plans to widen revenue sources, discuss income tax amendments, and address preparedness, land loans, and mineral resources within a broader legislative program.
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Coleas
Seana
Wilson
Tims Keerr
Hoke Smith
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Nantes
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