Loyal Temperance League meeting and city notes
The Loyal Temperance League met at the old Methodist Church with good attendance and a 4 pm meeting time adjustment. Also announced is the Union Male Quartette’s 8 pm revival concert at West End Chapel and local notices on arrests, business moves, and a fire incident with minor loss. several residents featured in brief items.
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Loyal Temperance League
Old Methodist Church
Gracie B. Sanders
Union
Hsa
West End Chapel
Gillette confession on Grace Brown death claimed in court
Sheriff Klock confirms Chester Gillette in his cell before execution confessed to killing his sweetheart Grace Brown. He said I struck her with my fist and knocked her down in the boat. I grabbed her by the legs breaking the garter and threw her into the water. She surfaced and grabbed the boat side then I struck her with a tennis racquet over the eye.
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Daily Item
Waterloo
N. Y
Klock
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Gillette
Chester man died after eating oysters day before death
After an inquest in Chester Pennsylvania details showed William Steeleman died of heart disease. Investigators found he had eaten fifteen plates of oysters the day before his death and thirteen on the day of his death.
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Chester Pa
William Steeleman
Jealousy murder shocks Los Angeles racing circle
Mrs. N Z Dearman wife of a prominent horseman shot and killed Mrs. Helen Griffin after jealousy over alleged betting tips given to a rival. The fatal confrontation followed accusations of favoritism at the races.
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Daily Item
Los Angeles
Col
N. Z. Dearman
Helen Griffin
Suicide of Dr Norwood Vance at Kimball House
Special To Daily Item Atlanta Ga April 1 Dr Nor wood Vance ex Surgeon of the U S Marine committee committed death by own action this morning by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol The tragedy occurred in his room at the Kimball House ill health being assigned
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Daily Item
Atlanta Ga
Norwood Vance
U. S. Marine Committee
Kimball House
Roanoke Shops Cut 800 Jobs At N and W R R
Roanoke Virginia April 11 The Norfolk and Western Railway announces 800 of its 2000 workers at Roanoke shops have been laid off. The plant will operate with a reduced staff while continuing full time production.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western R. R
Embezzlement Charge Warrants Bolden in Staunton
Sella Bolden treasurer of the White Bennett Society and Mount Zion Church disappeared after a warrant was issued charging him with embezzling 900 dollars. Bolden served as a music teacher at the church.
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Daily Item
Staunton
Sella Bolden
White Bennett Society
Mount Zion Church
Bolden
Wage dispute shuts Pittsburg coal mines new line
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the wage scale between operators and miners expired last night closing all coal mines in the district which annually yields about fifty seven million tons. About thirty thousand of forty thousand miners are union affiliated. Another meeting between operators and union reps is set for tomorrow morning with no settlement expected within thirty days. The Georgetown Electric Light Co advertises a clean bright lamp. The Ladies Union Prayer meeting is canceled due to revival services at West End Chapel.
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Robert Jiles
Randi & Kehr
Estelle Jiles
W. J. Wilds
Edmond Prioleau
Wilds
Prioleau
Georgetown
Farrelly Bros. Stables
J. E. McQuade
McQuade
Conway
Fred Vassar
Eddy Lake
Farralley Bros
Kentucky
J. Louis LaBruce
Plantersville
Animal Kingdom
Wrom
No. 3 Mill
Frank Reed
Reed & Co
Monck’ S Corner
Chas. Levy
Reed
Pittsburg
Ladies Union
West End Chapel
Watch Saves Man Life as Railroad Agent Fights Off Thief
March 31 report from Darlington details Atlantic Coast Line agent Mr. Andolph L. Orrell shooting a burglar who broke into a car. A struggle for a pistol left Orrell wounded but alive, the suspect fled with a .38 caliber weapon as crowds search the swamps for him.
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Darlington
Andolph L. Orrell
Orrell
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Electric lamp advance promotes economy and efficiency
The Item advertises Florida Cracker cane syrup in tins from C. P. Foxworth Co and eggs at 20 cents per dozen. It touts major improvements in electric lamps offering economy and efficiency, recommending the GEM lamp and urging readers to ask their dealer or Georgetown Electric Co for usage suggestions.
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Florida
C. P. Foxworth Co
C. P. Foxwox
Georgetown Electric Co
Self Care Promise From a Health Advertiser
A periodical advertisement invites readers to spend a few moments learning self care. It claims to offer guidance on proper self treatment and breathing techniques as a path to better health, asserting it outperforms drugs and medicines.
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The
Georgetown Electric Light Co
D. S
Ieago
Opera House
Williams Comedy Company
Message of Health
Winyah Inn
Adams
Thos. Adams
Farrar & Wescott
A. C.L
Charlotte N. L. Brinkley
Mgr
B.f.jones & Son
Front
Orange Streets
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