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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
1
Mr J B Johnson of the Democratic Club requests The Daily Item to announce a club meeting on Saturday April 25 at 12 m at Court House. The piece also notes the strawberry season opening and various local notices and advertisements from multiple towns.
Sir T S Sessions reports that an advertisement in The Item generated more work in a single day than a full week. He notes many clients referenced The Item when sending jobs, confirming the ad’s impact.
Kingston dispatches claim wholesale killings in Nicaragua ordered by President Seelarga. Between 70 and 80 political opponents supposedly shot. officials insist the republic remains quiet. Excitement rises in several districts as observers in New York question the Kingston report.
Columbia special reports the Southern Railway will discontinue trains Nos. 10 33 and 34 as part of cost cutting. New schedules start tomorrow with further reductions possible between Washington and the South as Florida and other resorts close early.
In Chicago on April 11, Mrs. Alice D. Duke, divorced wife of a tobacco magnate, was arrested for passing bogus checks at the Grand Northern Hotel while mailing a letter in a post office. Held at Harrison Street station for inability to post bond she denied offering the checks and blamed her former husband and his wife.
Flood sweeps southwest Missouri after four days of steady rain. One man, Levy Sevier, 30, a miner at Iroquois mine in Joplin, drowns in a drift as a rock slab collapses. City traffic and railroad lines including Frisco and electric lines are crippled near Badger Peak district northwest of Joplin.
Fragmentary report notes April 11 discussions between coal miners and operators in Illinois. An International Corea decision threatens no mining if talks fail. Leaders from both sides struggle over pay differentials between pick and machine mining.
In Columbia South Carolina April 11 a Washington dispatch reports Senator Clay filed an affidavit claiming he appointed Attorney General Lyon to appear before Chief Justice Fuller. Lyon denies seeking a writ of supersedeas from the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice is noncommittal and awaits Judge Pritchard’s reply.
Special Representative Lilly urged abolishing several navy yards including Charleston in a speech on the naval appropriation bill. He called for a commission to report on whether they are run in a non business like manner.
Recorder's court disposed of several cases this morning. Bunny Weathers and Daisy White faced shop lifting. Daisy convicted while Weathers, due to youth, was released. Ben White was fined for disorderly conduct. The piece also extols bicycles for quick delivery, emergency use, and widespread utility in trades.
Teletyped market quotes from Chicago at 4 p m show May wheat at 92 a May corn 68 May oats 53 Pork 13 47 Ribs 7 80 with minor figures and punctuation uncertain in places.
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