Local notices and events highlighted in Palm Sunday issue
Palm Sunday services mark the start of Holy Week with Easter approaching. Local items include fires in Chelsea, a provincial governor’s assassination in Lemberg, arrests for disorderly conduct, a hawk attack, and religious services at the Loyal Temperance Legion and Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Boston
Mass
Recorder
James Small
Jeff Walker
Charlie Meyers
Loyal Tempérance Legion
E. P. Hutson
Georgetown S C Post Office Letters Held for April 1 1908
List of remaining letters at Georgetown South Carolina post office incl men and women names. Patrons must claim as advertised and pay one cent per letter. Special to Daily Item notes W S Reamer inaugurated Mayor of Columbia on April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
S. C
Daily Item
Columbia
W. S. Reamer
Giant hydraulic dredge under construction in Jaroun town
Report of a massive dredge being built by a local firm and Georgetown Iron Works for the Congaree river. Plans by Reid Whitford and J N Alphonse, with two large hydraulic engines for the Government. Readers invited to witness the launching at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaroun
Congaree
Gala Seafront Preparations for Battleship Fleet Parade
San Diego April 13 report notes Gala dazzled with thousands of lights and hunting spread for the battleship fleet arrival tomorrow. Fighting Bob cannot receive city keys. Admiral Thomas will do the honors. Advertise results in The Daily Item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Item
San Diego
Cal
Gala
Bob
Admiral Thomas
Explosion at Aetna Mills Devastates Indiana Plant
In Chicago reports early this morning an explosion at the Aetna Mills near Miller Indiana of Du Pont Densmours Powder Co. kills many and injures others. The blast wrecks the plant with 150 to 200 workers normally on site. four more deaths were added by 7 A.M. physicians and helpers rush to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Aetna Mills
Dupont, Densmours Powder Co
Miller
Indiana
Gibraltar
Southern Mercantile Co
Bargain of your life in store promises and prices
Weather will drive shoppers to the store as it touts the Bargain of a lifetime. It claims highest value at lowest prices with comfort and prompt service to lure customers. Also notes a Carolina Hotel insurance offer and a Daily Item special from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Hotel
Red Store Wharf
Hartnett & Day
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Oakley Dairy Co
Georgetown Electric Co
Lemberg
Austria
Man
Ben Thomas Hines
Clarence Curry
Shephard Coskley
Samuel Gethers
Frank Johnson
Mike Grant
Elton Green
Mess
J. M. Grey
Rosey Bell Alston
Qgerrin Bryant
Joanah Camel
Katie Elders
Sallie Etheridge
Herman Gethers
Ida Grant
Sarah Keyward
Edmond Holmes
Carrie Jones
Hemie McClary
S. B. Moultrie
Dore Philips
M. Pinckney
J.A. Rhue
Corine Sanders
A. M. Stanly
Dupont Powder Mills
Washington, D. C
Thomas McCreary
Heflin
Electric Theatre
Georgetown, S. G
G. Allen
United States
Gibralter Paint CO
B.f.jones & Son
Front and
Orange Streets
Grocery Co
H. B. Springs
Loyal McConnell
Front Street
Loyal McConnell Co
Telegraph
Sampson Dunmore
Pres
G. J. Dunmore, A Gr
Danmane Repairing C
P. O. Box
Fraser St
Farrar & Wescott
The
Ciity
Ius
Charlotte N.C
W.H. Finlayson
15Th St
Brooklyn, NY
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