Local and Personal Notices Include Lectures and Events
Mrs. Deitrich state superintendent of the W C T U will lecture to Loyal Temperance Leagues Friday at 4 p m in the old Methodist church. Odd Fellows meet tonight at 8 39 with initiatory degree. Local tailors Randle and Kehr have left for Baltimore. Tag Day is Saturday. Along with sports notes Charleston beat Jacksonville and other scores reported. The Electric Theater presents Marie Antoinette and the Fete a The Trianon tonight. Southern Mercantile Co advertises deep discounts for tomorrow.
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Southern Mercantile Co
Meriiless
Wallace H Hopkins Disappears Amid Miner Stock Collapse
Special to Daily Item Chicago April 23 Wallace H Hopkins head of W H Hopkins Co a leading mining stock operator has disappeared leaving creditors facing losses over one hundred thousand dollars He failed in floating a million dollars of Consolidated Zinc stock and his gold mine venture collapsed Attorneys say he diverted twenty thousand from stockholders and thirty thousand borrowed from investors He leaves a wife amid divorce proceedings and investigators track him across Wisconsin Michigan Nevada Florida and New York with offices once in Milwaukee Sheboygan Green Bay Ishpeming Ironwood and more.
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Chicago
Wallace H. Hopkins
W. H. Hopkins & Co
Hopkins
Consolidated Zinc Company
Post Office
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Greenley
Wisconsin
Goldfield
Nevada
Ironwood
Ishpening
Michigan
New York
St. Augustine
Fla
Savannah Sundays Beerless Prohibition Lies Shake City
Savannah officials ban Sunday sale of prohibition beer after a Greek suspect arraigned and a barrel found on tap at a fruit stand. The ruling shocks the city where many outlets sold Sunday beer, with about a hundred places affected as raids last year reduced room for substitutes.
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Savannah
Recorder Dwarz
Recorder
Loss of Bishop Capers Shocks South Carolina
A Columbia telegram reports Bishop Capers died at 2 20 p m after a year of ill health. The Daily Item learned of his passing as it was going to press. He had occasionally fulfilled Episcopal duties and enjoyed drives until his final illness.
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Columbia
Daily Item
Capers
Grave accident on Oregon jetty claims four lives early
A pile driver on the Columbia river Jetty in Oshrea Oregon broke from rails while near the sea end. It plunged into the Pacific four miles offshore. Eleven workmen were aboard. one killed outright, three badly hurt, one dying an hour later. The rest escaped.
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Oshrea
Oregon
Columbia River
Pacific
Piano tuning tips after a damp spell in town
Local piano tuner John G. Russell announces availability after recent humidity. He urges homeowners to schedule tuning now to prevent detuning and preserve instrument quality.
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John G.russell
Ordinance Regulating Dogs at Large in Georgetown
City ordinance prohibits dogs at large without a city issued collar and tag. Tags cost 1 dollar for males and 5 dollars for females. caught dogs go to the city pound, with notices published, three day holding, and owner liability for fees and tag purchase. If unclaimed, dogs may be killed or disposed of. Enacted April 22 1908 by Mayor H W Fraser and City Council.
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Georgetown
United States of America
H. W. Fraser
W. A. Black
C2& T
Farnum Divorce Suit Began in New York
Mrs Agnes Johnston Farnum filed for an absolute divorce from Dustin Farnum the matinee star named by Howard Gould in his answer to Katherine Clemmons action for separation reported in the Daily Item.
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Daily Item
New York
Agnes Johnston Farnum
Dustin Farnum
Ator
Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons
Electric irons and motors for efficiency in the home
Town Gossip argues economy and time value push modern households toward electric devices. The piece asserts the electric sad iron and motorized machines save labor as daily demands mount, urging readers to press a button and have power at hand from Georgetown Electric Co.
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Georgetown Electric Co
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Marie Antoinette
South Carolina
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Lloyd Laundry
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Loyal McConnell
Loyal McConnell Co
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