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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1909

Page

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Government plant closed in city amid layoffs

A Charleston ordered shutdown reportedly puts the U. S. Government plant out of commission here, laying off many workers indefinitely. The change is said to reduce expenses but observers fear it signals the end of the Civil Engineer's office in Georgetown and Charleston as arbiters of the seaport's fate. Local residents question how the Chamber of Commerce can counter this thrust against the port's interests.

Charleston Georgetown Chamber of Commerce

O Hara Clan Foregathers For Child's Funeral

The O Hara clan of about 200 Irish traders gathered in Atlanta to mourn seven year old Anna O Hara in a funeral seen as part of clan custom. The group, with burials at two grounds in Atlanta and Louisville, plans to travel to Louisville for the final burial rites.

Atlanta Louisville

Yesterday's Games and Moral Advice From a Newspaper

Scores show Charleston 2 Columbus 2 Jacksonville 0 Columbia 1 Chattanooga 3 Macon 4 Chattanooga 3 Macon 4. a moral lecture urges youths to avoid medicine unless certain, noting 12 500 grads yearly versus 2 500 needed, recommending farming for independence and critiquing adulterated foods exposure.

Charleston Columbus Jacksonville Columbia Chattanooga Macon Augusta Savannah

Charges Against Asylum Investigators Revealed

Columbia April 26 after an executive session the asylum investigation commission released five typed specifications of charges. The gravest alle gations include admission of inebriates dope fiends and neurotics, prolonged confinement of recovered patients, cursory regents inspections, staff self interest, misused whiskey and food, and inadequate care in isolated wards. No financial mismanagement charges are listed.

Columbia Asylum Investigation Commission Board of Regents

American Opportunity Then And Now

The essay extols American egalitarian ideals positing that in the United States any child of a laboring or farming background may rise to the nation’s highest offices and achieve wealth or poverty through personal effort and choice. It frames merit and self-determination as defining national values and paths to social ascent.

United States

Virtue Rules and Modern Folly in Early American Advice

A fragmented excerpt blends moral exhortations urging self discipline, sobriety, and rejection of taverns with a dismissive remark on saloon culture. It contrasts old fashioned civic resolve with a garbled anthropomorphic portrayal of social caricatures, including cryptic lines about a Texas claim and a florid, unsourced portrait of a woman.

Electrical Contracting and Supply Co Advertisement

Wanted to wire your house or overhaul the same to do repair work and to sell fixtures and other electrical apparatus. Furnish estimates at your pleasure information cheerfully given. Phone or call 908 Front Street, Phone 66.

Tus Electrical Contracting & Supply Co Front Street

New Grocery Store Opens at Front and Orange Corner

A new shop at Front and Orange streets announces a fresh and pure groceries fruits and vegetables list of low prices. The owner pledges to beat rival prices and urges friends to visit to be convinced of value.

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