Local life notes and happenings across town
A roundup of town chatter includes a new Green Grocery on Princestreet and a bicycle dealer Mr W H Croft traveling to Baltimore for Jamestown Exposition and New York. Reports mention Eastern Star formation, Mrs May Congdon at Saluda, Mrs Jos Schenk in NC mountains, park and street debate, Front Street use, speed control, and local anecdotes about the Bard of Steeletown. Also notes on health at Tourist Hotel, Miss Carrie Smith at Murrels Inlet, Pawleys Island trip, and a Monday fire alarm test.
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Princestreet
W. H. Croft
Baltimore
New York
Masonic Lodge
May Congdon
Saluda
Alen
Front Street
Steeletown
Carrie Smith
Murrels Inlet
T. G. Herbert
T. S. McConnell
Pawleys Island
Daily Item to Receive 500-Word Pony Report Service
United Press Association informs C. W. Rouse of Daily Item Georgetown SC that starting August 5 it will supply a five hundred word pony report under a one year contract. The service aims for delivery before 3:30 and includes optional Chicago market items with no extra charge.
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New York
C. W. Rouse
Daily Item
Georgetown
S. C
Chicago
United Press Associations
C. D. Lee
Broughton Preaches Fire and Sin in New York
Rev Dr Broughton of Aileuia stirs public about crime using a gospel of hell fire. He preaches next to Broadway Temple to crowded enclosures on Broadway. He compares favorably with Sam Jones in force of argument and denounces city officials police and debauchery. Paris and New York framed as wicked.
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Broughton
Broadway
Broadway Temple
Sam Jones
Atlanta
Paris
New York
Ambiguous Quotes on Work, Society and Morals
A collection of aphoristic lines contrasts labor with farming, judges character by associations, notes diverse groups within church politics and aristocracy, and laments foggy motives tied to money and masquerades. The fragmentary prose surveys social roles and perception without a single narrative event.
Standard Oil Likely Able to Pay Landis Fine
Washington August 5 Special to The Daily Item reports Herbert Knox Smith Corpora tion Council finds Standard Oil has used economies to amass profits and would not miss the $29 240 000 fine. Smith notes the past quarter century net earnings exceed thirty two times the fine, and the report criticizes Trust operations as forcefully as Judge Landis did in Chicago.
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Daily Item
Washington, D. C
Herbert Knox Smith
Corporation Council of the
United States
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Smith
Landis
Chicago
Shot While Defending Girls Honor
Dayton residents report a deadly assault on young women last night. Abe Gordon, a traveling salesman, is dying from bullet wounds while Anna Markowiz is dead from strangulation and Bertha Markowit is seriously shocked and hysterical after the attack. Bertha escaped to raise the alarm.
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Daily Item
Dayton
Anna Markowiz
Abe.Gorden
Bertha Markowit
Gordon
Bertha
Anna
Imminent strike grips Fifteen Thousand Miners in Pittsburg
Special to Daily Item from Pittsburg Pennsylvania reports an imminent strike involving fifteen thousand miners due to friction between United Miners and the Pittsburg Coal Co. Union President Feehan accuses the company of exploiting the organized men who did not follow the scale, while the company denies the charge as unreasonable.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United Miners
Pitsberg Coal Co
Feehan
Tois
Assassination Shocks St. Petersburg Russia
Cov. Karrangosofo, former Governor of Odessa, was assassinated this morning in St. Petersburg. The assassins have escaped.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Cov
Karrangosofo
Govenor
Odessa
Haywood and Murphy in Colorado
Wm. D. Haywood arrived in Denver with John H. Murphy head counsel of the Western Federation of Miners. Murphy is seriously ill and not expected to survive the week. Haywood will not permit the planned homecoming demonstrations.
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Daily Item
Denver
Col
Wm. D. Haywood
John H. Murphy
Western Federation of Miners
Murphy
Haywood
Wave of Crime Expected in New York Sparking Lynch Fears
Special to The Daily Item reports a citywide surge in violent crimes in Williamsburg and Manhattan. An attack on Sadie Hozenflug, niece of State Senator Hozenflug, led to mob scenes as police protected suspects. A mob victim Louis Conconunlo lies dying, and George Kossier was saved from lynching after beating a girl. A palmist Hylo Salado was beaten for alleged moral corruption. Parents fear mobs erupt at any accusation.
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Daily Item
New York
Sadie Hozenflug
Williamsburg
Louis Conconunlo
George Kossier
Hylo Salado
Upper Eastside
Georgia breweries face charter protection under state prohibition
Atlanta August 4 The state prohibition bill raises whether Georgia’s large breweries with 20 year charters are protected as contracts with the state. If charters stand up as contracts, taxation exemptions and brewery operations could be preserved, prompting a court test as prohibitionists insist law will fully enforce once passed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Railroad
The Worth Of A Man In Death Remembered
A reflection on wealth and value at death argues that a person’s true worth lies in love remembered and deeds done, not in money or headlines. The author laments that millionaires’ legacies are often recorded in cash rather than kindness.
Three brothers and child rescued after barge collision
In Newport News on August 5 a barge struck a launch near the Exposition grounds. Three brothers and a child were feared drowned but were rescued along with two other occupants. missing are Ed Herbert and John Garrett of Newport News and Clifton Garrett, son of C T Garrett. Rescued are G T Garrett of Newport News and R E Garrett of Cincinnati.
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Daily Item
Newport News
Exposition Ground
Ed. Herbert
John Garrett
Clifton Garrett
C. T. Garrett
G. T. Garrett
R. E. Garrett
Cincinatti
Temperature and Weather Readings From Government Office
Official temperature register lists a maximum 82 and minimum 68 with light southeast wind. Rain gauge shows 0.60 inches.
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Follo Maximulfssa
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Mrs. Jos. Schenk
Mountains
North Carolina
Hearst
Rev
B. Craig
Myrtle
George
Estelle
United Press Association
General Office
Park Row Building
Dr. Broughton
Aileuia
Persia
Teheran
Maveneh
Persian Armenia
Haywood and Murphy
Colorado
Breweries
Gocommen Pank
J. B. Steele
H. W.fraser
Esste Cashier
F. Rhem
H. L. Oliver
Viewines
Teller
M. W. Pyatt
Hanan & Sons
L. Weinberg
Ccanatas
C. C. Scurry
Mgr
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