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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
1
A stream of small ads seeks a second hand iron safe, stock exchanges, a branch manager, a cook, and other help. Local notices report sales due to business closure, community events, ship and rail travel, plus social updates and editorial pleas for civic effort.
Steamers Carih and Theodore Weems arrive with merchandise for Clyde Steamship and Baltimore lines. Merchant sails to Cheraw Georgetown and Waccamaw lines report cargoes. Romain Aragon Katahdin sailings list lumber shipments by A C L Corp and Winyah Lumber Co with destinations New York Philadelphia New Haven Bucksville and more.
Eight men died and nearly twenty others were injured when a boiler exploded at the York Rolling Mill in York Pennsylvania. The blast shattered the boiler cap about four feet, damaged thousands of dollars in property, and was felt throughout the city.
The following guests are registered at the Tourist Hotel: W F Brown Boston, T B Klam, N P Tollin Jr, J L Coogan, H Gardener, C W Carroll Charleston, T B Kraner, N C, Mr and Mrs A M Kittrell Florence, W H Shaw City, E C White Columbia, J C Bowers Virginia, Fred H Farrar, A P Thompson Richmond Va, L Freid Savannah Ga, H Weinstein Summerton.
Daily price slate shows cotton at 10 percent, corn 93, meal 2.00, feed oats 70, and various D S products with prices. Turpentine quotes from Bourne & Co list Virgin 2.50, Scrape 1.25, Old dip 2.50, Tar in machine barrels 2.50.
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