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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
4
A Georgetown reader challenges the editor over mail order satisfaction claims and local dry goods support. He asks citizens to favor Georgetown merchants, discusses pricing and returns, printing quality, and the need for merchants to stock or source higher grade goods locally. He notes most catalogues raise prices and freight costs, urging local shopping and fair advertising.
The speaker argues merchants must be patronized locally to sustain Georgetown’s trade. They claim supply follows demand and urge residents to invest at home. A strong patriotic spirit is deemed more vital than high grade merchandise for Georgetown’s future.
Gilbert Leonard fifteen from 23 Manhattan street is in convulsions at J Hood Wright Hospital. He was bitten by a black dog at Two Hundred Twenty third Street and Broadway on April 14 after playing in the woods. Doctors from the Pasteur Institute say the case is hopeless.
Honolua reports that Laysan Island has been lost, removing another stop from Secretary Taft's planned itinerary. The note frames the change as a new exclusion from his travel schedule.
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