Georgetown Railway and Electric Light Co Builds Powerhouse Additions
A report from Georgetown details the public utility’s new power house work and 400 horse power Corless engine with an 18 foot fly wheel. The site shows a busy scene of construction workers, carpenters, and bricklayers as tracks are graded for a trolley system expansion in Greater Georgetown. The project aims to deliver improved city service and public-spirited management.
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Georgetown
Department of Public Utility
Greater Georgetown
Georgia Woman Fatally Haled in Coffee County
Two women live near Hoxesboro. Miss Mattie Graham was murdered during the night as she was dragged to a branch half a mile from her home. The crime appears to target robbery. autopsy may reveal more. Sheriff Ricketson and coroner investigated. William McLeod confessed to knowing the body's hiding place and is jailed in Douglas.
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Broxton
Mattie Graham
Hoxesboro
Coffee County
Miss Graham
Dave Ricketson
Douglas
Ricketson
William McLeod
Graham Farm
A. B.carter
Beauty and Talent Highlight Opera House Event
Miss Israel MacGregor stars as Princess Vetive in Graustark at the Armory Opera House on September 8 1909. Her family has long supported the stage with siblings and parents prominent in theater. She debuted at four in Richard III with Thomas Keene and appeared in The Power of the Press among early roles.
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Isarel MacGregor
Princess Vetive
Thomas Keene
Ned Denyer
Hoodman
Rose Coghlan
Augustus Pitou
Power of the Press
Tragedy in Barnwell: Dan Gaines Shot by Peter Green
In Barnwell County on August 19 a black man named Dan Gaines was shot and killed by another black man, Peter Green, near Williston on the Blanton place. Green says Gaines attacked his sister prompting the fatal shot. Green, about nineteen, was arrested by Sheriff Creech and Mr. Grubbs after intending to surrender in Barnwell.
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Barnwell
Dan Gaines
Peter Green
Williston
Blanton Place
Green
Gaines
Creech
Frank Grubbs
Miss MacGregor Shines In Early Stage Careers On Long Island
Forests seminary on Long Island saw Miss MacGregor graduate and return to theater. She joined Captain Barrington company then starred in Alice Lit by the Fire in New York City. Her portrayal of Yetive in Grau stark is praised as a crowning triumph and signals a brilliant future.
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Miss MacGregor
George Barr McCutcheon
Widespread Flood Damages Rail Lines and Homes in Colorado
Trains halted as tracks washed away in mountain passes along the Arkansas river. Royal Gorge walls nearly a thousand feet high have been breached, destroying railroad lines and forcing detours for four to five days. Families flee to higher ground amid cloudbursts at Four Mile Creek and Pueblo. Eastern tourists stranded as Colorado Midland and Denver and Rio Grande routes reroute traffic.
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Denver
Colo
Arkansas
Royal
Colorado Midland
Denver and Rio Grande
Rock Wound Fatal In Spartanburg Child
Ed Thomas Cooper aged 7 died from a head injury after a rock was thrown during play by Willie Whitmire. Cooper and Whitmire, of similar ages, were tossing rocks two weeks earlier when the fatal blow occurred. Whitmire is jailed on the incident.
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Spartanburg
Ed Thomas Cooper
Willie Whitmire
Whitmire
Cooper
Tax Collection Notice by City Officials
During the Clerk and Treasurer’s absence Captain W A Black and Chief of Police R W Rouse will be at City Hall from 9 am to 12 noon to collect taxes. H W Fraser, Mayor.
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W. A. Black
R. W. Rouse
H. W. Fraser
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Opera House
Beauty
Four Mile Creek
Canyon City
Pueblo
Rexall
Baer
Georgetown Drug Company
Georgetown, S. C
Arenas
Phenix
Atlantic
Charleston
King Street
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