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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
2
A veteran speaker argues that work builds character and that grit, practical effort, and finishing tasks reliably create dependable men. He urges persistence, doing tasks thoroughly, and holding a job until a better offer appears, stressing that hardships often help rather than hinder.
One hundred young Greeks in Atlanta have formed a drill militia under Greek officers with partial arms. The group plans mass action if war breaks out between Greece and Turkey, possibly forming a battalion rivaling New York in size.
The article reports Consul General Frederic W. Cauldwell stating the German shepherd dog is superior to bloodhounds as a police dog. It notes these dogs have intelligence good noses deliberation and gentleness. Trained shepherds in Munich sell for 72 dollars each while untrained dogs fetch 18 to 24 dollars.
In Albany Georgia during an Elks Lodge initiation Cleve Cox was shot in the leg by a 32 caliber cartridge mistaken for a blank. Investigators found mixed shooting gallery cartridges among blanks causing the wound and ending the initiation as three doctors treated Cox.
A New York lawyer exits a train in a small Virginia town and is greeted by a porter who suspects him of being a drummer. The lawyer declares he is a drummer of brains, prompting the porter to remark on never seeing a drummer without samples.
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