26 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1912
Page
1
A proposed law pushed by Dr Sawyer seeks to compel electric street railway companies to install vestibules on their cars to protect motormen from cold and rain, aiming to improve operator safety and comfort. The measure advances through legislative hearings and support from local labor groups and commuters.
N. B. Dial asserts full qualification under law and calls for fair play support as Washington dispatches aim to influence his senate bid. He says his campaign is on a high plane and cites bright prospects, urging newspapers to publish his statement.
The Poncas Tribe No 78 I.C.R.M. meets every Friday at the Wigwam by the Banks of Georgetown. Visitors are welcomed by Sachem H.S. Higgins and W.N McLed C of R.
Captain Stephen Castle a longtime harbor pilot died last week and in his will requested cremation with ashes carried through the Golden Gate. His son Kent and the pilot boat California crew performed the rite beyond the bar as the ashes were cast upon the sea with no mourners present.
A weather notice reports local showers tonight and on Tuesday with light variable winds, signaling a damp start to the workweek and gentle shifts in air movement across the region.
New York August 25 detectives from Pike County Pennsylvania fail to identify Sheriff Cuddebeck’s prisoner as the fugitive linked to the Herman Rosenthal murder. Milford officials remain hopeful but investigators declare the sought man is not in custody. Meanwhile DA Whiteman is away. assistant William A Deford works on police graft cases for Justice Goff in the upcoming criminal term beginning September 8.
Senators blocked a conference report on the Indian appropriation bill over a provision to move 257 Apache prisoners from Fort Sill to Mescalero in New Mexico and grant them land. Opponents argued outcomes could spark clashes between Native tribes and settlers. supporters cited restitution for Geronimo era massacres.
In a brief exchange, a Houston Post note questions who first investigated the origin of the houn' drong song and suggests that anyone eager to know its origin is a fool. The quip echoes curiosity about origins and mocks the search.
A garbled Houston Post snippet shows a strained exchange about payment and an auto, with phrases like I don’t see any auto and You havent looked in the right place. The dialogue hints at a retail or garage context titled The Evidence.
A father remarks to his daughter about numerous summer engagements, joking that one may become permanent. The Louisville Courier Journal record notes a lighthearted family exchange on courtship and social expectations.
Sheriff J. N. Langford of Starke Bradford County Florida was shot twice and killed in a Jacksonville hotel room this afternoon by W. T. Andrews also of Starke. Andrews was immediately arrested after the fatal confrontation tied to an old family feud. The three men had traveled to Jacksonville on Saturday and earlier had argued over a revolver taken from Andrews during the night.
Automobiles and power boats in the city hope for a price drop as nearly 1.25 million gallons are unloaded from the British steamship Mitra from Borneo. The Mitra arrived Monday and local garage men say prices have risen from 8 to 15 20 cents a gallon in the past year, fueled by increased demand and production limits. Gulf Refining Company, owner of the shipment, declines to link it to price rises, while other oil merchants say the automobile boom is the main cause and foresee temporary shortages easing as American production expands. Foreign gasoline is not tariffed, and officials expect imports to stay profitable only if prices justify shipping costs.
The Georgetown post office will close on Sundays under the appropriation act for the year ending June 30 1913. General mail delivery and carrier services will halt Sundays while special delivery mail will still be handled. A L King postmaster notes no box deliveries or general mail on Sundays with exceptions for special delivery items.
In Nashville on August 25 Mrs George Rose bid her husband goodbye in the State prison death cell. He is to be hanged at sunrise for murdering James Miller in McMinn County. Rose curses Sheriff Hart and Governor Hooper, blaming them for the failure to grant pardon. Dick Rose, a son, visits his father, who vows to even scores with Sheriff Hart after release.
Advertisement notes 5or doses for chills and fever and claims the tonic prevents return of fever. Price listed as 25 cents.
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