Government work continues on river and harbor projects
Captain E M Adams of the U S Engineers visited the city for a two hour conference with H B Springs of the Chamber of Commerce. The office will be led by E M Royal as assistant engineer while dredges Cheraw Winyah Bay and Congaree move to key sites and dredge No 1 is overhauled for Estherville Minim Creek Canal operations. The Great Pee Dee snag boat begins work and Reid Whitford remains in Charleston to prepare detailed reports. City cooperation is essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Adams
United States
H. B. Springs
Chamber of Commerce
E. M. Royal
Charleston
Great Pee Dee
Estherville
Minim Creek Canal
Winyah Bay
S. C
Reid Whitford
Royal
Hurricane warning shifts to Texas coast as storm nears
At 4 pm a hurricane warning replaces the morning storm warning for the Texas coast. A powerful disturbance is centered over the Gulf near the Rio Grande mouth and moves northwest. Seek safety in exposed areas. The United Fruit steamer Cartago survived a West Indian hurricane with broken windows and wrecked railings but reached port with no casualties and 24 passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Texas
Gulf
Rio Grande River
Yucatan Channel
United Fruit Company
Cartago
Bocas del Toro
Unclear Patent Claim Promises Cure for Chills and Fever
A brief ad fragment promises that certain doses “66” will cure any case of chills and fever, listing a price of 25 cents. The illegible source fragment provides no further details about the product, manufacturer, or dosage schedule.
Ex husband wires Daisy Hanson sympathy in divorce suit
T Mitchell Horner former husband of Mrs Daisy Horner wires sympathy to Mrs Hanson after she sues Major J F Hanson president of Central of Georgia Railway for divorce claiming infatuation. Horner two years divorced and once sued Mrs Horner's father Isaac K Emerson Baltimore millionaire for alienation of affection in a settled case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Daisy
Hanson
T. Mitchell Horner
James H. McVickar
New York
J. F. Hanson
Central of Georgia Railway
Isaac K. Emerson
Baltimore
Longest horseback ride seeks audience with Taft
Edward S. O'Reilly, a famed Southwest character, begins a 2200 mile trek from Taft Oklahoma City to Washington as a special messenger to President Taft. He rides Arkansas, a horse bred on Charles W. Taft's Texas ranch, aiming to include the Southwest on Taft's itinerary. He has Philippine service and recent Mexican uprising exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Edward S. O'Reilly
Southwest
Washington
Taft
O’ Reilly
Arkansas
Texas
Charles W. Taft
O'Reilly
Man Takes Poison With Bible on Knee in New York Hotel
A fashionable man registered as Homer Cassabe of Logansport Indiana at the Grand Union Hotel New York was found dead in his room. A carbolic acid vial and a farewell letter to his wife reveal suicide, with he forgiving her and bequeathing a diamond ring. The letter directs his father William Cassabe of Logansport to locate his effects at 1153 Adams Street Chicago.
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Grand Union Hotel
New York
Homer Cassabe
Logansport
Ind
Cleveland
William Cassabe
Adams Street
Chicago
Steamer Mary A Sails Sunday for Islands
Steamer Mary A will depart R. R. wharf at 2.10 pm and Market Dock at 2.30 pm on Sunday August 29 for South and North Islands. Round trip fare is 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A
R. R
Market Dock
South and North Islands
Extraordinary Eyewear Sale with Dr Baumrind in Georgetown
Regular spectacles priced at 2.50 for Spectacles and Eye Glasses and 1.50 for German Silver pairs. Dr M Baumrind, formerly of The Brazilian Optical Co in Charleston, will examine eyes and fit frames at the Georgetown Drug Company for one week starting Monday Aug 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
M. Baumrind
Brazilian Optical Co
Charleston
South
Dr. Baumrind
Kershaw
Hayes& Gregory
Georgetown Drug Company
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McVickar
Mitchell White
Hornhill
Phenix
Georgetown Drug Co
Sfoo
Anc As
People’s Furniture Co
the People’s Bank
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