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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
4
Florence hosts a harness racing meet starting at 2 PM with four races. Purse amounts are 100, 125, 100, and 150 dollars. entries close September 2 at 10 AM. Officials include judges Geo Little W W Cooley D McKenzie and starter W L Sanders.
The Daily Item presents a limited time offer on six standard magazines for a year at $1.50 in Club No 1. The reading set is designed for every family member and is open to both existing and new subscribers.
The Daily Item advertises a magazine club offering Outing Metropolitan and Bohemian magazines sent to any U S address for 3 dollars cash. The offer is for a limited time and will be withdrawn soon. Interested readers may telephone the office for a representative to call with samples.
Market notes list several commodity prices including cotton at 9 and corn at 92, with meal at 2.00 and oats at 70. It also lists flour at 5.50 to 5.75 for patent grades and butter and other items. Tar in machine barrels priced at 2.50. Virgin stock priced at 2.40.
Rabbi Sida Levy of Pittsburgh completed a purchase of 5000 acres near Richmond, Virginia. Prominent American Jews funded the deal to establish a colony as a haven for persecuted Russian Jews with agriculture and manufacturing as main industries. The plan includes expanding ground with options on thousands more acres and aiding incoming Jews in need.
A collection of candidacy notices announces runs for Georgetown County Coroner and for Solicitor positions in the 12th Judicial Circuit. Individuals named include Fletcher for Coroner, Ellerbe seeking re election to Congress, Walter H. Wells for Solicitor, and Quattlebaum for Solicitor in Horry County with long practice histories cited.
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