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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1909
Page
1
Aiken Aug 30 A white town is on edge after a negro tried to enter a young lady’s room last night. A posse with bloodhounds pursues the suspect across Tinker Creek Swamp while tracks and barefooted footprints are followed. The motive remains unknown and officials vow to bring the culprit to jail.
A Glenn Springs citizen showed two frekish eggs laid by a common hen. The shells bore red spots resembling paint with 98 traced on one egg and several clear letters on the other. Reported as the most remarkable eggs seen in Spartanburg.
Harry Ritchie, 20, climbed a Southern Power tower at Albemarle Stanley County to test shock exposure. He touched live lines and was killed as eighty thousand volts surged through his body. The tower is part of a system transmitting power from Catawba River stations to Piedmont mills.
A vehicle struck two children on Long Island and the drivers fled the scene. Authorities warn that future safety may require drastic measures to protect children from similar accidents.
A morning earthquake near Aug 30 startled Panama City and Ancon staff. No injuries or major damage reported though government and canal offices shook. clerks briefly fled then returned. The tremor was felt at Agua Dulce and Pacora, over 100 miles apart, with no canal damage evident. Special inquiries underway.
Aug 30 reports an earthquake felt at both ends of the Isthmus of Panama. No damage to canal work has been reported.
TheStates of Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois recently forbidden manufacture or sale of cigarettes. Western business leaders cited health and productivity concerns as motive, noting reduced employee efficiency and nicotine dependence.
An eclipse of Mars by the Moon will occur Wednesday evening September 1, observable across the United States. The event starts around 842 PM Washington time and will last about an hour, ending in the eastern sky. it will be visible to the naked eye, according to Prof William Brooks of Smith Observatory.
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