Local Postage Change and City Notes at Georgetown
Public warned that after December 1 local mail letters will cost two cents per ounce or fraction. News mentions South Carolina at Norfolk winning a Jamestown Exhibition prize and local fines by Recorder’s court. Also notes on Parnell Furniture Co bargains, a theatre benefit, baptisms at a Baptist Church, and a theatre troupe performance in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Ansel
W. E. Gonzales
South
South Carolina
Norfolk
Lesh Gaillard
Henry Thomas
Recorders Court
Parnell Furniture Co
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Opera House
The
Ladies Benevolent Society
Baptist Church
Westbury
New York City Excerpt Highlights Wealth, Risks and City Life
The article surveys metropolitan life noting a gold birth insurance plan, vast rail investments in New York terminals, bridges spending, and the large hotel dependent female population. It notes numerous street vendors on Manhattan, rents totaling over seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, and a snapshot of Stradivarius violins in the city. It ends with a local contact, H. W. Finlayson, at 450 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Manhattan Island
London
New York
Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
United States
Torrey Ends Remarkable Chicago Evangelistic Campaign
Rev. Dr. Torrey closed tonight one of the most remarkable evangelistic campaigns in Chicago history. Meetings in large steam heated tents drew about 8,000 on Sundays and 3,000 on other nights. He delivered 135 sermons to over 275,000 listeners and about 3,200 persons professed conversion. He departed for Philadelphia, then to Virginia for more meetings after a week’s rest.
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Chicago
Dec
Torrey
Philadelphia
Virginia
Unclaimed Letters at Georgetown Post Office
List of letters remaining unclaimed at Georgetown S Post Office ending Nov 30 1907. Recipients must advertise and pay one cent per letter. Names include James Broughton Lewis Bennett William Epps Tom Greene Jakey Pammer A Poachar Mr Carolina Pyatt Tharrs Parker Geo L Richards George Smith Ben F Williams B Wilson James Wright Thomas Youenas plus women Lessie Baty Katie Brown Mrs J C Coatchman Clarkson Johnson Katie Richardson Mary Samuel Lizzie Taylor Bettie Weathers Rebecca Williams.
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Georgetown, S
James Broughton
Lewis Bennett
William Epps
Tom Greene
Jakey Pammer
A. Poachar
Carolina Pyatt Tharrs Parker
Geo L. Richards
George Smith
Ben F. Williams
B Wilson
James Wright
Thomas, Youenas
Lessie Baty
Katie Brown
Mrs. J. C. Coatchman
Clarkson Johnson
Katie Richardson
Mary Samuel
Lizzie Taylor
Bettie Weathers
Rebecca Williams
Groom Drowns in Bath Tub at Ossining Home
Ossining New York December 1 Charles L Ferguson Jr a New York businessman who married two months ago drowned in a bath tub at his home. His wife retired earlier that night and awoke several hours later to find his body. The coroner ruled he fainted and his head slipped beneath the water.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles L. Fergueson, Jr
Fergueson
New York
Head of Distillery Firm Ends Life in Office
Reading Pa December 1 S V Nagle aged 55 president of the Miller Pure Rye Distilling Co at Womelsdorf committed suicide in his office. He had gone to examine the firm's books and apparently acted while temporarily insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
S. V. Nagle
Miller Pure Rye Distilling Co
Womelsdorf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank of Georgetown
James Henry Rice, Jr
Georgetown
Picketts Dramatic Co
H. W. Finlayson
Broadway
E. G. Haselden
Miss Grace Pickert
the Belle of
Richmond
Front
Cannon Streets
Cannon
Highmarket Streets
Bath
Duke and
Highmarket Street
Orange Street
J. H. Fraser
Ouis Poniatowski
P. O
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
Fifth Ave
Buchan
Buchtan’s Soaps Corporation
Big Distillery Company
A. G
Charlotte
D. S
D.S
Edison
Phenix Furniture CO
McConnell Co
Loyal McConnell Co
Front Street
J. E. Altman
Atf. Lucas
Robt
Shuford
A. H. Lucas & Go. Brokers and Commission Merchants
Armour Packing Co
D. C
S. Brilles & Bro. CO
S.brilles & Bro.Co
Brilles
S.brilles& Bro. Co
Brilles & Bro. CO
Front St
Iseman Drug Co
Louis Riff
Bourke
Fralley
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