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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
3
Middling cotton and several staples listed with prices under 5.00 for most items. Turpentine quotations from Bourne & Co note New Virgin Dip at 3.50 and Yellow Dip at 8.5. Tar in oil barrels and rosin from New York are described as quiet with limited activity in Georgetown.
Fair tonight and Sunday with light to moderate westerly wind. Social notices include visits of Mrs. Josiah Doar and family to Augusta, church services by Rev. R B Sealy, and invitations to the public. Elks meet at 3 20 PM at the Armory. A steamer excursion to see a fish manufactory is offered for 25 cents round trip. Meetings on Wilson Center and local business notices conclude the item.
The Elks Lodge of Sorrow holds its annual memorial service tomorrow afternoon at the Armory. The program includes Abide With Me, Nearer My God to Thee, Asleep in Jesus, and Auld Lang Syne with choir, prayers, and benediction led by Chaplain E W DuRant and Bro Percy J Robottom.
Church notice lists December 3 1911 services at Prince George Winyah church with 11 am Holy Communion and sermon 4 pm Sunday school and 8 pm evening service lecture on Thomas Becket the Great Archbishop A D 1118 1170 described as an historical puzzle. Everyone is cordially invited.
Rev Duncan informed W T Turbeville by long distance that he cannot attend tomorrow. No services will be held until after Conference adjourns. Rumors say Rev E S Jones may be appointed presiding elder.
Cecilion Maryland resident George Richards details 12 years of trial with various diets and costly doctors. He says raw eggs relieved chronic pain, sleeplessness, and fatigue after expensive medicines and surgeries failed, noting ongoing farm work and belief in a vegetarian regimen.
James B. McNamara pleads guilty to first degree murder in the Los Angeles Times blast case. His brother John J. McNamara also pleads guilty to dynamiting Llewellyn Iron Works on Christmas Day 1910. The confession ties the brothers to the October 1 1910 explosion killing 21 people at First and Broadway and implicates both in the Hagga murder as part of the wider plot.
The Star reports a trip to view the Floating Fish Factory Comanche anchored at North Island. It costs over a million dollars more than a battleship. The Comanche will sail from Market Wharf at 2 pm Sunday December 3 for 25 cents.
For sale one thousand sacks of Pearl Grist from November December shipment. Delivered all rail transport. Carrots included. Ask for quotations. F. D. C. Kracke, agent. Charleston, South Carolina.
A display of Crocke products lines the shelves at Cy P Foxworth Co showcasing a selection of imported goods. The line emphasizes quality imports and draws interest from local shoppers seeking specialty items.
Teheran reports that the National Council rejected the Russian ultimatum by a large majority. The foreign minister resigned after Moscow demanded the instant dismissal of American treasurer general W. Morgan Shuster and an indemnity to cover Russian troop costs in Persia.
A Teheran telegram reports Ala-Ed-Dowleh brother of the former Persian minister to Berlin was shot in front of his residence and is believed dead. He had been promoting an accord with the government and the ex Shah, seen as favored by Russia, with ties to the W Morgan Shuster dismissal controversy.
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