17 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
1
A busy issue features ads for Westbury's Pool Room Norfolk oysters and Phenix Furniture Co bargains with a 25 to 50 percent sale on bedroom suits. Items note civic notices, church activities, theater plans, and local social happenings in Georgetown.
Notice states John S. Hazard is indisposed and unable to attend to his duties as usual. The item records his absence and mentions his unsettled duties awaiting restoration.
President Roosevelt aims to obtain bear dogs during a hunt in the wild west. He asks an old black man for dogs and is refused with firm insistence. The exchange ends with the man asserting you could not get the dogs even if you were Booker T. Washington.
The D Oize company brings Damon and Pythias to the opera house Tuesday night December 17 for a benefit by the Georgetown Knights of Pythias. Edouard D Oize directs a praised performance with Mrs D Oize among the cast. Tickets are on sale.
Georgetown readers are urged to subscribe to the city’s sole daily newspaper offering up to date local news, weather, and community reporting each weekday. Subscriptions promise home delivery and daily editions with regional updates.
A Delaware chronicler describes using a phonograph to lure wild ducks by recording quacks and distress calls. The piece suggests further uses like mice control with a cat mew and cork pops for evening cheer, noting a Georgetown example to explain many claimants seeking a reversion of the Brotherless Spear.
A Yolande Alabama mine disaster at Mine No. 1 of the Yolande Coal and Coke Company occurred at 10:25 AM. Reports estimate 40 to 65 deaths with rescue hampered by debris and crowds. Bodies recovered from the fifth or sixth right entrances, many too mangled for identification.
In Georgetown an elegant electric piano of the best make is offered for sale. It is in first class condition, as good as new and will be sold at a sacrifice. For details contact the office of The Georgetown Daily Item.
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