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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
1
A nostalgic Christmas verse praising town growth and residents. It lauds enterprise and education, celebrates schools churches and families, and blesses mothers and children. The piece emphasizes civic pride, moral virtue, and communal faith in a wholesome hometown.
Dr Paul Mecray head surgeon at Cooper Hospital Camden notes a telepathic summons to return home from Jersey City. He hails a train and arrives in time to operate on William Delamater of 1013 South Eighth Camden for appendicitis, saved by timely surgery.
The wedding of Myrtle Young to James Wingate took place last evening at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Fred W Young at St James and Prince streets. The ceremony featured a wedding march by Miss Elizabeth Doyle and an elegant parlor decoration of ferns plants and smilax.
The article notes two half sisters, daughters of Sir Stephens Fox, died 1655 and 1825, born 1655 and 1773, separated by 170 years. It highlights their father’s wealth, remarriage, and the improbable link to Cromwell and Queen Victoria, illustrating truth stranger than fiction.
State notices books of subscription to the capital stock of Georgetown Railway and Light Company will open Jan 25 1909 at 10 AM in Georgetown South Carolina. Capital stock set at 100000 dollars divided into 4000 shares of 25 dollars each. Principal business in Georgetown includes passenger and freight transport plus electric light heat and power. Corporators H C Case S C Case.
The Daily Item misstated that the Carnival dances were closed by executive authority. Mr J R Smith of the Carnival shows requests correction and states he acted, with testimonials praising his conduct from prominent people across North and South Carolina.
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