New Year Citrus Shipment and Political Snippets
A Florida citrus lot arrives for New Years with Tangerines Grapefruit and Oranges. Telegrams note Taft appointments Richard Kerens and Robert Bacon draw low public support. Local items include market chatter bank conditions wardrobe ads and holiday visits from Charleston Sumter and Marion residents.
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Florida
John Keller
Taft
Richard Kerens
Austria-Hungary
Robert Bacon
France
Kerens
Missouri
Bacon
J. P. Morgan
State Department
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris
United States
Cannon
Aldrich
Lye Stewed Peaches Raise Pure Food Alarm
A long letter warns that many US canneries use caustic soda to peel unripe peaches to save costs. The process strips flavor, may leave soda residue, and hides this on labels. Consumers could detect lye peeled fruit by taste and appearance, prompting calls for federal labeling or new laws.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
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the People’s Furniture Co
Loys
Stetson
The
Steele- Moses Co
Sugar Trust
Uncle Sam
Knox
Japan
China
C. W. Scurry
J. C. Moore
Duncan, S. C
the Cay
Steele Moses Co
J. L. Wheeler
Marion
City
Daisy Bowman
Charleston
A. J. Dundas
K. Islar
Orangeburg
Walter Layton
Spartanburg
Mr. R. L. Gandy
Darlington
Champ Clark
Messrs
J. D. White
Willie Cuttino
Sumter
Mr. B. O. Bryan
New England
Society of Elks
Dolliver
New Jersey
Chas. P. Allston
Susie P. Allston
H. L. Orvin
Reese Fraser
R. V. Read
Columbia
J. W. Wingate
John Richardson, Jr
Dr. Howle
L. Rhem
DuRant
Arthur Ehrich
Elizabeth Doyle
Louise Walker
Robie Anderson
Cecilia Jennerette
Kingstree
Ida Ford
J. H. Tiller
Enoch Josey
W. E. Sparkman
Young’s Island
W.H. Holmes
H. Buck
Miss Davis
Eulonia
Porter
M. C. Joyce
Mr. Chas. A. Rouse
Hartsville
Mrs. C. W. Rouse
Amelia Tompkins
Nintersix
W. H. Andrews
Mrs. Bolick
Ridgeway
Mrs
L. L. Bolick
Doral
Dunmore
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Georgetown, S.C
Carolina
Georgetown, S. C