28 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
1
An editorial extols inviting customers to buy locally during holiday shopping, arguing it sustains Georgetown trade and increases property values. It condemns mail order houses for not contributing to local taxes and welfare, urging residents to prioritise community businesses.
In Lawrence Indiana on December 26 a hunter using a rifle triggered by a string fired into a hollow log trapping a rabbit. The gun misfired fatally wounding John W. Cook who carried the wounded rabbit two miles home before dying.
Notice announces municipal election for mayor, alderman and commissioner of public works in George town South Carolina to be held Monday January 15 1912. Two polling districts at City Hall and near Southern Mercantile Co with polls open 8 am to 4 pm. Also a classified ad offers a saddle horse for sale from the office dated December 27.
Arthur F. Griffith known as The Marvelous Griffith died in his Nelson Hotel room in Springfield Massachusetts on December 25. The famed brain calculator collapsed from apoplexy after a recent theatre engagement and a planned Bridgeport Connecticut appearance. He rose from a farm to stardom after a barber shop discovery and impressed Harvard professors with sharp mental arithmetic during a February 1910 challenge.
A call to use Bucklen’s Arnica for quick treatment of wounds from knives guns nails and other causes to prevent infection. It is advertised as all purpose healer for burns boils sores eruptions eczema chapped hands and piles priced at 25 cents at druggists.
Loring Hewen and John King claim they located an iron chest buried five to six feet under Fanning Island sand, aided by a chart from a Fort George Island shell house. They showed part of gold silver and copper coins bearing old Spanish marks and dates, with an estimated value around 150000 dollars.
George Bridges, a stranger arrested in Monessen with a suitcase holding .72 sticks of dynamite and fuse, vows to clear himself as a preliminary hearing is set. In Rochester, Pa., 24 sticks of dynamite 12 caps and fuse are found at Mcdonald Hartman supplies, with a knife and a Philadelphia bag note. The Pittsburg and Lake Erie bridge over the Ohio River remains guarded after prior explosive discoveries linked to McNamaras.
Buffalo police search for Paul Lutz after a brutal assault on Mrs Ida Schultay at 92 Fay Street. An explosion during a house search killed Lutz and injured Officer William Ahearn and John Flynn. Lutz's body lay amid the rubble. Schultz had died from head injuries moments earlier.
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