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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
1
Chamber members are urged to attend an important meeting at 8 o clock in the chamber rooms. Topics include the Florence railroad long distance telephone farming city limits extension and the agricultural fair along with other county and city matters needing action.
A Jackson to Memphis report says Col James Gordon of Orleans, once suspected of Lincoln assassination links, was named to Mississippi's Legislative body by Governor Noel as successor to late Senator A J McLaurin. He escaped arrest amid a $10,000 reward and later testified to Gen Dicks in New York before returning to Illinois.
A State correspondent reports Geogletown's land market surged this week with large deals and nearly 100 per cent price increases over two years. Farmers improved low sobby soils via irrigation and subsoiling, boosting value especially on river-adjacent rice lands. High and dry lands offer broad cultivation potential. profits expected to rise yearly.
In Strickland near Ann, Georgia, December 28 a farmer named Gabriel Len was shot and killed by Joe Jackson a rejected suitor shortly after a marriage to Miss Rose Butler. Police investigated and no further details were provided.
Georgetown citizen E. J. Leeds testifies that after years of back pain and kidney trouble Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his symptoms. He notes improved back strength and regular kidney secretions after using the product from Iseman Drug Co, with Foster Milburn Co as U S sole agents. He urges readers to remember the name Doan's.
Georgetown South Carolina auditor announces Jan 1 1910 start for property tax returns for 1910 fiscal year. Returns required for real and personal property, with separate land tracts and acre data. poll and income taxes also noted. oath required. penalties after Feb 20 1910. District guardian rules referenced. street numbers urged for city tax returns. W H Dorrill Co Auditor.
A medical student asks what a famous surgeon operated on. The surgeon replies with the price, two hundred dollars, prompting the student to press for the medical condition. The exchange ends with the same figure echoed.
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