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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
4
William Johnson a 35 year old Black man in Roosevelt Hospital New York city survived a stab wound to the heart after surgeons Blake and Dwight sewed the right ventricle closing a half inch hole. The operation stopped bleeding but pneumonia developed in the lower lungs and remains a concern.
Maj. W H Fitzgerald claims a new eight barrel rapid fire gun with a dual tier barrel layout and patent cooling chamber. He says it fires in all directions from any position and is cheaper to produce than the Maxim. It is reportedly being tested in England.
The piece satirizes the ritual of swearing off alcohol. It notes men vow to quit next Wednesday as they did last January, receiving praise from family and clergy. It warns the resolve falters as a new craving returns within days, making the ascent to sobriety resemble a fragile ladder.
Four mountaineers in Collettsville battled with knives for an hour. Two Clark brothers and one Rader brother were killed, the surviving Rader badly slashed. Moonshine reportedly sparked the deadly fight. source details are scarce.
Hundreds witnessed a pursuit along Fifth Avenue as detectives Gegar and Wilbur nabbed a hungry suspect at Sixteenth Street and Fifth Avenue. The thief grabbed a satchel from Miss Annie Mansell of 338 East 151st Street, after fleeing a department store on Fourteenth Street near Sixth Avenue with $50 in cash and checks.
A free contest offers 100 prizes totaling 5000 dollars for needle work. No charges or conditions. Send for a free booklet with details to Buchan's Soaps Corporation 225 Fifth Ave New York City.
An advertisement touts Buchan's Soap as absolutely pure hygenic and refreshing. It invites readers to mail 10 cents in stamps for a cake of Buchan's Cotton Bloom to Buchan's Soaps Corporation at 225 Fifth Ave New York.
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