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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
1
The Thaw case is in the hands of a jury and after 12 hours waiting for a verdict, reports say the jury is hopelessly divided. Thaw fears a third trial as a cyclone in Mississippi kills six and injures many, destroying property. The issue is entwined with local notices and a range of miscellaneous items from barber shops to hotel fires.
A playful list outlines odd hotel etiquette and quirks. Rules include charging fifty cents per square foot, avoiding conversation with the dumb waiter, using a pillow feather for a light, and listening for the bed’s tick in a room without a clock. It mentions burglars, a dog collar in sausage, and an odd testimonial about continuing stays at the cemetery.
Arrived entries list several steamers and cargoes including Schr R T Runchett to Eddy Lake Cypress Co with ballast to be loaded in Baltimore and Str Frank Sessoms to Bucksvide with mdse to Munnerlyn Co. Also Str F G Burroughs to Conway with mdse by Wac camaw Line. Elisa Scribner from N Y wood by Kinner & Springs. Flora Rogers Lander from Philadelphia lumber by Winyah Lumber Co. Bayard Hopkins Lynch from Philadelphia shingles by Richardson Cypress Lbr Co.
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