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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
1
Local and personal notes report a Denver official dismissing five women for remarks about February’s workload. The item also covers hotel barber shop ads, local visitors, a Jersey bigamy quip, a fire at the Anderson telephone building, and various society items including court notices and a divorce in London.
A wireless dispatch from Capt. Finch on the Cymric reports the burning of the Phoenix line steamer Cuthbert with fifteen lives lost. Survivors were rescued by the Cymric lifeboat. eleven drowned after a boat capsized, three more perished in another boat, and a stowaway died at a hatch. Names of the drowned include White and others: Carson Audris Vermelula Defretas Steig Muller Herbout Veerbrook Van Pyrubrook Kronfeldt.
A man identified as Ben Stokes was arrested in Greenville on charges of a meat swindle. He phoned a meat market to ship 25 cents worth of steak to a city building and asked for change on a ten dollar bill. A delivery man was paid with the misdirected change, and Stokes fled but was apprehended by police. He is suspected in similar schemes in Columbia and Charleston.
In Philadelphia on February 5 a 16 year old boy William Willis stabbed his stepfather R Holst in the back as he defended his mother at 1815 Alder Street. A heavy coat prevented a mortal wound and Holst received a flesh wound. Willis fled after the incident and is wanted by police. the mother was found stunned and bleeding.
A speaker denounces mental laziness and urges focused, deep thinking. He argues that superficial browsing harms growth and that true thinking requires training and sustained attention, with college study cited as developing logical, deep thought.
A joke from Ladies Home Journal recounts a congressman misplacing his wife’s umbrella on a Washington to Baltimore train trip. The wife quips that national affairs are entrusted to a man who forgets an umbrella, highlighting humor over responsibility.
A collection of terse adages discusses pity and love, social prices, self sacrifice, and disease, with remarks on life and death. It notes wealth, mortality, and the behavior of millionaires and their heirs in a compact, period voice.
The passage notes irony in public expressions and contrasts between cheerful crowds and serious tradesmen. It cites sayings about love and locksmiths with a witty prompt on truth versus fiction. The source frames wit as a lens on everyday life and social roles.
Childs necklace with cross found between Duke street and Winyah Graded School. Cross engraved Lucile. Reward offered to finder who returns it to the Item Office.
On February 6 ships arrived and cargoes loaded. Str Navahoe Hale New York to Clyde Steamship Co with merchandise. Str Frank Sessoms Sarvis Bucksville to B A Munnerlyn Co. Schr Charles Whittemore Veazie New York light to A C L Corp. Schr Louis Bossert Tovelin New York light to Atlantic Coast Sbr Corp. Schr Crescent Mehaffey New York merchandise to Georgetown Grocery. Schr Lady of Avon Steele Port of Spain Trinidad lumber by A C Lbr Co. Schr Wm H Skinner Griffiss New Haven lumber by Winyah Lumber Co.
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