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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
4
Post office at Georgetown South eo lists publication under Act of Congress of March 3. 1907, entered as second class matter July 4, 1907.
The Onaway survived a fifteen day voyage from Turks Island battered by hurricanes and tides. Captain J P Goldthwaite refused to shorten sail despite damage as waves flooded the ship and wrecked cabins and skylights. After passing the Highland Lightship the remaining sails failed and the vessel was towed to Stapleton anchorage with just one barrel of water left for the crew.
A passenger on a railway train overhears a conversation with a newly married couple. The woman, noticing the bride is older than the groom, politely asks the bride to have her son remove his feet from the back of her chair.
Andrew Bradshaw fired at his son in law Isiah Wood at the Bradshaw home near Smackowen Arkansas. The daughter stepped between them and was shot and killed instantly. Bradshaw was placed under arrest.
Rev. R. S. Kirkland of Fulton Kentucky at a Baptist Church revival in Pana Illinois proclaimed that women must remove their hats to allow him to see faces. He allows hoods and fascinators but forbids tall plumes and flowers, a rule most women accept.
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A public notice announces a $5,000 prize fund for women with 100 prizes for needle work. The contest is open to all at no charge, and participants may request a free booklet from BUCHAN'S SOAPS CORPORATION at 225 Fifth Ave New York City for details.
An old advertisement touts Buchan's Soap as absolutely pure hygienic and refreshing. It offers a single cake mailed for 10 cents to Buchan's Soap Corporation at 225 Fifth Ave New York, asking readers to send stapled payment.
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