Flood Desolation Threatens Pittsburg Area And Rail Losses
A fog of ruin spreads as Pittsburg endures flood damage with 30,000 workers out of work and millions in property losses. The Pee Dee at Cheraw S C shows 30 feet of water per a late weather bureau bulletin. Also noted are local notices about meetings and obituaries, along with assorted classifieds and public notices.
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Pittsburg
The
Weather Bureau
Pee Dee
Cheraw
S.C
Ostrich Egg Omelet Story and 1908 Mail Notice
A traveler's joke about ordering an ostrich egg omelet recalls a California memory and a costly lesson. The piece then lists Georgetown South Carolina post office letters dated to February 15 1908 with a long names list. Concludes noting a security theme as diamonds repeatedly vanish from guarded locations.
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Georgetown
S. C
Pushing Georgetown War Claim for Masonic Lodge
Congressman Ellerbe marches a $4000 claim for the Georgetown Masonic Lodge seeking compensation under Civil War property damage rules. He reports vigorous progress and expects passage of a key bill allowing suits in the Court of Claims without prior congressional consent.
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Washington
Ellerbe
News and Courier
Masonic Lodge
Georgetown
Ellérbe
Congress
Court of Claims
Lady Baltimore Cake Demonstration at Phenix Furniture Co
A daily tempting menu from three to six p m accompanies a Wednesday demonstration featuring Mrs Whitted baking her Lady Baltimore Cake for twenty five dollars The event showcases the Favorite Range as key to perfect recipes and invites both ladies and gentlemen to attend and share recipe ideas A planked shad demonstration will follow Monday at 430 p m due to bad weather last Thursday Phenix Furniture Co
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Phenix Furniture CO
Beachhut Peanut Butter at C. P. Foxworth Co
Beachhut peanut butter listed at C. P. Foxworth Co with Sweet Spanish Pepper in cans also offered by the same supplier.
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Chase & Sanborn
C. P. Foxworth Co
Heinz’s
C.p.foxworth Co
Leap Year Proposal Sparks County Printing Debate
Miss Elizabeth Sohm editor of the Storm Lake Vidette publishes a leap year proposal joking she may marry a good printer to fill the office vacancy after failing to secure official county printing. Lytton Star editor GA Craig replies offering credentials and demands cooking and mending duties before stepping in, Iowa awaiting the Vidette’s next issue.
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Elizabeth Sobmn
Storm Lake
GA. Craig
Lytton Star
Under the Seas at the Electric Theatre Tonight
A fine scene titled Under the Seas screens tonight at the Electric Theatre. The feature is described as gorgeous and revealing sights beyond the human mind.
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Electric Theatre
The Contrariness of Diamonds
A thousand dollar diamond slips from a policeman’s bench and vanishes. Ida Rowan, a shop employee, shakes out her hair and a diamond falls free. A fifteen thousand dollar necklace, missing for a day, is later recovered.
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Ida Rowan
Katahdin Sails From Charleston With Coal Cargo
The steamship Katahdin under Capt D K Queen left Charleston yesterday for Georgetown to load lumber for a Northern port. Owned by Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation with a plant at Sampit, the vessel was greeted by Charleston friends and praised for capable officers including Chief Engineer J E Jennye First Officer Richard Herbert and Second Officer John Simmons.
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D. K. Queen
Philadelphia
William Johnson & Co
Georgetown
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation
Sampit
Queen
Charleston
Capt
J. E. Jennye
George Farwell
Richard Herbert
John Simmons
News & Courier
Georgetown Animal Nuisance Ordinance Forbids Roaming Pets
City ordinance bans domestic animals and fowl running at large in Georgetown streets. Seizure and impoundment follow, with fees due to reclaim. Owners or agents must pay penalties, and unused seized animals may be sold after notice. Penalties include fines up to 50 dollars or 30 days imprisonment.
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Georgetown
Uch
America
Market Quotation Today Cotton Corn and Grain Prices
Market notes show cotton middling quoted at 11 percent term and corn meal around 1.80 per unit. Feed oats listed at 70 and D S bellies and butts noted at 834 D S with 6 percent. Rice whole set at 41-2a5 and flour ranges from 400 to 450. Pearl griffin sacks priced 1.55 and turpentine firm 00.
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D. S
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Ladies of the Eastern Star
Harry, Buhrmester
Kankakee
Sims
House of Representatives
John Harrell
Duke Street
Eli Pink
F. Fulton
G. Olstein
Carolina Hotel
Bessie . Snow
Rome
W.T. Turbville
T. E. Morris
Methodist Church
California
Isear Butler
J A Conkers
Jack Daines
Derry Campbell
Renty Davis
James Duke
Elige Evans
Joe Frierson
Toleydo Ford
Philip Gray
Isaac Coodwin
Howell & Sap
T G Johnson
Cor Cornelius Jones
A Jones
Joe Julius
W T Liles
Prince McClary
Aaron Nelson
Odyses Odess
J A Price
Wash Townsend
Peter Taylor
Frank Taylor
Mitchell White
Byer Wineglass
Evens Washington
F D Windham
E V Alston
Dasie Anderson
Rosa Bullington
Josephine
Coakley
Pinkney Coatly
Metilda Davis
Phylis Deelan
Sarah Golden
Lysia Golden
Anna Haynes
Louisa Huntley
Charlotte Lucas
Ag McChandis
Amy Moultrie
Lillie Mitchell
Sallie Millers
Ida Richardson
Anna Stewart
Phylis Smith
Esteller Snell Adry Thompson
Pottsville
Kalmazoo
Georgetow
Iowa
Miss Sohm
Katahdin
W. A. Black
H. W. Fraser
Acme
Williams Coffee Co
Arthur C. Evans
Front St
Armory Opera House
E. G. Haselden
B.f.jones & Son
Front and
Orange Streets
Grocery Co
Kandl
Kehr
Merchant Tailors
Frort Street
Cleland Street
New School House Square
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