Local and Personal notes and jokes from the era
A collage of small items recalls Mr G. Estelle injured, jokes about New Year resolutions, a milder grip epidemic, and a humorous note on the murder germ in hard cider. It mentions Georgetown Rifle Guards building a range, a Cuban Mahogany Parlor Suit raffle by Phenix Furniture, court-house meeting about county drainage, Taft speeches not censored, and a Freedoms Day celebration with ten thousand people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix Furniture Co
St Pine
Sebo
Court House
Washington
Taft
Boston
New York
Richmond Pearson Hobson
United States
Congressional Record
Palmetto Club Celebrates Twenty Fifth Anniversary Smoker
The Palmetto Club held a royal New Year Smoker with elaborate dainty menus and a playful touch of humor at each place setting. Toasts were lively with H L Oliver as toastmaster and remarks by Rev W L Cabal Col W W Lumpkin Herman Schenk A M P Hamby and others. Highlights included witty toasts and the spirited atmosphere. Also noted were local notices and sales ads and theater plans for early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmetto Club
W. L. Cabal
Col
W. W. Lumpkin
Brotherhood of Man
Herman ‘Schenk
Falmetto Club
A. McP. Hamby
U.S. Navy
Fraser
Olin Sawyer
Fox to Visit South Carolina for Navigation Congress
Special director of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress John A Fox of Arkansas will spend teen days visiting principal points in South Carolina to study inland and coast navigation. The arrangement follows a conference among Governor Ansel Commissioner Watson and L B Dozier with letters sent to state boards of trade urging attendance and information gathering. Along The Kennebec hosts rustic New England plays The Old Homestead and The County Fair will be staged January 2 with a complete scenic production and company band and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John
Rivers and Harbors
South Carolina
Ansel
Watson
L. B. Dozier
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Watson Fife
Board of Trade
South Atlantic Seaboard
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
John A. Fox
Arkansas
United Stated Congress
Fox
United States
Nore
New England
Armory Opera House
Kennebec
Hiome
S Plen Y
Parade
No Women At Thaw Trial Remains in Court
New York December 31 all women except Thaw family members and women reporters are barred from the courtroom for the second Thaw trial. Justice Dowling issued the order reducing the audience to about 150 spectators and aims to exclude women moved by morbid curiosity from admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thaw
Harry K. ‘Thaw
Justice Dowling
Thaws Second Trial Begins Monday
The defense will argue insanity at the time of the killing as Harry Kendall Thaw faces a second trial to begin Monday. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will testify again. Mrs Thaw and Thaws siblings are due in New York to attend the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford White
Harry Kendal Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
William Thaw
New York
George Lander Carnegie
Thaws
Josian
Edward Thaw
Stampede at cockfight injures spectator in Woodbury
Waterbury Connecticut December 31 report details a chaotic cockfight near Woodbury causing a man to lose an eye after a rooster jabbed him with its spur. Seven others suffered minor injuries as the crowd dispersed and forty men walked twelve miles home after a horse scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
Woodbury
James E. Durkin
Fragmented plea ad advertising line from The Item
The text quips about love and orders sent home, ending with an advertisement nudge to use The Item for results. It features uncertain dialogue and a casual, colloquial tone aiming to provoke attention.
Market Quotations Today From Local Exchange
Market quotations show prices for middling and other goods with terms like ae and teapaitee. The report notes firm prices for certain items and quantities such as 9 D.S. butts and 7 Rion, with sacks and 4 1- Blour, while overall tone indicates firm Teapaitee at 45 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. G
B. Estelle
Georgetown Rifle Guards
Black River
Georgetown
Ws, Dunmore
Col. Lumpkin
United States Army
L. B. Steele
Chile
Ge Westbury
Methodist Church
Broad Street
Daily Item
Julia Grey
E. C. Haselden
Greenville
Har. Fox
E.G. Haselden
Reelsn
Kennebec Co
Cannon Streets
Cannon
Highmarket Streets
Bath
Duke and
Highmarket Street
Orange Street
J. H. Fraser
Agt
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
Fifth Ave
New York City
Buchan
Buchtan’s Soaps Corporation
Fralley
Ouis Poniatowsk
P.O
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