Obituary notices and notices policy in Georgetown paper
A Georgetown newspaper page fragment outlines obituary notices and special rates for personal and religious notices. It notes all communications must include the writer’s real name and that draft drafts or money orders be payable to the iter Co. The text also recounts an incident where a woman and bystander Dr James Slavins helped four men after a cat bound for Greepoint incident and rescue efforts near a wire.
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Iter Co
W. Rouse
Greepoint
James Slavins
Daly
Lynch
Eastern District
Widow offers corpse for wedding gown in Ohio letter
Cincinnati dispatch reports Mrs A B of West Toledo widowhood wrote to Dr J V Phelps seeking to sell her body to Cincinnati University for money to buy a wedding gown and trousseau. The letter implies others also seek her body. university official doubts any purchase will occur.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Ohio
Cincinnati University
Trousseau
J. V Phelps
Medical Department
University
A. B
Katie Sisker
West Toledo
Obie
Phelps
Plucky Girl a Heroine When Electric Wires Fell
A young woman in rubber gloves saved four people when a fallen electric wire hung over trolley lines at Kent and Metro Polition avenues Brooklyn. John Daly and William Lynch sixteen or eighteen were struck and knocked unconscious, others rushed to help but also collapsed, as sparks crackled from the charged wire.
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Kent
Metro Polition
Brooklyn
John
Daly
William Lynch
John Lenanan
Joseph Dugan
Frightful accident shoots wife in Honea Path
January 1 Honea Path. Sherard Ly Callaham, a merchant, unintentionally discharged a rifle in his bedroom, killing his wife Miss Robinson Callaham. The shooting occurred between eight and nine o'clock. She leaves five small children. The couple were prominent locals with many friends and relatives. The husband is inconsolable and unable to explain how the gun fired.
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Callaham
Torpedo Flotilla Arrives At Para Brazil From Port of Spain
The torpedo boat flotilla destined for the Pacific battleship fleet reached Para Brazil from Port of Spain Trinidad after a rough voyage with head seas and a one day weather delay. Transports Arethma and Steling delivered coal and supplies. the flotilla plans to depart January 3 for Fernambuco, two days behind schedule. A second item notes a lost eyeglass between the Methodist Church and Broad Street near yesterday morning Sunday the 29th with a notice for finder to sue.
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Para
Brazil
Pacific
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Arethna
Steling
Methodist Church
Broad Street
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