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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
3
A fragment lists theater reads and comic pieces at Electric Theatre, local arrivals and visits, lost bicycle, boat sale, lodging and job ads, a shad run preview, and various notices from December to January, including church plans and political notes. The item sketches commerce, travel, and public life in Georgetown with named locals such as Freeland Gardner, W. H. Dorrill Jr, and Mrs Burns.
A seller announces the purchase of the entire stock of S Brilles & Bro Co and plans a half price market event on the 11th of the month. It is billed as a bona fide sale and a major opportunity for shoppers.
Books of subscription to the Georgetown Light Company stock will be opened January 25 1909 at 10 o'clock a.m. The corporators R M McCown and H Case Case oversee the formation authorized to issue 4000 shares of 25 each, with main office in Georgetown South Carolina to provide passenger transport and electricity services in Georgetown.
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