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Daily Item notices and village life items in Sumter
Local items report visitors from St Step hens and Charleston, clergy announcements at West End Chapel and Presbyterian church, a lost bicycle, calls for back copies of The Daily Item, theater ads for Disastrous Flirtation and Lost and Found, gas steamer charter offer Carrie M Dudley, and brief classifieds for boarding and sale items. Two young men from Sumter die in transit accident near Charleston, with context on prior employment and travels.
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Geo. R. Howerton
Presbyterian Church
W. Lyles
Rosemary
Carrie M. Dudley
C. L. Ford
Daily Item
Sam’l. Sparks
C.T. Williams
Fletcher
Belle Garren
Tommy Curran
Tillman Powell
Sumter
S.C
Charleston
Powell
Strawberry
Lams
Sumter Telephone Co
Electric Theatre
A. E. Rustad
Georgetown
Oberammergau
Ammer
Bavaria
Jesus Christ
Electric