Trade Review In The City For The Year 1908
Trade review shows 1908 freight volumes by G W A R Co surpassing 1907, with Georgetown Grocery Co reporting a year about on par with 1907. Peter Rabil notes 1908 fair, hopes for 1909. Rev W L R Cahall to resign March 15 after board inquiry clears him. Passion Play at Simpkins Electric Theatre urged with 260 seats per show.
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Georgetown Grocery Company
Peter Rabil
W. L. R. Cahall
Board of Deacons
Cahall
Simpkins’ Electric Theatre
Georgetown Prospects for Large Hotels and Factories
A historic outline lists many lucrative opportunities in Georgetown including a large commercial and tourist hotel, opera house, marine railway, streetcar, steam laundry, fertilizer and sash factories, cotton and oil mills, knitting and veneer works, furniture, barrels and boxes, wholesale dry goods and boots, wood pulp and soap plants among others. It highlights chances in truck farming tobacco rice cotton tea and grain farming and urges contact with the Chamber of Commerce for details.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kentuky Feudists Fight Claims Woman Dead In Streets
Miss Ethel Ransom aged 25 was killed and five others injured in a feud clash on a public street in Williamstown Kentucky today. The lantern and Ransom families long feuded and met at a dance last night causing gunfire that left multiple wounded. Grover Lantern and George Lantern escaped injury and are jailed. Bridge lighting and a new reinforced concrete bridge receipt noted by Kingston? record. Company F to drill tomorrow night at six o'clock.
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Williamstown
Ethel Ransom
Lantern
Ransom
Wm. Barnes
Sidney
Charles Clark
Grover Clark
Thomas Turner
Emmett Toman
Grover
George Lantern
Messrs Beatty & Beatty
Georgetown
Kingstree Record
Plant Juice Remedies Highlight Herbal Cure Claims
A Plant Juice Chemist touts vegetable medicines derived from plants, berries and barks as cures that work with nature. The text claims Plant Juice restores digestion, purifies blood, and strengthens organs, directing readers to a corner venue for more information and an evening performance.
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Orange
Front St
Two Sisters Grafted Together in Bold Operation
In Baltimore on January 9 two Charleston sisters, Helen Brager aged twelve and Minnie Brager aged fifteen, were grafted with skin from Minnie onto Helen to save Helen's badly injured leg. The procedure by Dr. J M T Finney joined the sisters by strapped legs and a plaster cast, immobilizing them for several weeks as the grafts take.
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Baltimore
Charleston
S. C
Union Protestant Infirmary
Helen
Minnie Brager
S. M. Brager
J M. T. Finney
Finney
Minnie
Young Lady Attacked by Negro in Richmond District
In Richmond Virginia early this morning in the fashionable district an assault occurred injuring Miss Marie Louise. Police investigated the incident and questioned witnesses as details remain unclear. The case draws concern over safety in the city’s upscale area.
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Richmond
Marie Louise
Bitter assault ends with suspect in custody
Stumpf, 19, daughter of E A Stumpf, was severely beaten but saved by Irvin Pool's warning cries. The attacker Charles Gillespie, 25, negro, is under arrest and will face a hearing when Miss Stumpf can testify before a special grand jury. Aftermath includes a suffragist's outdated rhetoric about women’s status and consumerist gender chatter reflecting the era.
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Trade Review
Kentucky
SCI
Assistanc
Phenix Sumniture
the People’s Bank
Georgetown, S. C
People's Bank
Ralph ‘Connors
Ventriloquist
Terry
Motion Pictures
Daily Illustrated
Alice Freeman
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