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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
4
Mr Fox of the River and Harbor Congress spoke to about two hundred residents in Conway. He cited river funding gaps in South Carolina, noting Waccamaw River expenditures of only twenty eight thousand and urged a twelve foot channel to boost traffic and development. The audience, including local residents, praised his efforts and his work in Horry.
A Haitian judge, prompted by a mispronounced nationality, sentences a Swiss offender to one year of hard labor after a humorous exchange about Switzerland’s lack of sea access and navy. The tale appears in Brooklyn Life, with a closing plug for The Item.
Historic papers from Elbridge Gerry and other sources sold by Merwin Clayton yesterday. A Thomas Jefferson autograph letter about Monticello trees, dated 1806 in Washington, brought 51. An autograph letter to Elbridge Gerry by John Adams realized 33. A George Washington signature as a frank to Major General St Clair brought 87.25.
An advertisement touts Buchan’s Soap as absolutely pure hygienic and refreshing. It invites readers to mail 10 cents in staples for a cake of Buchan’s Cotton Bloom to Buchan’s Soaps Corporation at 225 Fifth Ave New York City via the druggist or direct order.
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