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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
1
A 1910 letter urges Georgetown County to unite for better roads. It compares ten year urban improvements in the city to six year county road conditions, urging a steady, shared effort to attract travelers and boost pride in transportation infrastructure.
Miss Polly Williams of Springfield Orangeburg county was shot three times in the abdomen by Jerome Bennett a neighbor. Bennett fled but was later arrested and turned over to the sheriff after interviews at a county campaign. Her condition remains serious but with hope of recovery.
Margaret Ormsby four years old hid from flames in a second floor closet as a fire started by an overheated flue consumed the Ormsby home in Torrington. Firemen urged her to jump from a window, but she remained trapped and suffocated.
The Fourth of July observed as a safer celebration with national deaths totaling 35 versus 48 last year and injuries at 2,200 down from 2,700. Chicago reported one pistol accident death and 30 injuries, while Chisago recorded a 1909 Fourth death.
The Board of County Commissioners met with Supv. J. B. Johnson and Commissioners H. T. McDonald and J. Ms. Scott. A motion halted new road charters for 12 months while assessing a ferryman Charles Small for transporting a passenger and team, with a $5 wage deduction and potential dismissal on repeated complaints. Claims totaling $2836.37 were approved for payment. A Foley Kidney Pills customer letter from H. M. Winkler of Evansville, Ind. appeared in the notice.
Clarence Poe urges Southerners to improve their own fields schools and farms rather than envy the North and West. He argues for better public schools farm education and progressive farming through papers institutes and demonstrations to lift the South.
New Orleans real estate agent Charles Desforges shot and killed his wife then fatally wounded his 17 year old son before shooting himself. The couple were separated and the shootings occurred at the house where they were living. both Desforges and his wife died at once while the son died later at the hospital.
Mr J S Bartell of Edwardsville reports kidney congestion and severe back ache. After using Foley Kidney Pills for a few weeks, he claims improvement and recommends The Seaman Drug Co and LC GroL Drug Co.
Tex Rickard, answering telegraphs from eastern cities, says Jeffries’ seconds pushing him up after the second knockdown likely caused a disqualification. He notes Jeffries was not counted out and Johnson delivered the third knockdown before the timekeeper’s count. Rickard also suspects the controversy over fight pictures will fade in a few days.
Governor Ansel agreed to help prohibit moving pictures of the Jeffries Johnson prize fight. Telegrams report changes in stance from Charleston to Macon with mayors and religious groups urging restrictions to curb demoralizing shows and rising violence.
A Georgetown man, G. W. Watts of 1128 Front St, praises Dean's Kidney Pills for curing kidney and bladder trouble. He reports relief from back pain and frequent urination after using the product bought from Iseman Drug Co, with Foster Milburn Co as sole US agents. Price is 50 cents.
A Georgetown South Carolina man reports giving his two ill sons three doses of Duffys Dead Shot to break a fever with rapid success. He later used Duffys Dead Shot Chill and Fever Cure on his wife, who recovered enough to cook breakfast. The note promotes the product at a low price with a money back guarantee.
Fragmentary ad text claims a blood cleansing remedy sold by Marvin Wholesale Druggists of Toledo and Jake Hill’s Family Pills for constipation. The page includes garbled phrases and unclear product names, with no verifiable details.
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