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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1907

Page

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Dargan Local Professor Dies After Illness in Hartsville

Prof J J Dargan of Hartswell died Wednesday afternoon at his son Ralph Dargan’s home. He was about seventy. The item notes a harbor Dory race in Charleston drawing a large crowd and hints at future yacht racing for public benefit. It reports dispensary audits by W B West praising lawful operation and mentions a Boise murder confession by Henry Orchard.

J. J. Dargan Hartswell Ralph Dargan Dargan Charleston W. B. West Henry Orchard Boise Idaho Wm. D. Hayward Peabody Goodard Gilbert Gen.s. Bell Dave Moffat Frank Horne Landrum John Jacobs Columbia Jacobs Hey

Desperate game in Boise court as Orchard testifies

In Boise Idaho on June 6 a criminal lawyer warned that Henry Orchard faces the trial of his life as the prosecution star witness describes shootings in cold blood. Orchard claims he committed sixty murders for hire using bombs and poisoning milk to kill and destroy property. The direct examination is set to end tomorrow amid questions about discrepancies in his story.

Boise Idaho Henry Orchard Orchard

Ocean Liner Waste: Thousands of Crockery Pieces Broken

The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that about three thousand pieces of crockery break on each trip of a first class ocean liner. The piece references letters from Dr. Long to be ignored at the White House and a mythic image of Jupiter striking mortals with a thunderbolt, implying neglect of mortal wounds.

Pittsburg Dispatch Dr. Long White House Jove

Foraker Not Worried by Tar and Feather Threats

Washington reports that Louis Cowan of Brownsville testified before the Senate military affairs committee and denied saying Foraker would be tarred and feathered if he visited Brownsville. Foraker asked if the danger existed and Cowan replied it would be safe.

Washington Louis Cowan Brownsville Senate Committee On Cowan St. Louis Foraker Senator Foraker Mr. Foraker

The June Bridegroom in Harper's Magazine

A three year old girl views a family wedding photo album and blurts a childlike caption. She identifies the mother in a wedding gown and the father beside her, humorously dubbing the groom in her own simple terms.

Waldron Harper’s Magazine

Near-Sighted Soldier Proves Vision in Exam

A young man named Adolph Pate in a military examination claimed near-sightedness as a reason against service. The colonel tested him by pointing to a wall nail, and Adolph admitted he could not see it. Lydia Mielke of Detroit Michigan recalls this anecdote.

Adolph Pate Adolph Vee Lydia Mielke Detroit, Mich

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