Market Report and City News Digest from the South Carolina Coast
Market items list cotton, turpentine, corn, meal, oats, rice, flour, pearl grit, and prices. Weather forecast calls for light to moderate northwest winds tonight and Friday. Steamship William Elliott appears nearly new after overhaul at Brightman Marine Ways. Rumor of Philadelphia buyers for the H C Case electric plant may lead to expansion of service. Commentary questions Judge Cornelius H. Hanford of Seattle and calls for judiciary reform. Advertisements tout Rub-My-Tism and a kerosene generator for stoves as money savers. The piece notes possible quiet opening of the Chicago Convention or a bombing incident. Congressional money-trust testimony reveals control by a handful of men over national banks and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Elliott
Brightman Marine Ways
Philadelphia
H. C. Case
Congressional
Democratic leaders ready to act after Baltimore convention
The article notes there is work for a later day to be done and that the Democratic national convention in Baltimore will appoint someone to do it. It mentions Mr. S. M. Bryan leaving for Hot Springs Arkansas and a slogan Rub-My-Tism offered as a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Baltimore
Mr. S. M. Bryan
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Evans Records Questioned in Legal Clash in Bishopville
In Bishopville on June 19, Attorney General Lyon pressed charges against Murry winding up commission member Sarnard B. Evans alleging misused funds from the old State Dispensary with at least 400000 unaccounted. Lyon produced Saluda and Edgefield court records indicting Evans for forgery in three cases. Evans denied knowledge of the cases as the crowd watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishopville
Sarnard B. Evans
Old State
Murry
Lyon
Sumter
Saluda
Edgefield
Evans
Evelyn Thaw Testifies Against Husband in Mental Condition Hearing
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified in White Plains New Jersey as the state seeks to keep Harry K. Thaw confined in a Mattawan asylum. Dr Allan McLane Hamilton, an alienist, described Thaw as dazed during previous examinations at the Tombs in New York and said he appeared to suffer from demon influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. J
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Mattew
Allan McLane Hamilton
New York City
Patten Urges Prohibition Support At Chicago Dinner
James A. Patten, a noted financier, spoke in Chicago asserting he will aid the Prohibition movement. He warned Drink is an evil and recounted a temperance lecturer showing two geraniums one watered normally and the other dosed with alcohol, which wilted and decayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Patten
Chicago
Prohibition Movement
Quote asides in a crowded lecture hall
A lecturer faces a jeering crowd while a shabby man in the gallery quips that if he were a geranium he would stay with water, noting humor in the demonstration through a dry botanical joke.
King’s New Life Pills Endorsed by Marshal of Street Crowd
A rugged crowd scene is described with a policeman and a harsh miner addressing bystanders. The ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a gentle remedy for bowel congestion, promising health benefits and urging readers to buy at druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Careless of Him Bull Run Memorial Day Anecdote
A reminiscence links General Grant to a Memorial Day joke about Bull Run. A soldier with a facial scar claims he earned it at Bull Run after running four or five miles and becoming careless, then turning to look back.
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F. D. Grant
Bull Run
Shotin (Ueco
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims universal cure offer
$100 reward offered by J. Cheney & Co for any catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure supposedly cures in all stages. Internal medicine targets blood and mucous surfaces to destroy disease foundation and boost constitution. Testimonials list available by mail. product sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Pleasant Relief from Constipation
R L T is described as a perfect laxative made from vegetable extracts. It is claimed to act on the liver and bowels immediately with no nausea or griping.
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R.L.T
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Este Edeets
Loral
Market Reports
South
United States
Cornelius H. Hanford
Seattle
Hanford
Phenix Furniture Store
Evan
Evelyn Thaw
Daisy
Liquid Liver
R. L. T. Co. Anderson, S.C
Chester Sprlls
BSE
Baker’s
W. E. Broderick & GO
Baltimore - Maryland
Queee
Savings Bank
Bank OF Georgetown
Tate County and City B Deposito
C P. CO
Curtis-Powell Co., Inc
Georgetown Provision Co
D. J. Crowley
Georgetown
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