Local and Personal News from the City
Details include condolences for the Baum family of Camden South Carolina and a New Rochelle death, summer moves to Pawleys Island, a steamer excursion to North Island, a book on William Jennings Bryan, a Duncan Methodist Church Union meeting, a candidate for the 12th judicial circuit, tugboat movements, theater entertainment at the Electric Theatre, a Piedmont lightning fatality near Sandy Springs Baptist Church, travel to New York, and various civic notices including a prohibition proclamation in North Carolina and local club activities.
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Personal Help Publishing Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
J. Walter Dear
Pawley’s Island
Piedmont
S. C
Sandy Springs Baptist Church
Greenville County
Will Linderman
Georgetown Post Office Advertised Letters List 1908
List of letters remaining at Georgetown South Carolina Post Office for period ended June 20 1908. Men and women listed include F T Atkins J Castle Active Hick Abraham eshte Cleveland Parnell Jas B Somerset Frank Thomas P Whitfield Dr J Lee Young Mrs Eliza Alston Seelona Brown Mrs Amanda Hoyle care Mrs Smith Miss Elizabeth Lino Mrs Emma Parker Mrs Sarah Washington Miss M White Miss Louisa Williams. Letters must be claimed as advertised and one cent per letter paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
S. C
F. T. Atkins
J. Castle
Hick
Abraham Eshte Cleveland Parnell
Jas. B. Somerset
Frank Thomas
P. Whitfield
J. Lee Young
Eliza Alston
Seelona Brown
Amanda Hoyle
Smith
Elizabeth Lino
Emma Parker
Sarah Washington
M. White
Louisa Williams
Hotel Arrivals List Names Guests at Tourist Hotel
The Tourist Hotel records show guests G. B. Lanogue of Wilmington, E. A. Wilson from St. Augustine Florida, F. E. Johnstone of South Island, and L. F. Rhem of S. C. in residence.
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G. B. Lanogue
Wilmington
E. A Wilson
St. Augustine
Fla
F. E. Johnstone
South Island
L. F. Rhem
S. C
Mistaken Pulse Bailout By Two Physicians
Two doctors consulting a critically ill patient accidentally grasp each other’s wrists under the bedcovers. They exchange shocked remarks about the other, realizing the error as they compare their pulses. Narrative note by James J. Decker from Florida.
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James J. Decker
Florida
Locked In by A D Estabrook in Beattie story
A Beattie citizen, weary from travel, encounters a tree guarded by an iron barrier. He grips the bar and circles the obstacle twice, laments the barrier, and proclaims he is locked in. The vignette unfolds with a tone of frustration and resignation.
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Beattie
A. D. Estabrook, New York
Man Ends Life by Fire Amid Wedding Plans
Nathan Precer a 37 year old produce dealer in Philadelphia poured oil on his clothing and set it aflame at home. He was found unconscious, later saying he sought death by fire after repeated misfortunes affecting his marriage plans with an Allentown girl and tied up savings in his business.
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Philadelphia
Nathan Precer
Allentown
Convict Charles Singleton Injures Finger to Avoid Road Work
In Savannah on June 21 Charles Singleton, calling himself county's champion chicken thief, cut off a finger with an axe to dodge road-building labor for a grand prize automobile course. He is jailed. doctors aim to speed healing so he may still work on the project. Singleton had previously escaped a convict camp, was shot, and later found asleep in the woods with a rattlesnake he had choked to death.
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Savannah
Charles Singleton
Singleton
Propeller for Sale or Charter by J J Riley
Propeller offered for sale or charter suitable for freight contract. Vessel 160 ft long, 23 ft beam, 350 tons cargo, 7 12 ft draft. suitable for river canal or coastwise work. Address J J Riley 20 West 65th Street New York.
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J. J. Riley
West 65Th Street
New York
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Chicago
Jos. B. Johnson
Dudley
North Island
Duncan Methodist Church
J. E. Carlisle
P. E
P. B. Sellers
Dillon
12Th Judicial Circuit
Sellers
Morris
Bucksport
John C. Porter
Richardson Cypress & Shingle Company
Cinderilla
Electric Theatre
D.C
Dudley Cook
True Blue
Jos. Schenk
U. S
Winyah Bay
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Old Methodist Church
St. John’s Day
Masonic Temple
the Common Law
Glenn
North Carolina
Samuel Ronan
City
Citzens
H. M. Hucks
Mess. G. R. Congdon
Frank Hucks
Cape Romain
McClellanville
J. Jenkins -Hucks
F. M. Brickman
Baptist Church
Cypress
H. W. Fraser
S. J. White
Andoro, S
Burns Himself
R. G. Rhett
Charleston
U. S. Senate
Charlotte Steam Laundry
Charlotte
L. Brinkley
Georgetown, S. C
J. B. Steele
F. Rhemn
Q. B. Skinner, S. J. Flaum, B. W. Cannon, H. W. Fraser
D. N. Bourne
John Bourne
W.H. Andrews
R. Y. Cathou
D. L. Bills
FRONT
Royal
McConnell Geo
Pressing Club
Hazard
T. S. Sessions
Screven St
Georgetown, S
Pollock & Gardner
Go&d
Front St
So. Ca
Candy Manufactory
Front Street
Peter Roy
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