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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
2
Middling cotton and assorted commodities listed with prices including turpentine at 44 1 2, corn 1.10, meal 2.15, feed oats 74, rice whole 4.50, flour 6.00 to 6.25, pearl grist in sacks 2.10, and pork products noted as S. Bellies at 12 and D. Butts at 1 2.
A weather note promises fair tonight and Sunday with high north winds. Local items report Rock Hill Fire Chief receiving a telegram that the hose wagon and horse arrived safely. Lanes S C plans a cotton ginnery with a 3500 capital and a team of Blakely McCullough J Zigler and E J Parker.
A newspaper advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh claiming to cure all stages of the disease. It states the remedy works constitutionally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It includes testimonials and contact details in Toledo Ohio.
Lands offered for sale include 2900 acres along the Edisto River about 3 1 2 miles from Jacksonboro. The parcel features excellent pasturage, hunting value, easy drainage, and rapid development potential into farming land. Low cash price with prompt purchase. Mail inquiries to P.O. Box 475 Charleston, S.C.
Report from Aguaje on the Mexican frontier describes a starved saddled horse found by a ranchman near a dead Federal officer with a pouch holding $5000. Generals Huerta and Rabago move forces against Bachimba as Federal troops clash with rebels. Casualties include seven Federals killed or wounded and numerous horses. A train collision near Ortiz injures six and kills one.
A courtroom exchange features a lawyer asking a witness about true facts versus untrue facts and the subtle difference between a true falsehood. The witness ponders whether a true fact implies an untrue fact and whether any shade of difference exists between truth and falsehood. The scene escalates as the lawyer signals to take the witness.
A comic exchange has the prisoner joking about his hat blowing away while Policeman Casey questions the plan. The scene plays on dialogue where the officer offers to chase the hat rather than the prisoner.
The Kansas City Journal fragment notes a humorous exchange about a talking bird and its early imitation of a neighbor’s lawn mower. The joke hinges on the bird’s supposed “profanity” and the speaker’s tolerance for sound.
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