Col John C Haskell War Vet Dies at Columbia Home
Col John C Haskell a Civil War veteran and former South Carolina legislator died at his Columbia home. Born October 4 1842 in Abbeville SC he fought with the Confederacy losing a right arm at Gaines Mill and later led North Carolina Artillery and a battalion under Gen Hoge Street. He married Sara Hampton and later practiced law in Columbia and represented Richland County in the state house.
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Columbia
Col
John Chevis Haskell
John C. Haskell
Abbeville
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Gaines’ Mill
Fredericksburg
Richmond
North Carolina Artillery
D. H. Hill
Honge Street
Sara Hampton
Wade Hampton
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Richland County
Southeastern Car Service Association
National Loan and Exchange Bank
Georgetown Firemen to Represent At State Tournament
Georgetown Fire Department plans to send a selected 16 man team to the state tournament in Union on July 5 7 8. Practice starts next week and will be strict until departure. list of team members to follow. Union prepares to host visiting firemen and supporters. city emphasizes community support for the department.
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Union
Levy
Georgetown Fire Department
Georgetown
Mrs Cleveland Honored For Stand Against Fraud
The democratic party lauds Mrs Cleveland for facing fraud after her husband’s death when Brandenburg allegedly sold a piece to the New York Times urging the Republican ticket. She has gone to court to testify against Brandenburg, honoring the party’s respect for her steadfast conduct.
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Democratic Party
Cleveland
Brandenburg
New York Times
Washington
White House
White Man Turning Black
In James McFaul a New York street car driver, skin has darkened to black all over except the right side of the face. Bellevue doctors cannot diagnose the cause, noting only an organic affection from tissue softening and a possible incomplete facial transformation.
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New York
James McFaul
Bellevue
McFaul
Wife commits suicide after placing chair under gas fixture
In Chicago on June 24, Mrs. Bennett bound a rope to a chair set beneath a gas fixture beside her paralysed husband John Bennett and hanged herself after tying the noose. A neighbour found the scene as Bennett cried for help but none heard.
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Chicago
John Bennett
Auction Sale of Loyal McConnell Company Goods
Execution sale on July 5 1909 at the Loyal McConnell Company store Georgetown. Sheriff W Scurry levies on all stock in trade furniture books and fixtures with cash payment before removal. Cases issued in Georgeown Court of Common Pleas and by Magistrate J J Hucks.
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NDER
S. Abeles
S. Aeles & Co
The
Loyal-McConnell Company
Jacob Epstein
Baltimore Bargain House
Loyal- McConnel Company
J. H. Kaufman, Et. al
Loyal McConnell Company
M. Katz & Co
Loyal McConnell’s Company
Georgetown
Court of Common Pleas
County of Georgeown
Last Chapter in Maryland Tragedy Ends in Suicide
Eastman a.k.a. Robert Emmett Eastman, accused killer of May Edith Thompson Woodill, shot himself in a skiff after cornered by a posse on a Maryland creek. A letter on his body claimed a drunken party and jealous attack. he urged Miss Winnie Bradcome to handle his remains and estate.
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St Michael’s
Edith Thompson-Woodill
Baltimore
Washington
Los Angeles
Lyman J. Gage
Frank Brown
Emmet E. Roberts
Robert Emmett Eastman
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
Eastman
Winnie Bradcome
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
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Haskell
Maryland
Carolina
Phonge
Phenix Furniture: Co
Winyah Plage
W.T. Martin, Pres
the People’s Bank
D.morcan
H.kaminski
J. J. Hazard
Bank OF Gceorcetown
Unty
City
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