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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
3
The notice lists middling cotton and assorted staples with varied prices. Commodities include Spirits Turpentine at 11 1 4, Corn 44 1 2, Meal 1 10, Feed Oats 2 15, Rice whole 12, Flour 4 50, and Pearl grist 6 25.
Local showers possible tonight or Thursday. Light to moderate activity with variable winds.
The St Francis Xavier Infirmary Training School for Nurses held graduation exercises tomorrow at Knights of Columbus Hall in Charleston. Miss Essie Viola Smith from Georgetown is among the 1912 graduates.
New York editor Allan Dawson says in London during debates on creating 500 lords he watched a House of Commons discussion in the press gallery. He recalls a list of proposed titles including Lord Saveus for Gen Booth, Lord Deliverus for Patterson, and Lord Preserveus for Mr Pink, before leaving.
An old advertisement touts Bell's Antiseptic Salve as suitable for all gins and dis mens.
A telegram received by Mayor Andrews at 2 p m from A Farrally in Rock Hill notes Hose Wagon races with distances listed: Newberry 284.5 miles, Bishopville 29, Greenwood 80, Georgetown to Columbia. The message suggests teams tired on 31.
A stockholders meeting in Andrews South Carolina elected officers and directors for the Bank of Andrews. The bank adopts constitution and by laws and plans to begin business around September as the new building nears completion. W H Andrews serves as president and I W Fraser as director among others.
A Knickerbocker Press broadside denounces U S corruption with charge of fraud by delegates and treasonous tribunals. It attacks McKinley and calls for reclaiming property, urging European readers to doubt the American system amid a charged, condemnatory outburst.
In Neenah Wisconsin a man suffered torn ribs and pain from a severe coughing fit. Doctors noted the coughing episode and a remedy claim cites Dr Kings New Discovery as a cure for persistent coughs, with testimonials from Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri and a trial bottle offer at druggists.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle laxative cure for bowel congestion and illness. It contrasts their gentle action with harsh policing metaphors and claims 26 cents per bottle.
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