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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
3
Middling cotton quoted around 10 1 2 cents. Spirits turpentine at 49 cents per gallon, rosin and crude turpentine pricing noted but no market in Georgetown. Quotations supplied by Bourne & Co include New Virgin and Yellow Dip at 2.00, Far broil barrels at 9.00, rosin N. Y. quiet.
A compact page reports tonight and Wednesday south winds for South Carolina. It notes Mrs. Thomas T Daggett showing hats at 220 Queen Street, plus arrivals and local government updates. It mentions J Walter Doar becoming County Superintendent of Education, Leola C Rouse visiting from Birmingham, and a Houston souvenirs anecdote from W F Haddock. It closes with Governor Harmon’s 1910 Ohio election performance and district results.
In Augusta Georgia on March 18 N H Bailey a 21 year old carpenter shot his 17 year old wife Maggie Belle Birdwell four times in her breast and then killed himself with a final shot to the heart. The double tragedy occurred at the home of the Bailey family on Hicks Street. Bailey had moved from Washington Georgia and married the woman recently. He killed her after forcing her to wear a dress she would not wear and then died by his own hand.
Felix Ellard of Lewisburg was ambushed and assassinated near Birmingham while his son found the body at the roadside. The killers remain unknown. Ellard had earlier appealed to Governor O Neal to curb violence in Bloody Beat 22 amid regional lawlessness. Police investigations follow, with further context on state political figures Harmon's 1910 margins.
Dr J T Curt Dwight Kay reports curing eczema with Electric Bitters claiming personal success and wide proof. The toner lauds blood purifier benefits for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. It claims liver kidney and bowel stimulation expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength priced 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by druggists.
Read as testimonial snippets from Mrs Della May Samuels of Tipton Indiana and Mrs Wilson Tobiason of Toledo Ohio praising Peruna. The former says eight bottles cured years of systemic catarrh and that they take Peruna for colds. the latter reports renewed energy weight gain and relief from heaviness gas and pain and credits Peruna as the spring remedy.
A bold advertisement proclaims America's Greatest, Best and Most Complete Cleaning and Dyeing Works, promising thorough service and reliable results under the brands Very Truly Yours and Footers Dye Works.
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