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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
1
Notes mention an evening program at the electric theatre featuring Life of a Cowboy. Local events include a song service at the Methodist Church at eight, a new Presbyterian Church brick laying, and weekly notices about births and community happenings.
The 800 ton Mutsu Maru of the Yusen Kaisha Line sank after colliding with 696 ton Hideyoshi Maru two miles off Podonokke near Hakodate at 2 40 this morning. Most of the crew perished. 44 of 244 aboard and crew were lost while the Hideyoshi Maru and another steamer rescued survivors.
In Pittsburg on March 23 Policeman David Lennix chased six gang members into a saloon urging them to drink. Henry Thompson drank himself to death after nine whiskies and an ambulance trip. an unknown man who drank fourteen drinks collapsed and is dying. Four others jailed as lennix goes missing and a coroner may order arrest.
News from Statesboro Georgia reports a posse killed one of two fleeing Negroes after a gunfight with two white men inspecting a turpentine camp at Register. The other Negroes escaped as pursuit followed the exchange of shots. The incident caused local excitement.
Selina Green a Claflin University servant was crushed under a freight car at the Southern Railway station near the campus. A coroner's inquest found the death caused by the woman's own risky crossing, while a companion avoided danger by going around the cars.
Florida Cracker cane syrup offered in tins is available at C. P. Foxworth Company. The listing highlights branded syrup in metal tins for retail purchase.
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