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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
1
Chester Gillette was executed in the Auburn prison electric chair for the murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown. The current at 6 14 a m lasted one minute and three seconds. He assisted technicians with the apparatus and did not make a public confession as his adviser confirms his guilt.
Washington March 30 The State Department washes its hands of Venezuela Secretary Root declines to discuss opening mail bags for Tacoma He says the department exhausted its patience and power and the question will be turned over to Congress.
An explosion occurred on a Missouri battleship during target practice at Magdalena Bay. No injuries were reported and a six inch broadside gun fractured 140 inches from the muzzle with force spent outside a port hole.
The piece highlights a double ad for Adams taught health tip, praises Duncan Methodist Church choir performances, announces a revival starting Wednesday at West End Chapel, and notes electric lighting by Carolina Hardware Co and Sere Electric Light Co. events include Daughters of Rebecca meeting and Loyal Temperance League gathering with a presentation at the electric theatre Limberger Cheese and Funny Faces.
The family thanks generous friends in Georgetown for unwearying kindness during their time of sorrow as their darling child passed to the rest prepared for the children of God last Saturday. They note the full measure of human kindness received and express deepest gratitude.
To the friends and neighbors who aided us at the time of the accidental death of the little babe of Mrs. Riggs on Highmarket street we express heartfelt thanks Mrs Riff and Children.
List of letters remaining at Georgetown South Carolina post office for period ended March 28 1908. Letters require applicants to prove advertisement and pay one cent per letter delivered. Names include men Syrus Anderson James Chatman Robert Cain and others and women Beatrice Mary Dany Bessie Johnson Rebecca Pledger Maria Proctor Crier Williams Rinah Wilson and more.
A general faces a packed audience as the airman introduces him with a joke likening the general to a slot machine. The general replies with a smile and mirrors the joke, saying the chairman is also like a slot machine who offers a speech and then brings up a dinner.
The notice promotes new GEM electric lamps for economy and efficiency and pitches a Farrand piano at near cost to close out. It advertises Florence Book and Music Co and C. Foxworth Co packages, a milch cow for sale by F M Brickman, and Florida Cracker cane syrup in tins. Port Jersey cow is four years old and in fine order.
The list notes arrivals aboard vessels including Stmr. C Mitchelle Thompson Conway with naval stores and cotton to Waccamaw line Steamers, Stmr. Hopkins Pee Dee river with mdise and cotton to Munnerlyn Co, and Stmr Romain Sarvis Bucksville with mdise by Munnerlyn Co plus Stmr Brunswick Bellune Enterprise mdse by Munnerlyn Co.
A persuasive fitness ad invites readers to learn a natural exercise method claiming to cure insomnia nervousness indigestion and more. It touts improved vitality, beauty, and strength for both women and men, urges a five minute daily routine, and offers personal interviews at Winyah Inn.
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