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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1909
Page
2
The article extols long distance telephones as a nationwide benefit, enabling rapid private and public communication and boosting business. The Home Telephone Company of this city planned a stockholders meeting to discuss adoption, but the Bell Telephone representative was detained, postponing the meeting to a later date.
Representative Rensdell of Louisiana introduced a bill to fund waterway improvements by authorizing the Treasury to borrow up to 50 million in a year and 500 million overall. It allows 2 percent United States bonds, redeemable in ten years and payable in thirty, tax exempt.
New York reports the death of Mrs Terena Berthhey of Ridgewood Heights New Jersey after learning her son Adolph must die in the electric chair. Adolph was convicted of shooting a man pursuing him after a hotel entry attempt in Lakewood. She secured a 30 day stay then died before governor action.
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