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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1912
Page
3
Middling cotton cited along with spirits turpentine meal and feed oats prices. Rice whole and flour figures listed with pearl grist in sacks. The fragment notes several commodity prices such as 11 1-2 for middling cotton and 1.75 for feed oats across an old market record.
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with moderate northeast winds. The Adkinses depart for West Virginia to remain until October. The Chamber of Commerce held a key meeting with upcoming measures. The yacht Grenada arrived in port, Philadelphia built and 65 feet long. Mr P A Lee, long ill, died yesterday in the city. The Duncan M E Church Women plan a Thursday 4 80 meeting in the Sunday School room. Banking reform is urged as essential to all workers. Oscar Bourne may run for Clerk of Court this summer. the office pays nine hundred dollars yearly for limited terms. Mr J Hanelson Read died after illness. he was about 65, president of the Winyah Indigo Society and funeral services were held today in the Episcopal graveyard with Dean Robottom officiating.
Georgetown No 1 Club corrected a misreported sequence of events from a Saturday meeting. The crowd initially gathered at the Court House, then adjourned to the Fire Hall due to space. officers and delegates were elected, with no discussion of Governor candidates at the Court House.
An honored member attended the funeral in body, with peaceful tributes. The service reflected respect and mourning as friends and colleagues paid their respects.
Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as a proven remedy for kidney trouble. A resident of Conway South Carolina testifies to relief after using two boxes, while the ad urges readers to buy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and notes pricing at 50 cents. A separate rental ad offers a furnished house for rent in McClellanville South Carolina.
A fragmented health ad claims a sluggish liver and bilious poison fill the system. It promotes Dr. King’s New Life Pill as a remedy to expel harmful matter and restore better feelings and digestion.
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