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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1910
Page
1
Washington May 4 Special After twelve years the battleship Maine is to be raised from Havana harbor. The Senate acted today.
An article examines why merchants cling to horse delivery despite growing electric options. It compares two one ton wagons versus an electric substitute, detailing costs like depreciation interest repairs and wages to show potential annual savings, and discusses the hesitancy to switch due to knowledge gaps.
Spokane city council defeats a plan for a special election and accuses Mayor Nelson S Pratt and a charter revision group of political maneuvering. The dispute centers on adopting a commission form. Pratt insists the plan will prevail, while opponents cite petitions and expanded mayoral powers. In other news Judge Huneke upholds the local option liquor law over township restrictions, letting county units run elections, and miner W G Stegner, struck by paralysis, awaits recovery as his 680 acre gold claim near Bonners Ferry is developed with hydraulics.
The Observer urges a formal candidates trust to curb campaign costs and prevent political beggary. It favors state and county candidate agreements to fund only their own expenses and not contribute to others or host dinners. The piece labels such "hold ups" as wasteful and harmful to independent citizenship. Newberry or server endorses the idea and asks candidates to adopt it.
Toledo firm owner swears to pay one hundred dollars for each case of Catarrh cured by Hill's Catarrh Cure. Oath sworn December 4 before notary. cure taken internally, acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Address Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists. Advertised in Daily Item.
Jim Jeffries, aged in training at Ben Lomond California, declares he will win against Johnson and will weigh about 215 pounds. He trains hard, plans May workouts, and aims to travel to Oakland to fetch his recovering wife, boosting his camp morale.
Mrs. Jasper Martin of 8 Wood St Georgetown S C credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing backache and kidney illness. She reports weakness, low energy, and frequent urination, and says one box relieved her trouble. For sale by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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