16 May 1910
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1910
Page
1
An unlimited capital stock club with President A Smile and Vice President B Kind promotes companionship through storytelling, music, and relaxed gatherings. Home office requires two or more good fellows. Surplus profits go to the world. shares left at The Daily Item office for distribution. 10 cents a week delivery.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in Georgetown South Carolina post office includes Elias Barnes Grant Caines Robt Deas Jno Edwards Mr Franklin R B Grant A fleeh heimer Lemon Johnson Gabriel King Amnest Leak Frank Reed Geo Richardson Genny Smith Hector Small Azz Small Prince Small Abraham Simons Edie Van right Mrs Hester Alston Mrs Mary Berry Mrs Mattie Bryant Miss Marisa Bryant Mrs Marguerite Chisolm Mary Grant Sarrah Harrell Mrs Laura Judon Miss Lucile Mayfield Mrs Jane Roberson (4) Mrs Fannie Small Mrs Esther Singleton Mrs Ora Smith.
A Raleigh reader notes plant food lies in clods and plants cannot access it. Breaking the clods requires a harrow, no implement can replace it. The piece mentions some Southern farmers trying to do without a harrow and the writer wonders about this practice.
Kansas City May 16 Special: Dr Hyde was this morning convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
The Mercantile Exchange reports 1,119,000 cases of eggs stored in 28 of the 32 United Warehouses in New York and vicinity up from 615,000 a year ago. Western and Pennsylvania eggs fetch 21 2 to 25 cents a dozen wholesale, higher than last year. Prices rise with the expectation of winter scarcity and storage profits lure speculators. Hall’s Catarrh Cure ad appears amid the periodicals.
Chicago May 15 The Yerkes Observatory photographed Halley's Comet through a 3.4 inch lens showing a tail about 20 million miles long. Experiments at Columbia University found cyanogen would need extreme density to harm life. observations confirm no cyanogen traces since February. Scientists warn of slight sky darkening and possible impacts on wireless devices during Earth's passage through the tail.
Atlanta on May 13 Mrs Charles W Morse welcomed the Heinze acquittal saying it could influence her husband F W Morse in Washington and aid his bid for liberty She plans a million signature petition begging for his pardon noting his ill health and need for freedom.
A Raleigh excerpt explains rapid preplant cultivation to suppress germinating grass. Using a smoothing harrow and a shallow weeding pass, it argues quick action prevents surface seed from sprouting and reduces later cultivation. Delays require heavy soil turnover and more seed near the surface to germinate.
An expert says cyanogen in the comet's tail would be detectable only in minute tests even if a cubic mile were gathered. The comet will vanish from view after Sunday as twilight hides it, then reappear in the western evening for five days.
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