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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
2
Rates for advertising per square inch and per line are detailed along with special notices for personal, religious, and commercial items. The manager W. Rouse notes drafts of money orders payable to the item company.
Thursday May 23 912 commentary argues the commerce court serves railroads not the public. It condemns judges for overstepping ICC review and cites Judge Archibald as proof of corruption. The piece notes broad public and shipper demand for abolition beyond railroad interests.
Five riflemen concealed behind a curtain fired steel-nosed bullets into a blindfolded man seated in a chair at the State prison in Salt Lake City Utah on May 22. The incident involves Julius Sirmzy linked to a serious case connected to Thomas Carrick a fourteen year old boy harmed during a daylight burglary.
The May 22 1912 meeting in Georgerson City Council Chamber discussed the Georgetown Raceway and Light Co refusal to furnish light, directing the committee to act. A motion held property owners outside city limits responsible for fire department expenses incurred for fires attended by the city department.
The Wilmington Stag reports the strawberry crop in season and shipper activity. About 1 600 cars are expected overall with heavy movement of 150 cars last Saturday from Chadbourn and Western sections. Prices dipped on bad New York weather but steadied later. continued rain pressures this week. Norfolk shipments add to market glut, yet overall the crop is viewed as one of the best in years with favorable returns for growers.
A fragmented for sale note offers a modern Georgetown residence on a corner lot with twelve rooms and bath, large pantry, lawn, steward house, and modern conveniences. The ad invites applications at a stew house with unclear contact details and includes garbled location hints and safety assurances.
There is more catarrah in this section than all other diseases combined and until recently was deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrah Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio claims to cure constitutionally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and advertise circulars and testimonials. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
You can pull a good stroke among your friends and in society if you have money behind you. It is just as well to have some in front of you and on either side in easy reach as well as behind. Paddle, our own Canoe, and he does it who banks his savings for a rainy day. Let us show you how the interests on savings mounts up when your money is deposited in our care.
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