Local notices and events brighten Georgetown scene
A mix of local pleas and social items urges support for merchants on Farmer’s Day, reports on electrical and fire alarms, a lightning strike on a tree, and upcoming public events. It promotes a theatre play Lost in an Arizona Desert and outlines community activities including a world trip by automobile and a Presbyterian Sewing Circle novelty event.
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Arizona Desert
The
Electric Theatre
Presbyterian Sewing Circle
Lipman Kessler kills and self-inflicts wound in Brooklyn shooting
In Brooklyn last night Lipman Kessler fired on Nina E Doane in her grandmother's home and wounded her fiancé Thomas Faulkner before fleeing. He later shot himself on Fulton Street and died. police found his body after hours of pursuit.
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New York
Nina E. Doane
Brooklyn
Lipman Kessler
Fulton Street
Miss Doane
Thomas Faulkner
Farmers Day at Georgetown Court House Tomorrow
Farmers from Georgetown County and nearby areas are urged to attend a mass meeting at the Court House tomorrow at 11 o clock. Special railroad rates from lanes to Georgetown have been arranged, with speakers including Professors Spillman Wright and Barrow, Prof Harper, Commissioner Watson, and Col Cosgrove.
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Court House
Georgetown County
Georgetown and Western Railroad
Lanes
Georgetown
Spillman, Wright and Barrow
Agricultural Department
Washington
Harper
Clemson
Agriculture Watson
Columbia
Col. Cosgrove
Charleston
Picnic at Kensington Gathers 125 From West End Sunday School
Saturday at 1 p m West End Sunday School held a chapel gathering for a trip to Kensington Grove. About 125 attendees rode conveyances to the grounds and enjoyed games and a bountiful cream and cake after the festivities under the oaks, with hopes for another similar outing.
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West End
Kensington
Shady Oaks
Sailor Admiral Evans health scare linked to cow tale
A Chicago Evening Post correspondent claims a cow helped prevent Admiral Evans from premature retirement. The story ties his long standing leg wound, from a Fort Fisher battle bullet, to rheumatic gout. The tale notes Evans drank fresh milk aboard a flagship voyage.
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Admiral Evans
Washington
Chicago Evening Post
Bob
Fort Fisher
City pounds stray dogs. owner may redeem with fees
City authorities have in pound one white and salmon setter dog. Owner can redeem the animal by paying license fees and expenses. Fine Native Beef at A. A. Washington, 602 Front St.
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A. A. Washington
Front St
Watch The Item Morning and Afternoon Edition Tomorrow
The Item urges readers to follow tomorrow's morning and afternoon editions for city sketches and updated local items.
Plantersville News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Plantersville South Carolina records a week of community notes including a mill boiler incident with minor damage, a fishing trip at Haulover, and crop hail damage between Plantersville and Yahannah. Local politics hint at G A Lohr leading opponents to a possible sweep.
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D. M. Bath
Potts Hill
Corover
G. A. Lohr
John CarrawWay
Jessie Riley
Baltimore
Plantersville
Yawhannah
Georgetown
the Daily Item
Uncalmed Letters Georgetown Post Office May 23 1908
List of letters remaining in the Georgetown South Carolina Post Office at period ending May 23 1908. Men and women must state they are advertised and pay one cent per letter delivered. Names include Brown Gadson Jeudon Keith Mateus Moultrie Merrone Prause Warren Wadson White and others.
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Georgetown
S. C
Plenty Brown
Richard Gadson
R. V. Jeudon
Henry Keith
Ed Mateus
James Moultrie
Bulb Merrone
Edward Prause
Isaac Warren
Willie Wadson
Philip White
Fragmentary Essay Claiming Universal Absence of Lines
An incomplete excerpt notes that scholars have asserted there is not one line in any literature, sacred or profane, and hints at a broader critique of literary judgment without providing specifics. The text appears as an OCR fragment.
Unclear Commodity Listing and Prices
Raw numbers show commodities including cotton corn meal feed oats crude turpentine with various quantities. The fragmentary entry lists items and figures without context or complete sentences.
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Bank of Georgetown
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Thicker
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E. H. Read
J. H. Read
Marion
County
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SP Inclices
Farmers Day
Pee Dee
Daily Item
A.A. Robins
Constant Reader
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Sarah Bradwick
Mary Bruington
Corrine Crowder
Thos. Davis
Lizzie Fordham
Mary Lawrence
S. R. Rhodes
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Rose Thompkins
Ella White
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Candy Manufactory
Peter Roy
Carolina Hdw Co
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Civil Engineering
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