06 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1911
Page
1
Writ of error filed with the Virginia Supreme Court delays the Nov 24 execution. The report notes other items from politics and society, including a recapture of Old Bill Miner, gubernatorial campaigns, and a mushroom-caused Chicago family tragedy.
Woodmen of the World held a dedication at Elmwood Cemetery for Chas H. Curtis 1857 1911. The Georgetown City Band performed Nearer My God to Thee and Sweet and Low. J A Westbury delivered the dedicatory oration and J Latimer unveiled the monument bearing Curtis name and dates. Abide With Me concluded the service.
Chicago officials file a declaration by Harry L. Burnette and John Taylor predicting Christ's return on November 1 1912. The document states Jesus will stay 484 years on earth guiding Zion City plans and rebuilding Jerusalem as the final act.
National TB campaign uses Edison motion pictures to tell the story of John Bond a political boss whose neglect leads to tuberculosis in his tenement family Nellie O'Brien the dying brother George and Bond’s wife prompt support for a public tuberculosis hospital and a $150000 pledge The film about 1000 feet long will debut around December 5 in thousands of theatres.
Rin’s Mills Alabama resident G T Richardson recalls severe bronchial trouble lasting a year for their child. They feared consumption until one bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery cured the cough and restored health. Advertises the remedy for coughs colds hoarseness lagrippe asthma croup and sour lungs with 50c and 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle.
Washington November 5 Unless President Taft commutes the death sentence hanging over Mattie Lomax a Negro who killed her husband earlier this year she will be executed November 20 The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court and dismissed the appeal for the condemned woman Justice Van Orsdel overruled defense objections to prosecution statements evidence of reputation for peace and physician testimony Attorneys for Lomax will appeal to Taft for a commute Physicians at the jail say she is dying of tuberculosis and may not live to November 20
An advertisement urges readers to help failing kidneys with Dean's Kidney Pills. It cites a testimonial from E T Windham of Sumter South Carolina and notes the product is sold by dealers with Foster Milburn Co as U S agents and a price of 50 cents. The snippet also mentions discounted baby caps at Steele Moser Co ending Monday.
A year round tuberculosis prevention program is produced under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the New York Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The campaign runs through December and aims to aid tuberculosis societies throughout the year.
Labor agent Frank Allen arrested a man named Wylie Stewart of Ragland Alabama at Catawba junction on charges of enticing labor to other states. Stewart, using an alias, enticed about three hundred workers from Gib Green's farm near the Catawba river and had a railroad list on him. He appeared for preliminary hearing, bound over to the circuit court, but could not post $1,000 bond and was jailed at Yorkville awaiting trial.
The Atlantic Coast Line offers a 3.20 round trip from lanes with admission to the fair. Tickets available on all trains November 6 to 10, return by midnight November 11, 1911. Children five to eleven half fare. For tickets and details contact R H Josey, Lane s SC, or W J Craig, TC White, Wilmington NC.
Public advisory warns against mercury containing catarrh ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy. The notice claims no mercury and urges purchase from reputable physicians and druggists with testimonials and price listed. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
New buckwheat plain and prepared cream Farina at C P Foxworth Co American grown tea from Pinehurst Tea Gardens for sale at C P A nice line of imported Crockery at C P Foxworth Co
A fragment from a historic paper notes a burglar's action and promotes New Life Pills marketed to women. An anecdote claims the product cured constipation and lists a testimonial from Mrs. M. C. Dunlap of Tennessee as a usage endorsement.
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