09 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1907
Page
1
A collage of small town notices covers ads for oysters and candy, church events, a barber’s plugs for advertising, a Baptist convention invite, theatrical showtimes, and remarks on banking, with regional updates on timber supply concerns, broker activity, and a train tragedy involving a 54-year-old man and his Florida-bound daughter.
A Circle Magazine description claims a new automatic typewriter with phonograph dictation could outperform human stenographers, composing letters at up to fifty times faster speed. Demonstrations show bidirectional typing, automatic line control, and potential full dictation transcription without a human operator.
Sheriff John H. Beard of Amherst County Virginia was struck by a Southern Railroad train in Danville in front of the passenger station. He died several hours later from injuries including the loss of both legs at the knee.
Capt Tilton of the whaler Herman reports a terrible quake near Unalaska about a month ago. McCulloch Park, formed by an earlier quake and extending 3400 feet seaward, has dwindled to nearly nothing due to submarine disturbances.
A volcanic eruption on the Bogosto Islands was observed by officers of the revenue cutter McCulloch. Boston scientists note the peak rising again after a recent shrinkage caused by an earthquake felt across Bogosto Island Unalaska and distant shores with a sea wall reaching about thirty five feet.
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