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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
1
Chicago Wheat Dec 103 Corn Dec 62 Oats Dec 49% Pork Jan 16.00. New Orleans Cotton bagging duty abolition proposal cited as direct tax on southern cotton. New York stocks rise at opening across most issues.
Washington dispatches report the Emperor of China died suddenly at the imperial palace in Pekin. The 30 year old monarch had long been a health concern and details were not provided in the initial cable.
A freight train rammed a switch engine in the yard two miles from Springfield Illinois this morning causing both engines to overturn. Two men were killed and two more fatally hurt in the wreck with two engines almost completely demolished.
Berlin reports 365 miners remain entombed after a mine explosion. 400 workers were in the mine when the blast occurred. only 36 escaped alive but severely burned. Rescue operations stalled as engineers judged recovery impossible and fire control relied on flooding and sealing off sections.
An engine on the Pennsylvania Division of the Delaware and Hudson exploded this morning in Binghampton New York killing two men. The flag man engineer and fireman were not seriously hurt. A dry boiler caused the blast.
Shipping notices list November 12 sailings for the Mitchell C and Lucy V with naval stores and cotton from Bucksville and Conway, and the Merchant from Pee Dee River. Leonard Parker to Havanna Cuba carries ballast to Atlantic Coast Lumber Co. Matilda Weems to Charleston goods to Munnerlyn Co. Navahohe sails to New York via Clyde Co with mdse and cotton. Mitchelle C sails by Waccamaw Steamers.
Georgetown South Carolina November 11 1898 regular city council meeting approves bills for Outlook Publishing GA Lohr WW Taylor and Son etc. mayor explains surplus from Black River Water Co applied to city bills. committee to confer with Public Works. tax remission granted to Georgetown Rifle Guards. death of Policeman J W Roberts noted and bonus paid to family. Chamber of Commerce resolutions urge tax exemption for new manufacturing ventures and request ordinance drafting. Council approves funding for delegates to waterways convention and accepts a municipal convention delegate appointment.
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