Local and Personal Notes From Town
Local items list residents in town including Mr. O. B. Skinner and Mrs. Ward, with notes on Harold Sian joining A. C. L. Corp and Dr. Olin Sawyer’s hand injury. Headlines mention a coastwise steamer near Sandy Hook, a school building push in South Carolina, and small crime notes about burglaries and a note about vice president Fairbanks’ rheumatism.
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O. B. Skinner
Harold Sian
A. C. L. Corp
M. Ward
Tillman's Piano in Danger on Treaties Commission Walk
Washington October 1 Roosevelt aides move to seize Senator Tillmans piano stored with Ex Senator Chandler in the Spanish Treaty claims office. A crowd plans removal to the sidewalk in front of the building tomorrow unless Chandler or Tillman friends intervene. The senator has been advised by telegraph of the proposed act and developments are awaited.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Tillman
Chandler
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
South Carolina
Treaty Claims Commission
Paper Clothing Comes To Germany In Futuristic Trend
A German development in the paper clothing industry inspires belief that paper garments may become common. The idea echoes Edward Bellamy’s forecast of a society where people wear new paper outfits at the cost of daily newspapers. Laundry businesses would be hurt as nothing would need washing.
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Germany
Edward Bellamy
Fatal Shooting at Lancaster Negro Festival
At St. Pauls Colored Methodist Church in Lancaster a fatal shooting occurred during a festival. George McKenna surrendered to Sheriff and is jailed after claiming Sam Brown drew a weapon in a dispute over a table. An inquest was held by Magistrate Caskey.
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Lancaster
St. Paul’s
Brown
Shelley Hunter
Caskey
Nancy Johnson 108, Colored Woman Dies at Cope
Nancy Johnson, a 108 year old colored woman, died Monday morning at her home about four miles from Cope. She left five children, sixty grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. She owned a home valued at $1,800 and was noted for her long life among both Black and white residents.
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Cope
Nancy Johnson
Nancy
Telegraphers Send Brief to Roosevelt on Strike
Chicago dispatch reports the telegraphers union sent a brief by mail to Washington at President Roosevelt’s request. President Small and leaders plan talks with officials and may seek approval for a general strike of brokerage operators if refused. A referendum vote could follow.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Chicago
Small
Smuil
Rabbi Claims Jews Gave First Name to America
In a sermon at Beth Tfilah Orthodox Synagogue Rabbi Brown said Columbus named San Salvador after Hoshanah Rabba. He linked the 1492 date to the Jewish fast and noted Columbus reportedly carried Jews who observed sacred days.
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Beth Tfilah
Brown
America
San Salvador
Market Quotations Today from Charleston
Market quotes show prices for commodities and goods as listed in Charleston. Items include middling cotton 1134 per unit, corn 85, meal 1.80, oats 70, flour 4 to 4.25 per unit, sacks 1.70, and turpentine around 5134¢.
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Coxton
D. S
Women assault suspected kidnapper in crowded street scene
A mob of women mistook Mrs. Fanny Celrowsky of New York for a kidnapper on a San Francisco corner. She fought off attacks lasting fifteen minutes until a police officer used his club to disperse them. She suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to Bradford Street Hospital. The incident began after she patted a girl and offered candy, spurring the angry mother to intervene.
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Fanny L.celrowsky
New York
Sutter
Powell Street
Bradford Street
Buchan's Soaps Offers $5000 Needlework Prize
A New York firm Buchan's Soaps Corporation announces a $5,000 needlework prize with six departments including sewing lace knitting embroidery and crocheting. Entries no obligation required and all pieces sold at a final sale after October 15 1908 with unsold items returned at owner expense.
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New York
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
New York City
Buchan’s
Soaps Corporation
Fifth Avenue
Buchan's 363 Soap Ad Offers 25 Cent Cake
A newspaper notice promotes Buchan's Soaps Corporation at 225 Fifth Avenue New York City. The Onebsolutely Pure Toilet Soap and 363 Soap are advertised with a request for 15 cent stamps to obtain the full sized 25 cent cake.
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Buchans
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
Fifth Avenue
New York City
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T. G. Herbert
Philadelphia
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Walter Raleigh Smith
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Waccamaw Line
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A.C. L. Corp
Frank Sessoms
Sarvis
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Peter Rabil
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