14 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
1
Mobile reports storm warnings from the local weather bureau as a tropical storm of considerable intensity remains southwest of Cuba near the Yucatan Channel moving toward the Gulf of Mexico. Caution is advised for assets in these waters as the system advances.
Theophile Paliluchek, jailed at Charles Street on a 6300 rouble mail theft charge, saved meals to send food to his wife and five children on the verge of starvation. He collected belongings to aid his family, sacrificing his own daily sustenance to provide for them.
An advertisement claims instant relief and disease germ destruction from Dr Bell's Anti Pain. It urges keeping a bottle at home and notes availability everywhere.
Geo Wallace was arrested at the Sacramento post office while reclaiming letters linked to the Los Angeles Times dynamiting. Authorities say he is a minor and familiar with explosives, with detectives placed at the post office to catch him amid plans to destroy mail. One letter implies prior flight from Los Angeles and hints at knowledge of the case. A miner friend from Eldorado County is named as writer.
An advertisement touts a bottle labeled with a bell as a genuine pine tar honey remedy. It promises to remove doubt about menus and relieve coughs with a single product.
A historic ad promises an eye salve by Suther lands Eagle ye Salve that costs only two cents and claims to cure eye ailments. It emphasizes usefulness solely for the eyes and asserts universal effectiveness.
A Farmers and Merchants National Bank teller reported for duty after a two week vacation, triggering a preliminary audit that uncovered irregularities totaling several thousand dollars. The suspected fraud spans months, with an estimated overall loss near $50,000. The missing man, Wilson B. Evans, was a prominent social figure in Los Angeles.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to seek Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a universal cough cure. It claims genuine bottles bear a bell mark for authenticity and hints at a mystery around the product.
A Georgetown Drug Company ad claims Rexall Orderlies relieve chronic constipation by toning the bowels and nerves. The candylike tablets, safe for children, purport to not purge other organs and are sold in 10c and 25c sizes with a risk-free guarantee.
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve offers a cure for sore eyes, described as harmless and painless with a 25 cent per tube guarantee. The ad markets quick relief and emphasizes safety and affordability.
President Taft approves army engineers plans to raise the Maine wreck in Havana harbor by February 15 next. The work, under army direction, seeks to determine the ship’s destruction cause and will include a cofferdam and piecemeal removal of the forward section, with a ceremonial burial at sea if Congress agrees.
Advertises Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve to prevent soreness and disease after shaving. Claims germ destruction and health protection, priced at 25 cents and sold everywhere.
Seven men including the captain are missing after the fishing schooner St Pairaise of Stanville France foundered twenty five miles off St Pierre. Thirteen crew survived and were rescued at Miquelon Island after the vessel struck floating wreckage off the Grand Banks and sank rapidly leaving a large hole in its hull.
A short note claims constant coughing is eased by Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. A few doses will stop that cough.
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