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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1908

Page

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Another New County Proposed for Williamsburg Annexation

The Rutledge County News reports surveyors in eastern Williamsburg measuring and calculating for an area proposed to be annexed to Georgetown county with the aim of someday dividing Georgetown into two counties. The source notes uncertainty over whether Pee Dee is included and cautions that the move could harm the locality.

Williamsburg Georgetown County Georgetown Pee Dee Rutledge County News

What Would You Do? Reader Sparks Bitter Anecdote

A reader answers a question from a dry goods merchant with a hostile remark. The speaker suggests changing identity and hiding in Kalamazoo if all Jews were like the recipient, reflecting a hostile antisemitic sentiment.

Kalamazoo

Who He Was

Irvin Cobb narrates a Natchez resort encounter between a small wiry Black man and a larger rival. The little man coolly answers threats with a quick uppercut, knocking the aggressor down and declaring his true identity as the passerby the bully assumed he was.

Irvin Cobb Natchez

Light house and buoy rule feared fines for docked crafts

During the Prairie visit to this port last week the Inspector of light houses and buoys of the 6th district announced that any craft running in or tying to either light house or buoy will be liable to a fine of 500 dollars or imprisonment. The Steele-Moses Company advertises dry goods dress goods and novelties with full stocks and attractive prices. oct 7-8

6Th District Steele-Moses Company

Attempted assassination of Chicago priest distraught church crowd

In Chicago on October 18 an assailant fired twice at Rev. J. K. Fielding, pastor of Corpus Christi Church, in the Sunday school hall. Fielding knocked the weapon away and tackled the man who fled amid pursued by children and residents. The priest was unhurt.

Chicago Ill J. K. Fielding Corpus Christi Father Fielding Father Felding

Georgetown Rifle Guards to meet for State Fair trip

The Georgetown Rifle Guards are asked to meet tomorrow night at 9 in the armory to select members who will attend the State Fair in Columbia. Also notes various local items and advertisements from the Georgetown area.

Georgetown Columbia

Microbes in the scalp and Rexall 93 hair tonic claim

The article credits Professors Uand of Hamburg and Sabourand of Paris with discovering the scalp microbe linked to baldness. It explains how microbes disrupt blood flow and deplete hair nourishment, then touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a cure with a money back guarantee if it fails, warning some cases are hopeless.

Uand Hamburg Germany Sabourand Paris France Georgetown Drug Co Georgetown S. C

Phenix Furniture Co Offers Large Line of Stoves

Phenix Furniture Company advertises the largest and best selection of heating and cooking stoves with prices said to beat rivals. The notice emphasizes low prices and a broad stock for customers shopping for stoves.

Phenix

Dorothy Dodd spotlight and Hamilton Brown shoes on sale

The Steele-Moses Company advertises ladies footwear featuring the Hamilton Brown line and the Dorothy Dodd style as the most stylish and form retaining options on the market. Sale dates listed as October 7-8.

Hamilton Brown Dorothy Dodd Steele-Moses Company

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Who He Was Priest Catholic Church In O. P. Bourke C. J. Levy Merry Widow Japan Hobson Beaty & Beaty Georgetown, S. C the Blues The Iseman Drug Company Georgetown, SC George Pollock Front Street Dunmore Modern Homes P. O Red Store Wharf Hartnett & Day J. M. Herring Taylor and Highmarket Streets Georgetown,&. G W. H. Croft Harry Fogel Bargain House City Hall Brazilian Optical Company M. Baumrind Graduate Optician King St Charleston
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