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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1909
Page
1
After twenty three years in the city a longtime resident and self described non politician announces candidacy for Alderman. He withdraws citing upcoming sectional fight at the Court House meeting and says the race would force him to compromise his judgment and feelings. He thanks his friends for the honor.
An advertisement touts Rexall Mucu-Tone as a cure for catarrh, claiming benefits for any mucous membrane. It cites a physician’s prescription, offers a money back guarantee, and notes two sizes priced 50 cents and 1.00, available only at Georgetown Drug Co The Rexall Store.
John L. Mathews of the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company urged Southern business leaders to consider navigable streams as major freight routes. He spoke at the approach of the Southern Commercial Congress in Washington with figures on depths, tonnage capacity, and the 26,410 miles of U S navigable streams, most serving the South. The events run December 6 to 10 with over 5,000 business attendees anticipated.
In September only Southern Atlantic and Gulf ports increased breadstuffs exports led by Norfolk Portsmouth Mobile and New Orleans while all North Atlantic ports fell. Mobile was the sole port with a year over year rise across Atlantic Gulf ports in cotton and mineral oils with gains also noted at Galveston and Sabine.
The article argues Peary did not reach the pole himself and alleges he claimed Matt Henson, a Black man, accompanied him. It contends Peary would exploit any admission by Cook to attack him as an impostor, citing beliefs that a Black person cannot endure cold. The piece critiques Peary's overall case against Cook-Kingstree Record.
A Columbia corresp describes SC oyster markets and Virginia supplied fresher stock due to better conservation. He cites 1.5 million bushels valued near 140000, 2559 fishermen, and $100000 capital, then warns African tobacco competition and slave labor. Pellagra cases surge in SC with 675 of 983 national cases.
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