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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1909
Page
1
A humorous note on Georgetown Up To Date with The Georgetown Times leading. The piece questions where the paper will be next year if the current pace continues and asks the editor to explain the quotations and their meaning. The Man From Missouri.
Ten year old William McClade of 240 West Sixty-seventh Street faced a mad dog to shield three girls. He used a stick, the dog bit him, a policeman arrived, and Dr. Schenkelberger treated the wounds. Willie was carried to safety and expected to recover in a day or two.
A Georgetown Drug Co advertisement touts Rexall Mucu Tone with a personal money back guarantee and a physician’s thirty year track record. It claims rapid mucous membrane cleansing, parasite removal, and overall health boosts while inviting trial with refund if unsatisfied. A separate item reports a fatal lake accident near Lake Mincio where Albert Kocher Edith Frantz and Miss Annie Rhupp died while a horse spooked and plunged a carriage into the water.
A horse hitched to a vehicle dragged three Fairview high school students into a lake near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on October 27. Emergency crews responded and the students were rescued with unspecified injuries. Authorities investigated the incident and the horse and vehicle were impounded.
The books for the collection of State and County Taxes open October 15 and close December 31, 1909. Penalties apply 1 percent in January, 2 percent in February, 5 percent in March, with executions issued on delinquents. Tax rates include constitutional school 3 mills 11 3/4, special taxes for W. I. School Bond 1 1/4 mills, Rosemary School 6 mills, and county line fence 20 mills on livestock in Townships 5 and 6, J. A. Hemmingway, County Treasurer.
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