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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1907
Page
1
Weather and city notes plus local updates
Fair tonight and tomorrow as the Weather Bureau reports. Drainage fund request of one dollar. Local travel notes mention Mr F G Nesmith and Mr Wilfert visiting, with Clemson scholarship recommendations for Beaty and Pyatt. A drowning incident on the Waccamaw river is noted and several arrivals and departures are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Nesmith
Rockefeller
W. H. MacDonald
Pawleys Island
Philadelphia
Chas
Wilfert
Charlie
Clemson
Herman Beaty
J. S. Pyatt, Jr
Martin
State Board of Education
Post Card Men Advertise New Stock Moves
The Photograph Post Card men offer outsides work and group views with prices listed as 12 for 100 dollars and 30 dollars per thousand. A. P. Co and J. C Webb operate at the Carolina Hotel. Post cards are said to be made in one day. The Parnell Furniture Co announces moving stock to two new stores opposite Georgetown Grocery Co offices and warehouses, with a descriptive ad forthcoming in the Daily Item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Co
J. C Webb
Carolina Hotel
Parnell Furniture Co
Georgetown Grocery Co
Clever Little Stories From Harry Laughlin
Harry Laughlin recounts a Columbus saloon chalk theft tale with a Benton punchline. He explains how his helper Jim used diplomacy to confront a patron who kept chalk, joking that a bucket of water could be arranged if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Laughlin
Columbus
Jim
Mr. Laughlin
Enterprise
Coal official shot by burglar in Cleveland
Special to Daily Item. Cleveland Ohio September 2 J J Philips of the Cleveland and Pitts burg Coal Co was shot dead early this morning by a burglar The murderer escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Item
Cleveland
Ohio
J. J. Philips
Cleveland and Pittsburg Coal Co
Police Chief George Cassiday Murdered in Lynhurst NY
In Lynhurst New York on September 2 Chief of Police George Cassiday was killed at noon by three burglars. One suspect, surrounded by a posse, took his own life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Item
Lynhurst N. Y
George Cassiday
Booster pledge spreads townwide in Nebraska
A Nebraska town signs a universal booster pledge urging residents to promote local projects, buy locally, respect majority rule, and avoid endless criticism. The pledge, copied from an Oklahoma example, aims to lift spirits and revive communal pride.
Briskey Dies After Diving Accident at Tybee Beach
Savannah Georgia September 1 192? Joseph L Briskey right fielder for the Savannah team in the South Atlantic League died on Tybee beach at 5 pm after diving into shallow water His neck was broken and aid was delayed as he remained underwater He left a young wife and a three weeks old baby who were awaiting his return in Houston Texas at season end they were notified by telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Joseph L Briskey
Tybee Beach
Bohan
Briskey
Houston
Texas
Maid Reveals Hidden Illusion in Embassy Dinner Tale
An Englishwoman at a Washington embassy dinner recounts that her confidential maid was revealed as a male fraud. The inspector exposes Bill Jones, a renowned London crook, now serving a Dartmoor sentence, shocking the narrator. The tale ends with the speaker blushing at the deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
William
Bill Jones
London
Dartmoor
Fall and Winter Woolens From Kandl and Kehr Tailors
Kandl and Kehr Custom Tailors announce today a new stock of Fall and Winter suit fabrics. Call and see these goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandl & Kehr Custom Tailors
Chinaman Shot to Death in San Francisco
Police declare the murder in the Chinese quarter a Highbinder feud. So Ho Viek Wah of the Hop Sing Tom was shot on Washington Street by an unknown assailant, possibly from the Suey Sing Tom. the killer fled. The incident follows the earlier shooting of Lee Long of the Suey Sing in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ho Viek Wah
Washington Street
Lee Long
Oakland
Marine News item on Katahdin and Sessoms shipping details
The S S Katahdin sailing as QUEEN NY carries lumber for A C L Corporation with Barge Saxon. Sept. Stmr Sessoms with Sarvis mdsc proceeds for Bucksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Katahdin
Queen, N. Y
A. C. L. Corporation
Sessoms
Sarvis Mdsc
Bucksville
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Petersfield
J. W. Harllee
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Waccamaw
Benedict
John Bourne
Columbia
Fred Young
Joe Campbell
H. Inman
Somerton
Murrel’s Inlet
A. C. L. Corp
Chester
G. B. Burns
Methodist
God
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Tybee
Washington
Scotland Yard
Vants
Father
Chinaman
Marine News
Saited
A. Washington
Grogery
Front
Queen Streets
Georgetown
L. Riff
Front St
Green Grocery
E. J. Marcus and CO
Prince St
J. Marcus & Go
The
New York Tailors
Kandi & Kehr
Kandl & Kehr
S. C
Old Bailey Drug Store
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