Weather and local notes span Georgetown life
Official weather data lists maximum 92, minimum 75 with fair conditions. militia battalion drill set for Thursday night and a sermon for Sunday at 8 p.m. Rev T G Herbert will address Field officers and Company F members. Local reports cover Labor Day events in Florence, a counterfeit check issue, family visits, deer drive in Santee, a broken ankle from a fall, and serialized story readers urged to hold current issue.
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Methodist Church
T. G. Herbert
Georgetown
South Carolina Naval Militia
H. B. Springs
O. P. Bourke
C. J. Levy
T. D. Forbes
Florence
Dentist With Hammer Breaks Patient Head During Treatment
Washington reports a patient, George W. Bowers, attacked Dr. R. G. Leonard while under gas for a tooth extraction. Dr. Wunder intervened, was beaten, then used a hammer on Bowers causing a skull fracture. Bowers to Emergency Hospital. Wunder jailed on $1,000 bail.
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Washington
George W. Bowers
R. G. Leonard
W. H. Wunder
Wunder
Bowers
Dr. Wunder
Vesuvius Eruption Spreads Fear Through Villagers
Vesuvius erupts again with lava pouring from many fissures and frequent tremors. The main lava stream moves toward Torre Annunziata as residents flee in fear after narrowly surviving the prior eruption. Etna also active, sending residents near Naples into open air shelters.
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Rome
Vesuvius
Torreanunziata
Naples
Etna
Board approves road work and pays claims at Georgetown meeting
At the September 2 1907 meeting of the Georgetown county board supervisors J B Johnson T McDonald and G E Scott were present. A petition asked to cut a road from Good Hope to Pine Grove and the board ordered future chain gang work to recognize it as a public road. Letters from American Bridge Co about Mingo bridge and Berkeley County supervisor about Lameau's Ferry were noted. Claims totaling 2617 19 were approved and paid. The meeting adjourned.
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Georgetown
S. C
J. B. Johnson
M T. McDonald
G. E. Scott
Good Hope
Pine Grove
American Bridge Co
Mingo Bridge
Berkeley County
Lameau’s Ferry
Items From Mingo in Williamsburg County News
In Williams burg county the Mor ris farm yields the best cotton and the fields are white as gins run busy. Peter Graham, old body servant of F Rhem and sons, died and was buried in the plantation graveyard with a large cross section of both white and colored in attendance. Five bales of cotton sold at Kingstree for 11 cents a pound. Chickens eggs and fish are scarce and fetch high prices. Readers pledge to extend the Georgetown Daily Item to Williams burg and Georgetown counties.
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Daily Item
F. Rhem
Morris
Williamsburg County
Peter Graham
F. Rhem and Sons
Messrs Rhem
Kingstree
Georgetown Daily Item
Williamsburg
Georgetown
Fool and His Money and a South Atlantic League Recap
A Milwaukee man inherits $2,000 and dies in the workhouse from delirium tremens, illustrating money’s peril when misused while reflecting on thrift and earned wealth. South Atlantic League games yesterday featured Charleston, Columbia, Macon, and Augusta with varied results.
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Whitneys
Milwaukee
Tragedy in Georgia: Edwards Killed by Former Marshal
In Columbus Georgia Lexla T Edwards of Phoenix City Alabama was shot and killed at Wildwood Park by Wood C Campbell former marshal who said Edwards had been trying to invade his home. A bystander John T Williams was seriously wounded and another bystander was harmed. Campbell was arrested.
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James Doctor
Parkersville
Waccamaw
Recorder
Columbus
Lexla T. Edwards
Phoenix City
Alabama
Wood C. Campbell
Wildwood Park
Here
John T. Williams
Campbell
Edwards
Sleep deprivation in high desert regions of China
The narrator, after touring with a camel caravan, finds sleepiness in high regions harsher than the hardship of stone roads, Chinese inns, camel smells, slow drivers, and cooking smoke. The dawn of fatigue overcomes comfort once thought most difficult for a foreign traveler.
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China
Photograph Post Card service at Carolina Hotel ad
Advertising for outside work and groups by Photograph Post Card men. Prices listed: 12 for 100 dollars, 5.00 per 100, 30.00 per 1000. A. P. Co. and J. C. Webb at the Carolina Hotel. Date 8-31.
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A. P. Co
J.C Webb
Carolina Hotel
Post Cards Made In One Day Latest Fad
The note claims a new craze for making post cards in a single day by A. P. Co with a date hint August 31. The fragment suggests a promotional snippet or advertisement aiming to spark quick production trends.
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A. P. Co
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Steve Carson
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Santee
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Selma
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