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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1909
Page
1
The Graustark production last night at the Armory Opera House drew a large audience, hailed for its romantic drama and lively comedy. Isabel MacGregor excelled as the Princess, though critics lamented the inadequate scenery that marred the show and urged a modern theater to replace the current venue.
Columbia reports a warning to physicians sending tubercular spata diphtheria swabs blood and tissue through the mails to the State laboratory. Post Office Department monitors mail due to potential epidemics from careless packing. Law requires specimens be placed in approved containers and officials are not at fault.
An advertisement proclaims the Daily Item will be delivered to readers every afternoon for 10 cents, with weekly payment options.
Resident correspondent reports on new county formation plans with Fountain Inn as seat, from parts of Greenville and Laurens. Includes notes on registration anecdotes, photographers’ convention representation, and automobile club scouting trips by Dr E Mikell Whaley and Dr Skottowe B Fishbourne across multiple towns, with travel impressions and road conditions.
Statewide note from Dispensary Auditor West says all dispensaries will close Monday Labor Day as a legal holiday. Letter to Dr W J Dunn explains counties that voted against whiskey sales follow existing law on holiday operations.
William Stevenson, pursued across two counties by sheriffs and a large vigilant group, killed his step-daughter Gertrude Vann and seriously wounded his former wife near Grady, Montgomery County. He was captured near Troy and jailed, amid fears of a mob and Federal protection.
The piece notes a New York journal overreacting to a pastime described as new. It recalls that boys in Van Cortlandt Park have long practiced snaring fish with wire loops, a pastime familiar to many older city residents.
Miss Florence Davenport of Germantown married John Margerum of Philadelphia in a Bathhouse drying room in Atlantic City. The couple, staying for the summer, arranged the ceremony Monday evening with Magistrate De Hart presiding and friends present.
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