10 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1912
Page
1
Mess Springs Stau sold eastern city uplands to City Realty Company for development. About fifty six acres will become 14 blocks, subdivided into lots and offered to conservative buyers. Article touts Georgetown’s promising future and growing confidence amid skeptics.
Chicago reports post mortem shows former New York National League pitcher Arthur L Raymond died from a fractured skull not heart disease as first thought. Fred Cigrant arrested and confessed to assaulting him during a ball game on Sept 1. Raymond’s funeral cottage passed as he recounted the events. the pair had been close friends for fifteen years.
Hall's Catarrh Cure promotes a claims based remedy for deafness caused by catarrh with a promise of a hundred dollars for any cure failure. The text asserts the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube inflames hearing and offers circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It states the product is sold by druggists for 75 cents and mentions Hall's Family Pills.
Mrs ember t of 312 Cleland Street Georgetown South Carolina says a year ago kidney trouble caused dull backaches headaches and weakness. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Iseman Drug Co they relieved the pain and she has had no backache or kidney trouble since. For sale by dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
La Turbie residents live in fear of a two metre long creature with a broad body and large jaws. A boy escaped its grip when the beast rose on its hind legs as a quarry worker searched the Mont Agel road. Locals fear the animal while others suggest a crocodile from a menagerie.
Frank J Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason records the oath dated December 6, 1886. The remedy is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials available. price 75 cents.
Census Bureau data shows 729,926 bales ginned by September 1 with round bales 6,134 and sea-island 213.4. State totals include Alabama 12,798 Florida 33,984 Georgia 33,984 Louisiana 4,? North Carolina 670 Oklahoma 273 South Carolina 4,524 Texas 673,935 and others blank.
A testimonial claims Electric Bitters restore health and energy for thriving executives. Charles B. Allen of Sylvania Georgia credits four bottles with curing rheumatism liver and stomach troubles and kidney derangements. Available at all druggists for 50 cents.
Notice announces sale of all stock of goods merchandise and store fixtures belonging to bankrupt estate of H Fogle at H Fogle store in Georgetown during legal hours on September 25 1912 cash terms purchaser to pay 3 00 for papers W L Douglas trustee Sept 5 1912
A Chapple's News Letter writer recounts Admiral Dewey's memory of Farragut the night before Manila. He says Dewey pictured Farragut and recalled the Mobile torpedo-roe and the line On the torpedoes full speed ahead. Dewey says his thoughts were of Farragut rather than himself as he prepared to fire.
Oklahoma City report details seventeen year old William Kersey and fifteen year old Ollie Kersey requesting admission to the Norman state asylum to cure their morphine addiction. Both sisters, described as in pitiable condition, left jail custody after deputies escorted them to the Santa Fe to Norman.
The Columbia dredge, claimed the largest of its kind, began pumping material in Portland harbor for the East Side freight depot fill. Onlookers watched the 30 inch outfall pipe while future divers hope to find opal agates and other stones in the river bed gravel.
Justice Kenny ruled the 1910 Ussher Caulfield union valid under common law despite church rites. The Roman Catholic ceremony occurred after 10 p.m. with one witness, and a child followed in 1911, but the judge held civil marriage law prevails over Trent decree.
Vancouver reports claim there are more than enough laborers in British Columbia for expected demand this year. An American influx is discouraged due to low wages and high living costs, with 3000 Americans returning home since November. Vagrancy laws in Vancouver are strictly enforced.
The snippet quotes Uncle Ezra claiming minimal effort can lead to trouble and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick cure for ailments linked to liver derangement. The ad-like text urges purchase at all druggists.
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