11 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
1
Rosh Hashonah begins this sunset marking year 5678 in Hebrew calendar. Observed in Georgetown homes with Yom Kippur ten days later and other festivals in the section. The article explains the festival’s biblical associations with trumpets and a call to a new life and reconciliation with God.
A vintage ad touts a cough remedy promising relief from colds grip croup and sore lungs. It claims the medicine cleans lungs speeds recovery and can be bought as 50 cent or 1 dollar bottles with a free trial guarantee from druggists. Offers suggestions of healthier climates and travel as benefits for sufferers.
An advertisement claims 66 will break chills and fever and, taken as a tonic, prevent the fever from returning. The price is 25 cents.
A mill in Longsdale collapses as quicksand forms under its foundation, sending the structure and equipment into the Blackstone River. No injuries are reported. Estimated loss reaches $100,000 with operations halted.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary public A. W. Gleason notes the statement dated December 1886. The circular promotes internal use of Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers testimonials.
Divers uncover a very old ship frame near Savannah with coins muskets and timbers preserved in sand. The wreck, possibly a slave or warship, is estimated around 160 feet long with beam undetermined as teams seek its dimensions. Authorities plan exploration using the tugboat Tugaloo to map the site.
An advertisement claims deafness from inflamed mucous membranes can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promises $100 to any case caused by catarrh that cannot be helped, naming F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and marketing through druggists at 75 cents.
The Maine spirit medium Brown claims he can locate a rich California gold deposit after consulting departed spirits. He describes a 600 year bear curse on a neighbor, later reduced, and recounts a cat incident highlighting his eccentric acts during spiritualist camps at Etna Pond.
John F. Warren of Greenwood, D. C., who arrived Sept 2 to take the post of assistant district observer at the New Orleans Weather Bureau, disappeared. He failed to report for duty on Sept 3 and relatives in South Carolina urged the weather bureau to conduct a search.
The fragment cites Bucklen’s Arnica Salve used for burns and skin ailments. It notes Fisher’s 16 arrests and nightly police interruptions. Brooklyn plans no art exhibit, with Morgan’s art collection stored at the Metropolitan Museum per a Rome letter.
Athens, Ga. E Hilliard Spalding of Atlanta earned his law school diploma by the skin of his teeth. He arrived on the campus two minutes before roll call after an all night drive to fetch a dying classmate's mother to Waycross. He wore a damp sweater under a borrowed robe as a fellow graduate received his sheepskin.
A New York police department issued its first passport to Ralph Fisher, an honest mechanic. Fisher, 16 times charged with burglary possession, works nights for a firm repairing kitchen utensils in major hotels and restaurants and handles many emergency calls.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to prevent trouble by addressing constipation and biliousness with Dr King s New Life Pills. It promises quick, safe results and notes availability at all druggists.
Statement of the condition of the Peoples Bank Georgetown South Carolina at close of business September 4 1912 sworn by cashier H W Fraser. Notary PL Pow attests September 11 1912 with directors Donaldson Rand Walker.
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