Girl with pellagra-like illness sheltered by Salvation Army
A white woman about twenty, Rosa Smith, travels the state unable to move unaided and receives care at the Salvation Army home on King Street. Doctors suspect pellagra or St Vitus dance while arranging hospital admission, with aid requested since she is not a city resident.
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Pellagra
Salvation Army
King Street
Whitaker
Rosa Smith
Georgetown
Darlington
Union Station
City Hospital
Charleston Evening Post
Jewish New Year Begins at Sunset This Afternoon
The Jewish New Year 5670 starts at sunset with rites observed by Georgetown Jews. Orthodox congregations mark a two day New Year and ten days later the Day of Atonement follows, then the Feast of Tabernacles five days after. The period emphasizes purification of the soul, penitence, and homecoming.
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Georgetown
Tabernacles
Old Channel History Of Georgetown Winyah Bay The 1700 Vessel Disaster
Georgetown correspondent notes Dr David Ramsey history stating the 1700 Rising Sun voyage up Sampit Creek to Georgetown ended in disaster after a hurricane. The ship sought Charleston pilots, was driven ashore on James Island with all aboard perishing. The event marks a turning point in local channel navigation and North Inlet opening.
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Georgetown
News and Courier
Winyah Bay
United States
Adams
David Ramsey
South Carolina
Ocean
Charleston Harbor
Rising Sun
James Gibson
Scotland
Sampit Creek
Charleston
Charleston Bar
Lieut Graham
Archibald Stobo
James Island
Georgetown Bar
The Royal Thins Reply In Baseball Duel
The Royal Thins of Georgetown address the Noble Fats in a satirical baseball challenge. The letter mocks tangible language and longwinded terms while promising a playful contest on the diamond and urging the rival to try to “catch” them at first base. It signatures Iredell Hilliard as secretary.
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Fats
Royal Thins
Georgetown
Thins
Iredell Hilliard
Halley's Comet Seen in Cambridge by Telescope
Halley's comet reported seen in Cambridge Mass on September 11 by Professor Wolff of Heidelberg. Harvard Observatory dispatch notes right ascension six hours eighteen minutes twelve seconds and declination seventeen degrees eight minutes north. Observers required a large telescope to view.
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Cambridge
Mass
Halley
Harvard Observatory
Wolff
Heidelburg
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