Mystery Surrounds Philadelphia Tourist Death at Sampit River
A Philadelphia tourist, aboard the Steamship Navahoe, died in the Sampit River near Wac camaw Steamboat Co. wharf. Officials suspect murder after the body showed strangulation marks and a wallet containing 50 to 60 dollars. A Newark, New Jersey woman seeks details about his disappearance from the ship.
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Sampit River
Waccamaw Steamboat Co
Philadelphia
Navahoe
Pittsburg Steel Works
Pittsburg
Clyde
Morrison
Newark
N. J
Newman
Rosemary
Wilmington
N. C
Tragic double tragedy ends in murder suicide
Oscar Lessner killed himself in his East Eighty eighth Street apartment after confessing to a friend that if his wife died he would kill himself the next day. He then shot himself in front of his father in law while asking for his insurance papers and his son. The funeral preceded the fatal act.
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Oscar Lessner
East Eighty Eighth Street
New York
Spiegel
Leisner
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Columbia Faces New City Government Plan Amid Reform Drive
Columbia moves toward a business oriented reform by consolidating commissions into a five member board of public works replacing multiple unpaid citizen panels. Public opinion backs the change though some prefer full commission government with a charter change. Jews observe Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with two Hebrew congregations noted.
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W. S. Reamer
General Assembly
Des Moines
Galveston
Police Commission
Board of Public Works
Columbia
Lady Street
House of Peace
Park Street
Foreclosure of Steamer Ohio Sale in 1909 Chesterfield Court
The court orders the sale of the steamer Ohio with its equipment at public auction in Georgetown Court House. Sheriff to execute deed to the purchaser and pay proceeds to Bank of Cheraw or its attorney R T Caston after deducting expenses. Sale set for October 6, 1909 with fifteen days notice, report of sale to Clerk of Court, and certification by I R E Rivers.
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Cheraw and Georgetown Steamboat Company
Walter Hazard
B. A. Munnerlyn
Ohio
Georgetown
Georgetown County
Bank of Cheraw
R. T. Caston
Chesterfield County
State of
South Carolina
Chesterfield
I. R. E. Rivers
Hygiene and Illumination by Electric Light
The article extols electric light as the only hygienic illuminant, claiming other lights worsen air quality and cause disease. It touts electric lighting as heat free quiet safe efficient and cheaper, urging household wiring by Electrical Contracting & Supply Co with contact info.
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State OF South Carolina
County of Chesterfield
4Th Circuit
Electrical Contracting & Supply Company
Front Street
Rade-Marks Catenin and
Puan
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D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
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