Established Fact Sixty-Eight Mile Post
Mr W D Morgan leads an agricultural hall project in Georgetown with fruits and pears on display in his bank office. A noted pear specimen and eight to nine ear corn per stalk highlight local soil vigor. The Bourne family birthday gathering draws many descendants and a photographer records the joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Morgan
Bank of Georgetown
C. P. Foxworth
F. W. Laghicotte
Waverly Mills
Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Georgen
HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS IN GEORGETOWN
A clipped 1911 column mocks current events and legal notices. It notes gun sale laws in South Carolina requiring licenses for hawkers and peddlers, paroled bankers, and a kansas reform school incident. The spoofed items reference J P Morgan, Morgan Guggenheims, and a running satire on politics and society.
Hyde Convicted Death Sentence in murder case
Anderson, Sept. 20. Satu tel N Hyde, confessed murderer of his young wife and her father, was convicted by a jury yesterday and sentenced to be hanged. The death sentence will be pronounced by Judge Prince today. Hyde showed no emotion at verdict. he admitted guilt though claiming insanity. The crime occurred July 18 when he shot his wife, her sister Willie Beasley, and Beasley’s parents in their home.
Merchants Praise Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Medicine
J W McDaniel of Atherton Illinois hails Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as unmatched for coughs colds grippe asthma and bronchitis praising the medicine on the bottle.
Dr Bell's AntiPain touted to prevent blood infection
An ad claims Dr Bell's AntiPain prevents blood poisoning by treating cuts and bruises. It allegedly destroys septic matter and speeds healing without soreness, urging readers to obtain Dr Bell's product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Best for the Hands Says Dr Bell's Salve Cures
Massac Kentucky resident L Chapman reports using Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve on severely chapped hands and claims it fully cured them, calling it the best salve tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Chapman
Massac, Ky
Perseverance Drives County Contest For Stuyvesant Piano
The article urges readers to boost daily subscription efforts for a local contest to win a Stuyvesant piano. It highlights perseverance as key to success, praises contestants Miss D. D. Porter, Miss Mary Fletcher, and Miss Lacey Kennedy, and calls for public interest and daily announcements in the contest column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Porter
Mary Fletcher
Lacey Kennedy
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J.K. Bourne
Sampit
Jonah K. Bourne
Bourne
C. W. Scurry
Porter
Huggins
Eugaye Croft
S/Smith
Fik?jae
Ei, Broughton
Jonah K., Jr
Ellen
John Bourne
Simpkins
Mr. Bourne
Georgetown
J. P. Morgan
Newport
Taft
Michigan
Representative Sulver
New York
Mt. Ranier
Blackwell's Island
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Job
Kansas City
Guggenheims
Emporia Gazette
Paris
South Carolina
J. B. Johinson, Co. Sup
Kansas State Reformatory
Wiley
Maine
Hyde
Incy Kennedy
Lilla B
Hughes
Andrews
Rhea Wilford
Mamie Hemingway
Mattie Wilson
Ouise Matthews
Rosalie McDonald
Ruth Isokreit
Annie Blakely
Andrews Versa Vick
Laurel
Bella Ballenberger
Sarah Ballenberger
Lucy Robbins
Sadie Price
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