Local and Personal Notes Highlight Regional Moves and Incidents
Local and personal items recall Mr. Fred Young of Corlway visiting family while Miss Hattie Sparkman attends Chicora College in Greenville and Mrs. Fraser returns from Landrum. A government interest surrounds a young inventor with a device yet to be developed, while reports claim nationwide subsidies to stay silent. Also noted are travels of Mrs. Congdon, a youth’s chain-gang sentencing, a fatal accident on a Rosemary to Bonnet Bay branch line, and Lipton’s cup challenge boosting New York yachtsmen as a mysterious Hobo Ken boy claims a wireless system rivals Marconi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
N. C
Hattie Sparkman
Chicora College
Greenville
C. V. Fraser
City
Landrum
New York
Thomas Lipton
Siror
Lipton
Rosemary
Bonntie Bay
Bay
A. C. L. Corp
Fingey Connor
Chandler
Connors
Great Lake
Murphy
Tammany
Hoboken
Cain
Marconi
A Universal Necessity Georgetown Infirmary faces closure over finances
A local appeal urges immediate action to fund the Georgetown Infirmary which has run a yearly deficit near $500. Citizens, physicians, and Dr Gaillard rally to prevent closing the benevolent institution, proposing a city endowment and ongoing yearly contributions to sustain its charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Gaillard
Pool Rooms and the Peril of Gambling in Georgetown
A scathing commentary denounces pool rooms as breeding grounds for professional gambling. It argues the rooms corrupt youth, waste time, and offer no moral or educational value, urging city counsel to enforce gambling laws and protect tomorrow’s citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bous
Georgetown
Jean
Auction notice for marine gear and engine parts
A local sale lists items including a 110 horse Robert engine and boiler with ash, one shaft, coupling and belior, one donkey pump, one stack, two water tanks, one condenser pipe, and 9 10 101 alt J B Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Steel
Pursuit of Abominable Past Time for Young Men
A fragment quotes a call to vigorously pursue a course of destruction of this abominable past time for young men. The note attributes the sentiment to a speaker or writer identified only by initial W.
Madness in the Dismal Swamp Girl Found After 12 Days
Norfolk reports Annie Stanley an eighteen year old girl wandering the Dismal Swamp for twelve days with no food or water. She is found by a posse and taken to a physician in Indiantown, unable to speak and in a delirious state. Some believe she was abducted to die. the case is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Annie Stanley
Indiantown
N.C
Fragmentary Trading Prices and Goods List
A partial OCR style listing shows prices for various commodities and goods such as corn meal oats flour and sacks. The text includes percentages, unit prices, and references to turpentine, with unclear context or sources. No clear event or entities besides generic product names are identifiable.
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D. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Young
Corlway
John Richardson
Charleston
George R. Congdon
George R. Congdon, Jr
Hime
Hendersonville
Louise Beaty
Murrell’s Inlet
W. LE. R. Cahall
Connie Maxwell
Greenwood
S. C
Allen
Horry County
William Green
Amos Bishop
Green
Bishop
A. Living
W. $. Dunmore
West End
Robert Mack
E. J. Whalen
Ptious
Charleston, S. C
Steele-Moses Co
the Steele-Moses Co
Marine News
Stir
Merchant
Hopkin, Pee Dee
B. A. Munnerlyn & Co
Mitchel C
Dusenbur
Otton
Naval Stores
Accamaw
Brunswick
Bellune Black River
B. A Munnerlyn & Co
Stmr
Frank Sessoms
Sarv
Bucksville
Mdse
Rem Mber
Weinburg
Tor
Weinberg
Peter Rabil
Boston
Philadelphia
Talso
Front Street
Crowley
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