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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
7
A baby eleven months old at 276 University Avenue fell from a back porch and was found unresponsive. An ambulance brought medical staff who found the child awake with a normal pulse and responsive to tickling. The mother reported the fall occurred while the infant slept on the porch about 20 feet above ground. The child’s condition improved and a Denver-bound party planned to join doctors and a nurse later that night.
Milwaukee June 20 Lewis Strang famed reckless racer died when his car plunged off a steep embankment at Blue River as he tried to thread between horses and a ditch on the State Reliability Tour. Three companions escaped. Strang had long been noted for dangerous stunts and aero ambitions. His early fame came from Briarcliff and Savannah road races driving for Tyson, later a Buick and Renault star with a sensational career across road and track events.
Columbia leaders plan a combined Red Shirt reunion on August 10 and a South Carolina division Confederate Veterans gathering, seeking state wide subscriptions to cover shortfalls since city funds fall short. Mayor Gibbes urges shared statewide support, noting no state aid for the Red Shirts and the city’s wartime burdens. A separate St Louis anecdote interrupts this report with a racial parable about a waiter.
John Anderson of Roseland reports daylight assault near a Michigan venue in Chicago. A second rider atop the bronze statue at General Logan’s monument allegedly distracted him before two assailants jumped down, overpowered him, and robbed him of $160 and a watch.
Special Representative J Edwin Ellerbe and accompanying party depart to study Allegheny and Ohio river projects. The trip funds totaling $15,000 were allotted by the city to review improvement efforts. The contingent includes Mrs and Miss Ellerbe and about sixty participants from the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. Representatives Small and Faison of North Carolina also joined.
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