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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
3
An illustrated article describes a new clothespin design inspired by photo clamps. It features movable clamps that allow multiple pins on a line, firmer grips, and prevents clothes from touching or soiling the line. The device is easier to handle and leaves clothes on the line after removal.
Colombia yields significant platinum from the Platina and Conoto rivers in the Choco region, second only to Russia. Platinum commonly occurs with gold, sometimes with one metal predominate, and is washed from gravels of the Chaco. Some secondary occurrences exist elsewhere in Choco.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote laments a waiter's insolence over a nickel left on a table. The piece notes the growing calls for women to speak on suffrage, now requiring arrangements one month to six weeks ahead.
A column quotes the New York Sun on European mustache trends and American comfort with short styles. It includes a Midland teacher joke about the Union Jack and a Colorado brothers’ new lath holder that fits over the shoulders to ease daily work.
A Rash Gaftar essay outlines the widespread beggary in Bombay. It contrasts charitable acts by orientals and fakirs with lay and religious beggars, ascetics, and the disabled, noting scarce asylums and streets flooded with pitiful cases demanding sympathy.
Mrs S A Haskine of Myricks Massachusetts says after two years of facial eczema a few applications of Tetterine and the Tetterine Soap cured her completely. The ad lists skin conditions Tetterine claims to treat and offers Tetterine Soap at 25 cents from The Shuptrine Co. Savannah GA by mail or druggists.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and self improvement lines. Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial promises teething and bone relief with 25c and 50 6 per bottle while Allen’s Foot-Kase claims to ease tight shoes and treat Corns Bunions and ingrown nails. Hick’s Carupini is promoted for colds and grip with varying prices. A moral aside urges civility and worldly focus.
A Danville reader reports a 25 year eczema battle improved by Hancock's Sulphur Compound Ointment after trial of seven 50 cent bottles and one jar. Advertisement cites skin benefits and offers mail booklet from Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co. Also includes a Marine Eye Remedy note and a humorous anecdote about a railway carriage bridegroom.
An old advertisement style item discusses back pain from kidney issues and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. James Cooper of Winchester Virginia. It asserts the product cures back and kidney pain, costing 50 cents a box, and notes it is sold by all dealers.
A Yukon Oklahoma family recounts a two year old son suffering a severe itchy rash with rough skin like bark and blistering. After weeks of worsening symptoms a doctor offered no relief until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment were tried. Within months the child recovered, and since then no symptoms have recurred. The ad cites dates August 28 and September 17, 1908, and identifies Potter Doug and Chem Corp as sole props. The piece also notes a Georgian library section in New York City housing 1,527 Slavonic volumes and Russian readers favoring books on social and governmental subjects.
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