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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
3
The Well-Informed world demands a safe effective liquid laxative and this notice promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. It emphasizes ethical production, known wholesome ingredients, gentle yet prompt action, and urges purchase from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
Fragmentary line suggests a female thinker associated with a metal point on a shoestring, possibly describing a contraption or concept she devised. The wording hints at a retrospective note about a woman credited with shaping a theory or mass idea through a simple device.
Headache causes vary by season with colds most often triggering them from October through May. A product named Bromo Quinine claims to remove the cause as advertised on its box for 25 cents. The text also mentions lepidary and United Beata in unclear context.
An ad promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches to relieve a dry hacking cough. It notes sixteen U.S. beet sugar factories with sixty four more planned. Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claims itch relief in 30 minutes. Available at druggists.
A St Nicholas excerpt explains that a bicycle uses two gyroscope-like wheels. When spinning rapidly, changing a wheel’s direction requires strong force, which plus forward motion enables a rider to balance and avoid falls.
Admiral Lambton recalled a tale told at a Highland Society dinner about Ladysmith during the Boer War. Officers were ordered to conceal their swords and later to cover kilts to avoid becoming targets while Sir George White proposed turning the kilts fronts inward so the enemy would not see the rest.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging digestion stressing whole wheat and barley, diastase action, and brain nutrient phosphates. A 74 year old customer lauds health gains and a 92 year old customer credits Grape-Nuts and Postum, asserting life improvement and regularity.
In Burma’s Ruby Mines District tourmaline is mined by Kathe talk and Twinloh methods. Veins lie deep in granite interstices with intermittent crystals, yielding rarely. most shafts produce nothing. Since 1905 three sites near Sanka Maingnin attracted a population rush, but only a few shafts yield quality stone.
A Vienna based tale from Tit-Bits describes a centenarian couple in Isenbolgi Hungary aged 120 and 116, with 712 descendants. They live modestly, nearly blind, largely bedridden, though the husband still smokes and drinks wine, and they have never seen a railway train.
In a Cleve land Plain Dealer note the five hundred table features a player who, after scoring a no trump killing, taunts with That brings me out of the hole Groundhog but the game continues as players react to the turn of luck.
Among the minerals cited as Siberia's future wealth are gold, iron, coking coal, manganese, copper, platinum, emeralds, topazes, asbestos, rock salt, naphtha, and other probable deposits.
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace St Red Bank New Jersey credits Dean's Kidney Pills with complete relief after 40 years of kidney troubles. He suffered back pain frequent night awakenings and heavy kidney secretions before starting the treatment. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Two renowned doctors shared advice on managing colds during current epidemic conditions. They urged fresh air and regular walking to improve health as part of daily routines for people commuting to work or running shops.
A centenarian climbed the Gutsch Mountain in Switzerland, reported at 7000 feet high, during last summer's ascent. The note mentions Garfield and tea but provides no clear context or names beyond the mountain.
Advertisement fragment notes a claim of free liberal offer by a specialists group in Georgia. It references an advertisement in another newspaper column and a paper feature. The readable text hints at promotional material without concrete details or names.
A Burlington Magazine remark notes foreigners struggle to find representative English works, arguing Britain excels in producing appealing hybrids and leads world art with its unique blends and innovations.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F J Cheney Co Toledo declares he will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that Hart’s Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Notary public A W Gleason witnesses this on December 6. Cheney Co promotes their catarrh remedy and advertises testimonials. Halts Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
Travel Magazine notes a grapevine in a glass house at Hampton Court with a forty five inch girth stem and a 114 foot main branch. Only about 1200 bunches reach maturity while 2000 plus are pinched to improve quality, exclusively for the royal family. The gardener’s witty reply hints the staff never samples the fruit.
A tale notes Dorothy admiring her father, a militia colonel, in uniform at the head of his regiment. She praises his appearance but laments he was not allowed a drum to play, reflecting on pride and constraints within a military family.
A migratory feat records the Virginia plover leaving North America for Brazil in a single flight of about fifteen hours. It covers over 3000 miles at roughly four miles per minute.
W H Dean of Newark Delaware reports seven years of eczema on his hands with no remedy working until two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one Cake of Soap cured his condition. The note dates to March 28 1907. Typhoid fever causes a large share of deaths in the Indian Army, nearly one third.
An advertisement extols Billion Dollar Grass as yielding three crops a year. It cites an Iowa farmer selling 3800 dollars worth of seed from 100 acres and 300 tons of hay. The notice offers the original seed catalog for 10 cents and promises extra seed packs, naming Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin and Rosse, Philippines note.
An advertisement touts Peto Ointment as guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or a full refund. Price listed as 50 cents.
The narrator states the Koran was written in Arabic not in a learned language. The work is described as uneven in style with most parts prosaic yet sometimes rising to moments of sublimity.
A historical excerpt discusses the longing of women in lonely homes for motherhood and frames healthy maternity as achievable through specific preparation and remedies. The text emphasizes emotional desire and urges awareness of reproductive health options.
Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union writes that Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and made her a mother. Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown says the remedy cured her female troubles and she is now a proud mother. For thirty years the compound has helped thousands with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other female complaints. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice and guidance to health. Address Lynn Mass.
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