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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. H. F. Budke of LeSueur Minnesota recalls a two month old daughter plagued by facial eczema turning head to one sore. After failing remedies and a doctor’s verdict of eczema, use of Cutura Remedies cured the condition in two months and the child remained clear. April 15 and May 2 1907.
The Methodist Episcopal Church property in this country is valued at about 187 million dollars with an outstanding indebtedness of 12.127 million dollars.
An ad claims a product called Sonik cures piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. It promises relief from bleeding and protruding piles and mentions the claim of an ant's brain being large relative to body size and a note about hair turning gray earlier in men.
An Illinois reader describes an ad for A. Salzer Seed Co offering 12c year subscriptions and seed bundles claiming yields of 35 bushels of vegetables. The notice promises a 314 percent return and a free gift details a list of vegetables and flowers with prices, urging readers to mail 16 16¢ for a sample or seed packet. The fragment ends with a note about the Persian Gulf being hot.
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes powder for the feet Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy It cures corns bunions swollen hot grafting feet sweating and nail issues Sample sent by E R stores 25 cents Address Allen Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A German mechanic built the smallest motor in the world used as a scarf pin. It is powered by a battery in his clothing and kept in constant operation.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. The ad promises $100 reward if any case fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from R F J Cimagy & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An excerpt discusses the inner will and human spirit amid blindness, affirming shared values of service, friendship, humor, imagination, and wisdom. It asserts universal capacity to choose goodness, love, and wisdom, and likens perseverance to prophetic vision and the desert blossoming in time.
Mrs. Thos. Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports long lasting backache pain and exhaustion for over a decade. After using Deans Kidney Pills she experienced quick relief and a permanent cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A Recreation magazine piece surveys hippos in Africa from the Nile to the Zambesi. It notes official protection for rhinoceros and elephants, compares local views of hippos as pests, and details hippo behavior, hunting methods, dangers to boats, and the toughness of hippo skin and meat. It recalls encounters near Fashoda and Kikaro, and describes native harpoon methods and the dangers hippos pose to navigation.
A Fifth Avenue Baptist leader recounted Dr. Aked’s stance on church finances. He praised Aked’s belief in generous church conduct and relayed a tale of an English minister with a large family and small income seeking higher pay from a grim deacon who quipped that souls sustain the church, not salaries.
The New York Press advises soaking fine muslins in tepid water with borax, one teaspoon per gallon, for thirty minutes. Rinse with soap suds, then pour boiling water over and let it cool before a gentle rinse and careful squeezing.
Unbleached canton flannel makes best dish cloths and should be ironed sparingly with a moderately hot iron. Vase line removes mud from shoes and softens leather. To treat mildew rub chalk and soap, then sun dry. For iron mud on white fabrics use lemon juice then wash. Do not use ammonia near fire due to flammable gas.
A city student follows her mother's directions and washes silk underwear and stockings herself. She soaks each garment in warm borax water for about ten minutes, washes in white suds, rinses in tepid water, shapes the fabric, and dries it on a special horse.
A New Haven Register item describes a child’s indoor play idea using a corner store built in the living room with paper money, paper goods, and cutouts. It notes a bake day with tiny paper pies, and suggests burning the toys after convalescence from illness.
A scanned collection of kitchen recipes lists Brown Bread, Fruit Cream, Peanut Wafers, Oatmeal Bread, Queen of Puddings, Alsatian Rolls and more. It includes ingredients like rye meal, Indian meal, molasses, sour milk, bananas, preserved pineapple, walnuts, marshmallows, oats, currants, and lemon rind with steps for mixing, beating, rising, and baking across multiple loaves and forms. The instructions reflect traditional methods and measurements such as yeasts, steam times, and oven finishing.
A Columbus Ohio woman writes of relief during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says nervousness headaches and other annoyances disappeared and she can again perform her daily work. She recommends the remedy to friends.
The advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation and irregularities. It claims thousands cured and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
A vivid line celebrates the American Beauty rose as the national flower, praising its costliness splendor resilience and unromantic practicality as a symbol cherished by Americans and voiced by Mrs John Lane.
From October to May colds are cited as the main headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quinine claims to remove the cause. Various remedies including Garfield Tea and Brown's Bronchial Troches promote laxation and cough relief. Growth ages for girls and boys are noted. Itch cure claims and museum envelope trivia are mentioned.
In Perth Scotland a well known man named Jamie is found at the foot of an outside stair after a fall. He confirms he fell while coming down, replying with resigned humor to the question if he slipped. The exchange is recounted by the Bellman.
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