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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
2
A reviewer notes in a recent publication that while genius may palliate male crimes, it aggravates the wickedness of a woman in Gribble's book about George Sand. The remark underscores gendered double standards in literary judgment.
A mother from Alton Kansas recounts a one year old with severe facial eczema improved after three products from Cuticura were used. A doctor’s three month course failed, but soap ointment and Resolvent cured the condition, with no recurrence two years later. The note is dated May 14 and June 12, 1907.
Cure claims include relief from blind bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with money back guarantee. 50 cents per package. Also notes Woolford's Sanitary Lotion curing a tea in 30 minutes and Mrs Winslow's Syrup for teething. Mentions Mexican oranges arriving mid October in Western cities.
Mrs. Marie Lipsie of Helena Montana describes severe back pain weakness and kidney trouble for three years before starting Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports immediate relief and a complete lasting cure after four boxes. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a Philadelphia county court a substitute was used after the court crier was missing. A breathless messenger boy delivered a telegram to the judge stating that the wife’s mother had died, allowing the cry to proceed. The note read I will be able to cry today.
The birthplace of James Buchanan, born April 23 1791 and fifteenth President, now has a pyramidal monument thirty one feet high near his birth cabin in Franklin County Pennsylvania. Harriet Lane Johnston funded the marker. the inscription notes his birth and death dates. An iron fence will enclose the site and the ground inside will be graded and sodded for fifty feet.
King Menelik of Abyssinia plans a European style cabinet and elected parliament. He aims to expand commerce via foreign rail investment and invites southern African Americans to emigrate, promising favorable treatment. Adowa defeat marked his reign.
Governor Glenn ordered Sheriff Biddle of Craven County to Raleigh to guard Joe Bailey accused of Lancaster’s murder. Bloodhounds pursued him in swamps until a chemical on his shoes misled the dogs, yet he was captured crossing a bridge near the end of a lengthy chase.
A description notes the womerawa as a curious Australian stick used to fling long arrows at enemies. The passage highlights its purpose in combat among indigenous practices.
A reflective piece from the Nashville American muses on fame and success. It contrasts the loftiness of fame with the value of modest, steady living among everyday people. The poem questions whether greatness brings true happiness and urges contentment with simple, ordinary life.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers features banter on betting gender norms snakebite antidotes and social scenes. punchlines touch on marriage poetry and tariff talk with playful regional flavor and familiar characters across cities.
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent describes a daily whisker line at the barbers college on West Broadway and Canal Street. Poorly clad men queue for free shaves and hair cuts as student artists practice, often causing pain but leaving the job done.
The article traces how modern patent medicines grew from common home remedies once made by families. It notes almanac advertising and doctors expanding popular tonics like picra and hops tonics into large scale products. It highlights Peruna, its Mennonite origins, Dr. Hartman, and its claimed usefulness for coughs colds throat bronchitis and catarrh.
A man reflects on a deep personal setback as his trust in close friends is shaken. He admits a mistake and finds no one to dispute his self-acknowledged error, leaving him feeling neglected and subdued.
A historical warning against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotion of Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The ad asserts the product contains no mercury and is taken internally. Also mentions Hall's Female Pills for constipation and offers testimonials free.
Women barbers gain admission to the Austrian Union but must complete a three year apprenticeship before practicing independently.
An old ad item highlights Bromo Quinine for colds with E W Grove signature and a 25 cent claim. It also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot relief and shoe ease with 25 cent price and free sample, noting women’s glove sales vastly outpace men’s.
Appeal to well informed readers praises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative. Claims it cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage increases, and that ingredients are physician approved. Advises purchasing the genuine California Mg Syrup Co. product.
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