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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
John Armstrong of Cloverport Kentucky testifies he suffered years of kidney pain backache swollen limbs and faint sight prior to using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports rapid improvement and strong health after use praising the product sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Michigan Daily stands out among college publications by issuing a seven day issue including a Sunday paper. It notes Sunday editions attract more attention in Ann Arbor than the college paper, while in Ithaca the Cornell Daily Sun serves as the town’s morning daily. Telegraph world news appears but not on the first page.
The Lady's Pictorial laments that modern dinners are too brief and lack the lively instruction of former conversationalists. They cut courses and wine, speeding service, forcing speakers to express essentials quickly.
Plans for a $1,000,000 consumptive colony are set in Bendera County Texas A 20 000 acre tract was selected with 8000 acres donated by Colonel George Clayton a cattleman who moved to Texas twenty years ago suffering from tuberculosis Funds were raised by about twenty Texans Buildings will be specially constructed and the afflicted who can pay will be cared for at cost while the poor receive care free of charge.
Ireland maintains the linen industry as its greatest manufacturing sector with about £16,500,000 invested and roughly 70,000 workers employed, highlighting its economic importance and job creation.
A Washington woman credits Postum for lifting her nervous distress and restoring vitality after four years of near illness. She stopped coffee, began Postum, and reports renewed energy, ability to handle housework, and care for two babies, praising Postum as the cause of her recovery.
The piece notes magnetic ant nests in northern Australia measuring two to three by ten or fifteen feet, described as nature’s compass with the long axis oriented north-south. It also mentions Prof Barns of Brown University proposing nitrogen explosive based power for skyships, and a water test for organic pollution using a corked bottle. It ends with Stuttgart Royal Theatre ozone discharge experiments yielding rapid air purification.
The article traces flax weaving in Belgium from ancient times with Caesar era evidence. It notes Brabant and Flemish centers like Brussels Ghent and Louvain producing woolen cloth of high reputation for export to France Austria and Italy. It also recalls carpet and tapestry making in Brussels Tournai Ypres and Aubenarde during the 14th and 15th centuries.
The piece notes cuttlefish farms along the Chinese coast where males are milked for ink. It also recalls Ye jin yang's thirteenth century method of pearl production by inserting clay pellets into river mussels and opening them years later to reveal nacreous pearls.
A new extension of a Bible class at Rocky Lane Chapel Nechells Birmingham launches a contributory old age pension scheme. Members pay a small weekly sum to qualify for five shillings weekly from age sixty with sick benefit and unemployment support, funded by the post office London Globe notes.
The Sanitary Record argues that if conclusive proof shows home work harms health for women and the general public, it should be abolished. It urges much closer investigation before any drastic action is taken.
A Reader essay contrasts overemphasis on meals and decor with neglect of the soul. It laments careful table settings and fresh flowers while dust accumulates in the brain, warning against feeding the body while neglecting inner well being.
A Tattler item notes a diner remark about impending rain as the waiter jokes about the soup tasting like rain. The casual exchange captures a mood at a local eatery with weather chatter and a playful back-and-forth.
A carpet layer recalls swallowing tacks, jokes about risk, and a veteran colleague's calm reaction. The anecdote, sourced from the Los Angeles Times, frames the hazard as minor and common in the trade, with humor easing fear.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri reports decades ago severe itching and a leg eruption cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after three doctors failed. He credits three uses of the remedies for relief and notes past grippe and pneumonia left a leg swelling healed by the same treatments. May 13 1907.
George T. Lessing of St. Louis describesMexican rents as appalling. He found two story homes from 150 to 200 dollars monthly and grander houses up to 2400 dollars, noting Mexican money equals about half U.S. value. He says costs far exceed U.S. city rents yet overall living in Mexico is reasonable.
The article notes horses are a major cost in war effort. It cites Boer War needs with up to 230000 horses at short notice. Germany would require about one million horses, France 750000, Britain $400000 yearly, France over $500000, and Germany at least $1500000 for cavalry and artillery horses.
A reader letters column touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a non surgical cure for female troubles. It claims thousands cured, urging sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A crowd of Germantown women on Main Street near Schoolhouse Lane stare at a large illuminated sign reading Hug the barber. The building, once the King of Prussia Inn, is a historic landmark now partly occupied by a barber named Hug.
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