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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
3
A report notes a rat captured at Gateshead measuring eighteen and one half inches, highlighting an unusual specimen in local wildlife records.
Tampa's sanitation chief plans to flood the city with minnows to eat mosquito larvae. A team has collected several hundred fish and will distribute them to cisterns and water containers at homes and businesses to reduce the pest this summer.
A Carthage minister joked an interview would cost ten cents. A friend offered ten pennies, the minister rose in protest, his chair skidded and he toppled. The friend now tells people how upset the minister was to refuse a contribution.
The Billyville Banner warns that lots for subscribers are running out and that remaining plots should be reserved for a cemetery, signaling a shift in town development priorities as reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
A Oswego Montana woman developed progressive eye pain and loss of sight attributed to coffee. She quit coffee and used Postum, noting eye recovery and improved health, with her nursing baby staying healthier. A friend also switched to Postum and saw rapid relief from dyspepsia and headaches. There’s a Reason. Grape Nuts No. 1797
A Pacific Baptist editorial reflects on riches and mortality. It cites Alexander the Great and a French miser to warn that earthly treasures cannot satisfy the soul. It contrasts famine and abundance on a desert island with greed, urging readers to question where their true treasure lies.
A missionary report to the British and Foreign Bible Society describes Kim Kyong Syop a vigorous laborer in Korea who vows temperance by tattoos. He once worshiped evil spirits and sacrificed a cow for three years. After converting to Christianity he burned away his former idols and marked both thumbs with black spots as reminders of his abstinence pledge.
A reminiscence about Mark Twain after his seventy second birthday. A dinner party guest praises the humorist while his young daughter quips that he is funny only when they have company. The tale reflects Twain’s home life and wit.
A Seaboard Air Line conductor recounts a rider asking how far they were from Weldon and whether the distance was on this side or the other, illustrating the odd inquiries railroad men hear on trips.
Lionel M. Heath of 158 Eighth Street reports suffering back pains frequent urination dropsy and rheumatic kidney trouble for fifteen years until using Dean’s Kidney Pills which he says cured him five years ago and again publicly confirms. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A concise critique of liberty contrasting absolute personal freedom with social restraint. The excerpt argues liberty is misused or ill understood, noting editors and individuals claim liberty yet avoid responsible use, while citizens risk liberty through ignorance and apathy.
A compact料理 style recipe roundup describes Scrambled Ham With Eggs with minced remnants in butter and eggs, served on toast, plus Rarebit using halibut baked with milk, and a Cheese Sauce with butter, cornstarch, milk, cheese, salt, cayenne, and egg for dipping.
In Rhode Island a one legged boy outclimbed all two legged rivals on a greased pole at a barbecue earning a silver dollar as the prize.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a natural laxative improving digestion and complexion. It claims blood purification, eye brightness, and a “splendid Health ee Race horses” note and mentions Woolford for itch cure in 30 minutes with Sanitary Lotion, sold at druggists.
A wry remark notes widows find amiability and kindness win in marriage. The saying implies experience teaches that gentleness is the best strategy in love and alliance.
A young woman arrived at a city mission in dire condition with scabies incipient paralysis rheumatism from exposure. After seven weeks with little progress a breakthrough came after using Cuticura Soap Resolvent and Ointment. In five weeks she regained strength and could seek work. Laura Jane Bates New York March 11 1907.
In a humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly a portly passenger jokes about sitting on another's hat on a railroad train. The hat owner counters, and the portly man admits he did sit on it, prompting a lighthearted moment.
An ad asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy. It promises testimonials and a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and mentions internal dosing and contact details.
The critic feels trapped between evaluating a work and pleasing its creator. The Baltimore American cites a critic noting consistent natural features in the rural landscape. He asks what they are and the artist replies with a description of the hill and the stream’s mouth.
An attached sign at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Mass invites public inspection of lab methods and advertising claims. It asks if the product is purely vegetable with no drugs and challenges claims about vast customer letters and cures while urging doubter to seek proof and confidence for women seeking health.
A historical note recalls venison once sold cheaper than pork in Morgan and Brown Counties during the early mid century. Hunters brought wild game to Hoosier markets as pork prices rose, and a full grown wild turkey once traded for less than a spring chicken. A dozen quail cost less than a dozen sausage links, while quail did not pass as short billed snipe.
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