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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
3
The General Demand for a simple pleasant laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Physicians sanction its wholesome, gentle yet prompt action and favor genuine bottles sold by leading druggists for fifty cents.
Fogs form over sandbanks as shallow cold water sits above warmer deep sea. The Banks of Newfoundland experience intensified fog due to the warm Gulf Stream meeting this cold layer.
A Lake City Minnesota resident reports severe kidney trouble with back pains dizziness nervousness and vision issues ending after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The testimonial notes a return to perfect health and mentions the product sold by all dealers at 50 cents a bar from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Tollesbury Gooseberry Fair honors returning seafarers with giant pies baked in large dishes. Families prepare substantial pies for homecomings, with tales of pies holding up to a peck or half peck of fruit and even brick removal to fit in ovens, as recounted by the London Standard.
A Scots party celebrating in a Canadian township left one man unsteady on the early morning return. A fellow traveler offered aid but chose a grim mercy saying he would lie down beside the fallen man, saying I canna help ye up but I'll lie down aside ye.
Iron cloth is made from steel and resembles horsehair cloth. It is mainly used by tailors to stiffen shoulders and collars of coats.
A Chicago clerk describes how illness from poor nourishment nearly ended her career. After adding Grape Nuts to two meals daily, she regained health, recovered brain function, and kept her job and income. The letter, signed as from a Postum Co. advertisement, underscores the product’s claimed benefits.
A satirical note on the burden of decision making placed on women, contrasting social expectation with male guardianship. The author mocks the idea that women must rely on men for choices and hints at broader linguistic education expectations.
The Kilburn ward of Hempstead elected Miss M. Balkwill a social worker as Borough Councillor of London. Report says she was unopposed and highly popular with voters across all classes and genders according to the New York Sun.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer dean of Cornell Agricultural College reading course for farmers wives advocates a woman judge in juvenile courts where girls are tried. She cites New York City courts and argues girls would answer truthfully to a woman on the bench, noting segregation could help in this instance per the New York Sun.
A clever idea at a bride shower gathers guests to send pre party wishes for the bride. The hostess creates a large white paper rose as a centerpiece, incorporating the wishes into the decoration. The concept is highlighted by Woman's Home Companion.
A Philadelphia Ledger tip advises city dwellers to hang or pin cheap mountain and sea pictures around work spaces to calm nerves and spark imagination. No framing needed. place them where eyes linger for quick mental escape during tough tasks or long hours. Replace longing with imagined vistas for brief relief.
A home kitchen guide lists a crust of six tablespoons buttermilk two lard a pinch salt and enough flour to roll then baked lightly. For the filling heat one pint sweet milk with yolks four eggs four tablespoons flour one cup sugar butter and lemon juice or flavoring then thicken. Top with meringue beaten from four eggs and three fourths cup sugar baked to light brown. Makes two pies.
A party guest of horror receives a large paper rose and rosebud into which guests slipped wishes written on petals or later added. The hostess plans to keep the rose as a pleasant reminder of friends as she moves to a distant new home.
A feature on women entering library work highlights the appeal of the field for self supporting girls. It notes New York public library training at Muhlenberg Branch, apprentice to assistant salaries from 40 to 50 dollars, then head librarian at 80 to 90 dollars, with age 18 to 35 and four year high school education required.
The article describes hat fashions using dotted net, white chip, pink ribbon, and lace with high crowns and wide brims. It highlights rose colors as seasonal favorites, flexible straw shapes, linen cretonne trimming with chiffon, and new net guimpes for linen frocks.
A bellman recalls an unhappy misunderstanding at a past employer where the mistress objected to a sinful life and refused to keep servants on the premises, prompting departure.
Mrs Lillie Wildher of 770 Eleventh St Chattanooga Tenn reports a skin cure after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for a running sore on her baby's neck and a tetter like disease on her face. She notes the remedies healed her, her uncle's baby and another child with similar sores.
The Philadelphia Record reports Camille Flammarion’s figures showing Europe’s temperatures have fallen in recent years with Paris readings one degree below normal. The piece notes colder springs across France Britain Belgium Spain Italy Austria and Germany and links to shifts in viticulture and fruit production from Etampes to Roussillon and Brittany noting vanished vineyards and citrus decline.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease powder to soften tight shoes and cure swollen hot feet. It claims benefits for swelling sweating ingrown nails corns and bunions and offers a free trial by mail from LeRoy New York. Also mentions Dr Kline's nerve cure and a note on cattle egret in India.
A historical medical note discusses women's dread of surgery and asserts many operations on women are unnecessary, claiming thousands of procedures are performed in hospitals that could be avoided. The text emphasizes the emotional impact and critiques overuse of surgical interventions.
Letters from women in Kansas and New Jersey praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for saving lives and avoiding surgery. The ad claims the remedy treats displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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