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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
3
The article argues that Peruna combines ingredients from multiple medical schools and the pharmacist's skill, claiming each ingredient aids chronic catarrh. It emphasizes universal use, Dr. Hartman’s expertise, and direct home delivery with uniform quality and transparent active constituents.
A symposium of discoveries includes Finland barometer rock chemistry turning black before rain and white sal ammoniac efflorescence, Secretary Wilson touting department gains worth millions to Americans, Madagascar raffia wax as beeswax substitute, palm leaf wax processing, aluminum cost cuts via electrolysis, a London claim of clay becoming wealth, aluminum carbide method with alumina yielding metal and carbonic gas, and Gratz Professor Dimmer’s retinal photography delivering rapid, detailed images for disease diagnosis with minimal exposure.
A New York Press opinion argues that Chinese and American Indians share stock due to single file travel and silence in motion, contrasting Italians who chatter loudly. It claims Indians are diminished today and mocks Antonio Apache, asserting no relation between Chinese and red men.
Telegraphed exchange reports Major Jones of Penzance challenging Dr. Tanner to a duel over the Duke of Cambridge. Tanner replies he will meet in Constantinople by Galata Tower at midnight with torpedoes, adding a biting retort.
An Army Journal correspondent argues Honolulu could boost recruitment if designated foreign service with double pay, noting soldiers prefer the distance and suggesting officials push to grant foreign duty status or elevate attention to the issue.
A hypochondriac expresses encouragement from a doctor's prescription though unable to read it. The joke hinges on the belief that germs would be frightened by the unreadable handwriting.
Dr. H. R. Kline advertises the Great Nerve Restorer claiming cures for fits St Vitus dance and other nervous diseases. A $2 trial bottle and free treatise offered from 931 Arch St Philadelphia. Note quotes about a man’s value at age twenty four.
John S. Woods of Brooklyn recounts contracting the Dobie Itch while in the Philippines as an engineer. He describes severe itching pimples, confinement, and disability, then credits Cuticura Remedies with immediate relief and no recurrence after use. He notes dates October 21 and 26, 1906.
A land owner's wife in northern England described a dream of a wooded lane and hidden men that perfectly foreshadowed the murder of a young surgeon named Stirling. The crime, the recovered watch, and a matching pink glass button linked to Cain and Rain Fightly led to arrests but eventual acquittal amid public belief of guilt.
Rudolph Oblatt, a chemist, claims to have fused ruby waste into commercial size stones. He builds up five to ten carat rubies by melting chips on a heated platinum tube under 800 pounds pressure, then cools them with a crack-preventing process and sends them for cutting.
Mrs Clyde Pixley of Bridge St Belding Michigan described severe bladder inflammation with five years of progressive trouble. She suffered awful bearing down pains back ache dizziness and faintness with bloodlike kidney secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills she improved in a week and became a well woman again. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A five year old pupil Vera Coster in the Great Barrington primary grades writes from the right to the left and appears to scrawl until viewed in a mirror where the text reads clearly. The Springfield Republican reports the observation attracting attention.
New York City will install seventy eight miles of salt water mains ranging from eight to twenty four inches in diameter with 2021 hydrants to improve fire protection.
The white marble McKinley monument in Niagara Square Buffalo will be formally dedicated Thursday September 5 as the centerpiece of Old Home Week September 1 to 7. The project cost over 150000 and was planned by a commission of prominent men. Former Buffalo residents are invited to attend the dedication and weeklong carnival with civic military pageantry sports and decorations.
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