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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
2
Three thousand Angora goats are grazing in Lassen National Forest California to clear brush and create fire guards. Herders concentrate the goats in defined areas and expect rapid trail opening and ongoing maintenance, saving labor previously used for hand cutting.
Washington reports detail a Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association meeting in Chicago. A key conservation plan recommends two-stage cutting with 15 to 20 year intervals leaving 2 500 to 3 000 feet of standing timber per acre, aiming for accelerated growth and greater future timber yields. The group also backs creating a committee with authority to work with the Forest Service on education, forest fires, and taxation.
A column reproduces residents’ endorsements of prohibition. Letters from E bersons in Allendale Ellenton Williston Kline Hilda Fairfax Milledgeville Sycamore Snelling Elko and Blackville urge banning liquor to save morals churches homes and the nation. Proponents claim prohibition curbs crime poverty and degradation and promotes prosperity and virtue.
An advertisement touts jr 6 doses 666 will cure chills and fever at a price of 25 cents. The claim stresses a simple remedy and affordable treatment in a compact pharmaceutical ad.
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