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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
3
A Piermont mother recounts her son's terrible eczema starting at four months. After trying many remedies, she used all three Cuticura products and his condition improved in two months and fully resolved in six. The note is dated October 24, 1905, with additional unrelated lines about lace, teething syrup, and nail growth.
A Kansas editor sends a note with a renew or pay demand, plus a mock warning about advising the note holder. The page includes an ear disease ad claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure cures deafness and offering $100 for a catarrh deafness case that cannot be cured, with promotional pills for constipation.
The article details the blue whale as the largest living creature, reaching about eighty feet in length. It lists extensive measurements of skull, jawbone, flippers, flukes, flesh and bone, totaling around sixty tons, with larger specimens near sixty-five tons. It compares the whale to a yacht in grace and notes the brontosaurus as the largest known past animal at about thirty eight tons.
Advert says Atkinson, 1024 Race St Philadelphia, pays $3.00 daily in cash for good work and supplies capital. This offer may not appear again. Apply today with details.
A humorous verse describes the struggle of a poet trying to write while daily life intrudes. The speaker laments interruptions from cooks, icemen, grocers, butchers, telephones, and house guests as relatives arrive. The Muse eludes him, leaving only polite restraint.
A compilation of humorous lines and quips from Baltimore American Harper's Bazar Philadelphia Press Chicago Tribune Judge Puck Punch and other papers. Jokes cover atavism money farming romance and social misadventures with a playful mix of barbs and ironies.
Reports note China on the verge of revolution and Fallieres to visit Russia next year. Maine leads grange progress while William I endorses world peace. Fisher says British Navy strongest. first East River subway run. France to lend Morocco 30 million. Paris orders drop in US and Germany demand. Japanese plan to curb movement to US and Canada. US rail and industry report record new shareholders. Mohawk reaches 40 mph in trials. Imboden proposes state clearing houses for farmers. Panama Canal October excavation sets monthly record. American Health League pushes national health bureau. Borden and Lake to visit Gettysburg battlefield plan.
The estimated output of 55 000 automobiles in 1908 will divert about 140 million dollars from other expenditures. It will provide jobs for many workers and amusement for hundreds of thousands, boost inn revenue, increase road repair costs for counties, keep local magistrates busy, and raise the nation’s death toll.
The census reports London has surpassed 7,000,000 residents marking a notable population milestone. Officials expect continued growth and urban development to shape future planning.
Governor Deneen sends a 10000 word message to the Illinois Legislature. Moncure Conway dies in Paris. Charles Eliot Norton turns eighty in Cambridge. Senator Foraker cites a cordial presidential interview. Thomas Taggart backs Bryan for the Democratic nomination. Denman Thompson returns to New Hampshire and opens his home for winter. Francis Leopold McClintock dies in London at eighty eight. Wilson seeks action against men behind trusts. Cleveland’s condition cited as stable by a Princeton friend. Choate becomes National Civil Service Reform League president. Harvey Brown retires after joining socialism. James Campbell, Ohio governor and tax official, eyes Senate bid to succeed Foraker.
J Pierpont Morgan of New York City has donated five bound volumes to Yale University library. The volumes compile a catalogue of his celebrated collection of miniatures and paintings. The gift enhances Yale’s art holdings and reflects Morgan’s patronage of the arts.
An Ohio woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing long term indigestion and constipation. She switched from improper foods to Grape-Nuts and saw regular bowels, improved memory, and clearer thinking. The Postum Company promotes the product and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
An assortment of sensational claims appears including women obtainable by purchase in parts of Russia and cures for nervous diseases by Dr. Kline. The ad promotes a free trial bottle and treatise, cites Philadelphia flat-houses, and touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion as a cure in 30 minutes. It ends with a grim note on balloon racing dangers.
Ad promises year round growth in Southern California with high acre yields from 80 to 500 dollars and up, orderly communities with good schools and safe trolley roads, and low living costs. It invites readers to mail ten cents and request the fourth apaversis issue from the Examiner in Los Angeles to learn more.
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