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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
4
An advertising notice extols a “well known” ethical remedy Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome family laxative. It urges buying the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold by leading druggists, endorsed by the Well-Informed of the World.
Across Britain, New Zealand, and Australia tensions mount as Bluff Colliery miners face pay cuts while the Melbourne Timber Stackers' Union wins a strike. The Northeastern Railway savings bank promotes thrift, and Japan funds students in Glasgow shipyards. Over 5000 join the International Laborers and Hodcarriers' Union in New York area. The Denver convention rejects defying injunctions to jail.
An advertising notice offers one hundred dollars reward for uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers from Wapping, Kinnan & Marvin attest Cheney's honesty and finances. The ad promotes internal cure and blood stream action, with testimonials, price at 75 cents per bottle, and notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Geologist Ernest Leffingwell sails back to San Francisco after two years alone on Flaxman Island. He joined Mikkelsen aboard the Duchess of Bedford and was the last crew member to return from the Arctic expedition. He mapped three rivers that flow north into the Arctic Ocean in northern Alaska.
At Oxford England E R Lloyd West Virginia Rhodes scholar was awarded the Burdett Coutts annual scholarship in a ceremony.
After twenty five years of operation the postal savings bank of India reports 1,190,220 depositors with deposits totaling 49,223,283 dollars.
Mrs. Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington says she suffered years of weakness swelling legs and sleepless nights. After doctors gave up she used Deans Kidney Pills and quickly recovered enough to leave bed and return to living. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box. Patterson Milburn Co Buffalo.
A lyric recounts the 1757 Battle of Kolin with imagery of blood and smoke. A noble youth shields a banner, dies on the field, and a bloodstained booklet is found. The aged father receives the relic and the verse asks who among readers can know where the fallen lie.
Dick Searle notes the booming boomers in Bannington as residents wear red badges and pledge to attract new residents and industry. His sister Bess touts Carl Halsey moving his factory here, while Laura Bailey quizzes Searle on joining the movement and marriage plans loom in the backdrop.
In a lakeside town with water power and two railroads a new daily paper sparks a boom. Dick Searle resists joining the craze while Laura worries yet supports her sister Bess who helped capture the Halsey factory. Dick tests Carriston as a potential plant backer.
The article traces wild apple origins near the Caspian region and notes five native American crab apples. It cites Hast era findings from Lake Dwellers refuse heaps and quotes John Smith in Virginia describing new crabapples. It mentions Soulard as a leading native variety and suggests improvements from Western thickets and modern selections.
Popular Mechanics notes the Zurich observatory as the world’s only fully public telescope site. Open every evening it hosted at least 25,000 visitors in six months, featuring a 17 ft 6 in long, 14 ton telescope with a 12 inch lens and a projecting screen for viewers.
A small boy chides his grandfather at a circus, saying people will think this is his first time at a place of amusement. The London News notes the scene as a gentle, humorous moment of family outing and public entertainment.
Instructions for sour cream biscuits using flour salt sugar baking powder soda and sour cream with sour milk. Mix dry ingredients, add dairy, beat into, form dough, roll, cut, and bake in a hot oven until puffed and brown. Notes suggest substituting lard or butter if no cream and reference buttermilk biscuits with shortening.
A Washington Star recipe for gold and silver cakes using sour cream. It explains layering yellow and silver batters to create marble-like streaks in a loaf or layered form. Includes ingredients, folding steps, and a lemon or orange flavored icing.
Soapy water improves glass in clothes. drying black hose on wrong side prevents fading. turpentine with white clothes makes them snowy. fresh lard removes tar. soap and water follows. Hot water dip prevents jar rubbers from breaking. Iron clamp aids fruit juice draining. Borax in rinse preserves red tablecloth color in shade. Store potatoes in lightless covered box. Vinegar tenderizes tough meats and flavors wild meats. Stale bread absorbs odors from cabbage and onions. Sunlight after ironing sweetens garments. Rub white wool with hot flour to clean. shake out flour. Camphor in lamp oil yields bright light. Dust carpets with moist salt or tea leaves to restore brightness and ease dust.
The report notes Stockholm Christiania Berlin and London as cities with the lowest death rates in Europe.
Oklahoma City man William F. Wahlberg writes that one bottle of Peruna relieved his aggravated catarrh of the stomach more than years of physician treatment. He plans to continue use, confident of a permanent cure, and urges others to read his testimonial.
A new satin broadcloth features a colored foundation with black stripes. It is wide enough to cut to advantage and is noted as very attractive for directory gowns.
Embroidery emerges as a favored millinery specialty this fall. The high relief embellishments adorn wide-brimmed hats, with minimal drapery and few feathers used.
Olive green hats draw quick enthusiasm from young girls. A few hats feature a pheasants wing motif at the front similar to Alpine designs.
Silk and wool challis gains new lustre offering indoor frocks in dull and light tones with stripes and plaid patterns.
Charles C. Duble of New Orleans sent a telegram of congratulations to President-elect Taft recalling a Cincinnati schoolyard fight where Taft defeated him in a square stand up fight. Duble adds a note of thanks for a telegram signed W. H. Taft.
A New York woman and her son cure sour stomach by switching to Grape Nuts. A stomach specialist prescribes the cereal and their digestion improves, weight returns, and they report better sleep and energy. The Postum Company credits the product and notes new letters appear in time.
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