21 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
1
Clemson College Extension outlines dairy cow care highlighting breed traits for profitable dairy farming, year round nutrition, and practical rations. It emphasizes Jerseys Guernseys Holsteins and Ayrshires, winter ensilage, and a corn ensilage based diet with cottonseed meal for a 900 pound cow producing 32 quarts daily.
The 1910 Department of Agriculture data show United States farmers produced over 5 billion bushels of grain, majorly corn, with wheat oats rye and barley also up. The record crop boosts confidence among business leaders about next year’s industry, commerce, and finance.
E Barnett of the S C Experiment Station outlines dairy cow care and feeding. He recommends Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey tonics, dried beef pulp as dairy feed, regular salt on feed, and warm comfortable housing. Water in the stable and humane treatment reduce disease. a cow giving 50 to 900 gallons yearly could cost 50 to 60 dollars for feed, with dairy profits supporting crop yields and farm revival.
An analysis contrasts Joseph’s harvest in Egypt with American maize yields in 1910. It notes Egyptian grain’s vast size, yet Indian corn the larger crop, totaling about 3 121 000 000 bushels, while equating the US money supply to corn value per Munsey's Magazine.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Anti-Pain as an antiseptic remedy for external and internal pains. It claims relief is almost instantaneous and that the product is sold by all dealers.
Several hundred pounds of shad, first of the season, were sold in Columbia yesterday and today. The King shad, as they are called, average more than two feet in length and make a delicious meal.
An ad touts Sutherland's Eagle Rye Salve as only for the eyes and offers a 25 cent refund if not satisfied. It invites readers to judge its usefulness and to return for a credit.
List of names of letters remaining unclaimed at the Georgetown South Carolina post office through December 17 1910. Men include Robert Cade T B Brown Matthew Floyd George Grant Jacob Green Allison K Horn John Jenkins Robert Jennings Sam Myres R H Norfleet Wolis Rhoadis Morgan Wilson L E Willem Women include Rebecca Alston Mrs Mariah Byrd Miss Joseph Down Mrs Annah Carter Mrs Dianer Ford Mrs Chas Grunthal Mrs Rebec ca Judge Mrs Ellen G Lewas Miss Adle Mack Miss Janie Small Mrs Bell Smith Mrs Susan Small Mrs Nancy Wright Miss Kate Walker.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey cough medicine. It invites consumers to ask for the product and look for a bell on the bottle, claiming guaranteed satisfaction and wide availability.
Local resident W R White of Manning South Carolina testifies to kidney trouble improving after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports night-time urination pain and backache subsiding after one box, calling the remedy superior to others and recommending it to all.
An old advertisement endorses Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve for all skin troubles. It claims the salve is pleasant as sweet cream and guaranteed to satisfy even in worst cases at 25 cents a box.
An advertisement asserts deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation as the cause, offers $100 for any case not cured, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with a Toledo, Ohio origin and drugstore distribution.
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve offered as painless and harmless cure for granulated eyelids. Guaranteed to cure with a history of no failures. Price 25 cents.
Readable items include smoked halibut pickled salmon pin money pickles Chase and Sanborn coffee Sunbeam coffee olives plain and stuffed Beach Nut peanut butter Durkee salad dressing celery salt curry powder evaporated horseradish india relish tomato chutney Old Virginia herring roe in tins Malaga grapes at C. P. Foxworths. 20 ts.
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