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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
4
A description of buff gowns and waist girdle combinations in fashionable evening wear. The piece notes a pale buff shade as a rival to white, popular for the season and available in chiffon cloth satin and gauzes.
A guide to making a guimpe for young girls highlighting lawn fabrics with embroidery, lace yokes, and mousquetaire sleeves. It suggests options for facing materials, transparency effects, and variations including plain or three-quarter sleeves.
The text details matching blouse and trimming options using soutache braids and lace for chemisette and sleeves. It lists fabric choices in grays and ivory, with the girdle in messaline satin, and provides material quantities for various sizes and widths, plus construction notes for fitted waists and draped chemisette.
The article notes jet jewelry becoming trendy beyond older buyers, as more buyers from varied ages embrace bold black tones and statement pieces. It highlights designers and retailers promoting jet materials in new collections.
A mother from San Antonio Texas describes a six month battle with eczema on her two year old son. After trying two doctors for months with no improvement she used the Cutiura Remedies. Within one week the child slept better and in two months his face cleared.
The article outlines rare women’s decorations in Europe led by the Austrian order Star and Cross. It notes the Luisen decoration founded for memory of the Queen of Prussia, honoring women who make significant self sacrifice across classes.
Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6 1886, lists the product as internally taken and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Belgium releases a Sunday postage stamp for mail carriers to hold Sunday addressed items and deliver them on Monday, catering to those who do not want Sunday mail delivery.
A reflection on a woman’s anxiety about calling another woman who shows no interest in reciprocating. The passage explores social awkwardness and personal concern in such small interactions.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and pain relief, claiming gum softening and wind colic cure. It also touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion with a 30 minute cure claim. The text notes English emigration figures and a historical punishment for absence.
A Tech World essay argues bats make agreeable pets, noting a professor who kept two bats that roamed his room, slept on a bookshelf, and followed him about. The bat reportedly shows affection, blinks, and dispenses worms, with a 30-worm meal attested as typical.
Satirical note from St Louis Globe Democrat mocks women who think they can reform men but rely on a dressmaker for self reform. The quip frames gender roles through humorous observation.
The remark contrasts liar and humorist by noting one distorts a statement while the other states a distortion. It plays on word meaning and rhetoric rather than reporting an event or person.
United States Senator from South Carolina lauds Peruna noting catarrh of the stomach causes dyspepsia and Peruna can cure it. The claim positions Peruna as a remedy tied to stomach catarrh and digestive relief.
In a Washington letter, Hon. M C Butler U S Senator from South Carolina for two terms recommends Peruna Medicine to the Peruna Medicine Co. stating he has used it briefly and feels relieved calling it a wonderful medicine and a good tonic.
NATARRH of the stomach is the correct name for most cases of dyspepsia. Only an internal catarrh remedy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now be procured. Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909.
An advocate of vegetarian diet states that world nut trees could provide food for the globe population throughout the year. The note is identified with N.Y.-50.
The Dulles Optimist recalls a funny sight at Judd Fish's Pendleton hotel during the fair, where a cob eating fellow with a single tooth amused onlookers. The tale contrasts with a wealthy New York man's will read as thirty words, implying detractors may twist it to seem like thirty cents.
A New York Press quip notes the era of scientific marvels breeds guesswork as observers mistake airborne objects for flying machines or hats. The remark reflects public wonder and humor about modern inventions and parlor myths.
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