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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1908
Page
3
An article touts an attractive blouse waist with jabot and bows as essential to youthful happiness. It describes a filet net jabot with Valenciennes lace, linen lawn bows, and a stock collar with blue silk folds, noting options for fabrics and embellishments to suit individual taste.
George T. Powell of the Agricultural Experts association argues agriculture will be a major war era trade. He speaks at the American Institute on using business methods and science to raise yields, cut losses, and produce pure milk, peaches, and other crops. He urges farmers to keep books, weigh milk, study soils, and form cooperatives as in Oregon and Washington.
A fashion article outlines versatile dress ideas using crepe de Chine louisine and taffeta for separates and full dresses. It notes plaids cashmeres light broadcloths, varied sleeve lengths, lace or lingerie chemisette, and adaptable collars with a coordinated jabot and trimming bands.
Saint George is honored across nations with April 23 his day and orders named for him. The text traces historical guards and knightly orders from Sicily to Barcelona, and later Bavarian, Russian, and Hanoverian emblems. It notes the dragon-slaying device appears on Czar arms and coins, and discusses a disputed link to the Garter and a 16th century dispatch to Queen Mary.
The Boston Transcript notes a belt of land north of the Himalaya in Chinese Turkestan with rivers that vanish in the sands. It compares Asian desert conditions to American deserts, cites ancient villages and cities once fed by water now far from reliable sources, and observes extreme dryness preserving wooden ruins for centuries.
A Mexican brewery reports receipts totaling six million dollars. The figure reflects strong sales for the period, with the company noting steady demand and planned expansion to meet rising orders.
Charles Von Soehnen of 201 A St Colfax Wash says he suffered with kidney problems for about thirty years with back pain rheumatism and frequent urination. Dean's Kidney Pills gave him near complete relief and he praises them. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Michigan man declares he will never cut his hair again until Harriman restores funds taken in the Alton deal. The sensational claim labels him either crazy or completely bald as reported by the Denver Post.
A folio advertising piece touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh, claiming constitutional action and blood purification. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any case not cured, with testimonials available. also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and includes a humorous Harvard New Haven joke from Harper's Weekly.
An old notice for the John Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes mailing a free plant and seed catalog for 12 cents or 16 cents with a bonus item. It lists numerous seed varieties and claims to mail enough to grow 35 bushels of rare vegetables and thousands of flowers, with goods postpaid.
An advertorial recounts a severe eczema case in a boy from age three months to fifteen years, claiming Cure by Cuticura after many hospital rejections. It also promotes various medicines and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women, with testimonials from readers across locations.
Nene Ark Superior others six percent. The brief item notes mortgage sales handled by a bank with a zero balance for Vander and a six percent rate cited for other parties.
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