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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary verse from a maternal speaker addresses a child as the world grows cold and night deepens. The speaker yearns for the return of warmth and summer as lines evoke hunger, silence, and longing, ending with the name Mary Elizabeth Blake.
Five men undertake a winter wolf hunt along the Mississippi near St Anthony Falls. They trek the timbered slopes on skis and snowshoes, endure slips and a dramatic ice bluff slide, and end the day with three wolves shot by George Joe and Billy while Harry stays rifleless but entertained.
The Chicago Tribune reports on washing rugs with chloride of lime to impart an aged appearance. The process weakens wool and cotton fibers, deteriorates the warp, and can ruin Persian and Oriental pieces, making them unsalable despite a fake antique sheen.
John L. Matthews argues in Success Magazine that investing in internal waterways would create virtual seaports at Sioux City Omaha Kansas City Pittsburgh Minneapolis St Louis and Chicago. He says this would reduce transfers and rail hauls, enable faster riverine defense, and generate returns from industrial by products exceeding the initial capital for nation states and individuals.
A bruised dialogue between a polite visitor and a landscape artist unfolds in a studio. The visitor asks for a portrait to be painted with a new hat, while the artist explains his focus on landscape work. The exchange ends with cordial agreement to proceed.
A Baltimore Sun commentary derides sheath trousers for men, noting outside seams and knee-limited lacing, with plaited backs for modest wear. The piece mocks the trendsetter tailors and defends classic pants once worn by Lincoln and Grant against this modern sartorial upheaval.
John H. Dean a retired capitalist died November 10 in Chicago leaving an estate valued at 1 270 000 with personal property of 1 000 000 The will or petition shows the son and four daughters inherit the major share while widow Suzanna Ella Dean receives 25 000 plus the income on 50 000
A reader recounts a severe inflammatory rheumatism attack four years ago with skin peeling fever hair loss and bed sores. After trying various cures Cuticura Resolvent and Ointment healed sores improved appetite and hair shine with Soap and Ointment.
Cater, of Nevis Minnesota, fell onto the Red River Lumber Co track north of Akeley and was struck by a Great Northern logging train. He died at Union Hospital where doctors tried to restore pulsation. The mangled body arrived with cries described as previous nerve impulse, but no life remained. The body was buried at Nevis today.
A disreputable old loafer refuses to work despite a wife and five children to support. The exchange shows the man insisting on his obligation while the questioner presses him to seek employment. The Catholic Standard and Times notes the social tension in a brief, pointed moment.
German bakers rely more on rye than wheat for bread with rye flour dominating production. The trend reflects traditional tastes and regional preferences across Germany, underscoring a shift in grain use in domestic loaves.
An old advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine cures a cold in one day with E W Grove signature and promotes Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion for soothing gums and teething pain. It mentions Indian empire health service and prices like 25 cents a bottle with druggists selling the products.
A French modiste confirms sleeve length as long as possible covering elbows wrists and sometimes knuckles with thumb holes in cuffs to keep sleeves down. Horn pieces are heated and joined with pincers, edges warmed and pressed, then polished with tripoll and water.
An advertisement touts a never failing rheumatism cure mix using whiskey Toris Compound and syrup of sarsaparilla Compound with instructions to take a tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime. It notes easy home preparation and availability of ingredients at drug stores. A second note mentions importing dried foods from South America for poultry birds and fish due to few English files.
A guarantee promises cure of piles within 6 to 14 days using Paro Ointment with money refunded if not. The notice also mentions old debts and a daily $26,780 required by New York City for that purpose.
The text recalls Tilman Ford of Salem Oregon who left a will distributing gold watches valued at $125 to thirty close friends. It also includes a health ad warning against mercury containing catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with endorsements and a Joe Cannon quip about Longworth.
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