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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
3
The Washington Star notes a new accessory for fall fashion a glove garter linking glove tops to sleeves. A decorative buckle attaches to the sleeve and a flower shaped clamp secures the glove top. A chain joins the two parts allowing wear on inside or outside of the arm.
A penny press note claims London generates over 200 new designs weekly. Another item reports the Bavarian Government plans to install a locomotive claimed to reach ninety four miles per hour.
The Washington Star notes a new locking jaw tool for driving screw eyes into wood. It grips the eye and holds tightly while the eye is driven in up to the ring, enabling strong holds and reducing finger strain for both men and women.
Researchers claim lava derived glass can be blown into vivid green bottles that are lighter and stronger than standard glass, potentially transforming packaging and decorative wares with durable, colorful material.
The page describes a test for sewer gas using lead acetate paper, hints at repurposing old newspapers for kitchen tasks, and offers bedroom ventilation methods. It adds silk blouse cleaning tips with soap and chalk methods, including a multi day pressing process to lift dust and grease stains.
A collection of vintage kitchen directions includes popovers and dessert puffs with milk eggs flour sugar lemon, codfish balls with potatoes and butter, gingerbread with soda and molasses, and a lemon crumb pie using soaked bread crumbs, eggs, sugar and lemon zest.
In a tale from Atchison Kansas a young Kansan explains that Lake Doniphan ice holds natural gas bubbles. A skater lights a hole with a match and a flame erupts, warming hands as a girl questions the oddity of warming by fire on ice.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease and offers $100 for any case it fails to cure. It states the remedy works by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces and invites readers to send for testimonials. Also mentions Teketall's Family Pills and provides scattered foreign yield figures.
A mother recounts her infant’s Cuban Itch ordeal and how Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieved sores, leading to her child sleeping and healing in two weeks after three applications. She notes the treatment cost 2 shillings and 6 pence and credits it with saving his life. Also mention of kerosene lighting and a patent remedy advertisement.
An ad style message touts a health product as a model of proven excellence. It urges buying the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from California Fig Syrup Co. and notes physician approval and wide acceptance. The piece also mentions the Canadian Pacific Railway once holding 32 million acres, with about 14.8 million acres still owned free of debt and increasing in value.
A mosaic of vintage claims cites cures for fits and nervous disorders with Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer, cheap trial bottles and free treatise. It mentions balloon ascents of 1783, Winslow’s teething syrup, Woolford’s Lotion, first newspapers in England 1588, and Pazo Ointment promising pile cures in 6 to 14 days with money back.
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