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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
3
A mother recalls a severe childhood eczema case that covered the face and scalp and caused intense pain and itching. After medical advice, using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment led to a complete cure with no recurrence noted since. Miss Anabel Wiles, North Branch, Michigan, October.
L. R. Ford, a Phoenix trapper, reports a month’s hunt along the Gila and Salt rivers yielding six wildcats, seven coyotes, four raccoons, seven skunks, and two foxes. He expects about $40 in bounty plus hides, noting wildcats are scarce and coyotes hard to trap while coyotes learn traps.
The Duchess of Portland and her daughter are strict vegetarians with skim milk and vegetables shaping most meals. In England a new social craze called the kite cure sees three titled women and friends flying simple schoolboy kites at 6.30 in the morning on golf links, the kites rising as they race across the greens.
An emancipated woman recalls a scene in Peacock Alley where a country mother with two daughters tries to speak to them. The daughters ignore her, chatting with escorts, prompting pity as the mother withdraws. The observer contrasts this with ideas of modern urban parenting.
Miss Kearney described Christ Church as shown in a New York Sun clipping noting the floor notice for silence and head coverings. It quotes Corinthians about modesty and remarks on changing fashions with a caption about women wearing hats and men removing hats in worship.
Dealers in high class jewels report a shift in consumer taste as opera influence prompts wealthy women to mix imitation stones with real gems. Even when principal stones remain genuine for display, many pieces feature mostly imitations to achieve a showy effect. The trend reflects a changing standard in public glitter and luxury jewelry.
Mrs Eliza M Goode is described as the oldest merchant and oldest woman voter in Cincinnati. Born in England in 1819 to a wealthy shipowner, she became penniless at 15 after her father’s fortune failed, earned an education, taught in national schools at 17, attracted Queen Victoria’s favor, and later opened a school on College Hill. She nursed at the Civil War front with her husband, an English officer, before returning home.
The New York Sun notes an elderly Cincinnati resident who, despite her age, stays active and has reserved a comfortable fortune. When asked about participating in the approaching school election, she says she has registered and will vote for the candidate who will do the most good.
Anna Steele Richardson argues in the Woman's Home Companion that hundreds of letters arrive monthly from women seeking wage earning paths yet few come from large cities. She notes many from farms seek escape from monotony, while most schoolings prepare for domestic work rather than broader employment.
Enterprising Americans unlock wealth in Guanajuato and its river. A New York mining engineer sparked a seven mile concession to treat tailings and slime beds, uncovering millions in ore values. Old adobe walls proved rich, Spanish mines revived by modern American methods, transforming Guanajuato’s mining scene.
William Douglas wooed Annie Laurie but she chose Fergusson of Craigdarroch the wealthier suitor. Douglas went to war, returned to marry, and leave heirs. The melody later set by Lady John Scott chronicles the famed romance born December 16 1682 at Maxwalton Scotland.
The New Orleans Pleayune cites Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary to trace the word tote to Totiar meaning to lift up or carry. It notes tote is an Englished term used among English descended people, though largely obsolete today.
A dated collage of medical endorsements and patent remedies cites Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. It includes testimonials from Massachusetts residents, references to Peruna Almanac, and mentions of other products and dental laxatives, ending with a humorous Harper's Weekly note.
The export of Chinese crackers from Canton reached 45 197 hundredweight last year, up from 45 104 hundredweight in 1905 and 22 068 hundredweight the five year average.
L Wood, a Fentress Norfolk Co. merchant, suffered months of back and kidney pain with irregular secretions. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, he passed a stone and soon had no kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Poster Milburn Co., Buia'.
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