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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
4
A fragmented poem excerpt by Arthur Stringer titled Dusk in the Barren Grounds. The lines describe a barren landscape with dark hills, a quiet world at twilight, and images of emptiness as three dead pines crown a desolate plain. The passage evokes melancholy and a sense of finality.
In Texas near Bend, Andrews’ parrot Pedro defends Mrs. Andrews from Miguel the Mexican who releases a rattlesnake. Pedro leaps onto the snake, bites its neck, the woman flees, and Pedro’s courage helps end the danger as the mob pursues the assailant.
The Chinese Government decided to increase the duty on cigarettes amid a surge of imports from that empire. New York City schools report about 26 000 more pupils than a year ago, signaling rapid growth in enrollment.
Mrs Catherine Snay of North Oxford Massachusetts marks her 107th birthday amid visitors. bedridden for four years by paralysis she remains fond of her pipe she smokes several times daily her daughter Rose aged fifty five cares for her the elder native of Canada sighed with contentment.
The Italian Foreign Minister Signor Tittens and Canadian Minister of Agriculture Sidney A. Fisher deliver closing speeches at the Rome general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture. They praise the institute's success and its work.
In Huntington Massachusetts a buck deer fatally gored a two year old colt owned by K Manhart of Chester Hill. The colt approached the deer in plain view of its owner and the animal turned savagely, killing the horse.
Penny Cone awarded a boy an eighteen cent ice cream cone while stolen postage stamps were turned in to Joseph Capello, described as an Italian hokey pokey man. Judge Nolan in Milwaukee imposed a $100 fine.
Advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a universal cold remedy with a claim of curing a cold in one day and features the signature of E W Grove. The copy emphasizes widespread use and strong association with the brand.
The Stearns Salt and Lumber Company of Ludington Michigan pled guilty in U S Court to six counts of rebating linked to shipments over the Pere Marquette Railroad. The firm had already pleaded guilty to twenty counts covering twenty shipments and was fined twenty thousand dollars.
Daniel Siebold was arrested near the Williamsburg Bridge approach for offering a chicken instead of a nickel for his carfare and insisting the conductor accept it. He was fined $1.
Manhattan reports 19 550 factories and 841 856 workers in those factories covering 14 038 acres. The data outlines dense industrial capacity and substantial labor presence in the area.
The text touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials from local figures and offers a reward for failure to cure catarrh. It includes claims of guaranteed ability to pay obligations and urges internal use. It also notes Hall’s Pills for constipation and a remark about New York City restaurant abundance.
Inventors and manufacturers continually seek lower production costs and higher quality. The Ship Shavr razor, sold postpaid for twenty five cents by the Book Publishing House in New York, claims superiority over higher priced razors and encourages alternating multiple razors for best results.
An aged Teeland ers life reference compares its duration to Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething. The ad notes gum softening and relief from lamination pain, wind colic, with a 25 cent bottle price. It also mentions a substitute mahogany from East India NY.
A boy named Myon Clyde suffered relentless eczema covering his head face and neck. Doctors failed to help for nearly a year until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, after which he slept through the night and gradually recovered within six weeks.
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