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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
3
A Baltimore office story describes a visitor praising Cuticura for curing a severe child eczema after years of hardship. The reader is reminded of Miss Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan noting a past personal cure in 1907. It frames Cuticura as a trusted domestic remedy amid everyday philanthropy and a tale of inherited wealth.
The essay recounts Berlin’s Anti-Begging Society urging members not to give alms but to send beggars to a labor colony for employment at modest pay. Benjamin J. Marsh notes his American arrival seeking work, finding his place taken, and describes the mixed responses of housewives versus husbands to the society’s plan.
A London Opinion quip features a buyer and salesman debating car selection. The purchaser favors motors over finish, joking that their cars usually end up in a tree or baystgck. The exchange highlights humor about automaker priorities and shows language from the period.
A testimonial describes a husband and wife quitting coffee due to illness. After trying Postum, the husband recovered from yellow skin and kidney issues. headaches lessened and complexion improved. The wife gained weight and strength, and both became healthier using Postum. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Mich and mentions a reader reply and promotional claims.
A fragment from a fan letter recounts a Glitterbys wedding shopping affair at Bertha Eisington’s, near-misses at admission, and a mix of gifts including a silver bon-bon dish, with jokes about bonds and diamonds. It also includes a quip from Puck and a Missouri parable about who is boss in marriage.
An account by F W Arnold of a March 22 encounter with a large old bear and two cubs near the Beaver mine in Washington. After wounding the mother with multiple shots, the bear fled up a hill as the narrator used his last cartridge. he then found and saved one cub, selling it for ten dollars to a Portland park.
The Romanian Government has decided to grant 280000 pounds to continue harbor works at Constanta, fund petroleum reservoirs expansion, and boost the country’s railway system as part of ongoing infrastructure development.
European inquiry suggests tree trunk twists arise from the earth's rotation rather than growth. Belgian geologist Van de Broeck notes torsion typically opposes the sun's path, with most trees twisting left in the north and right in the south, akin to cyclones and water vortices, a view supported by Brunhes and forestry research.
Shanghai correspondent notes matchmakers long practiced across social classes. A distributed rebelling pamphlet led to officials ordering destruction and arrests. The Empress Dowager warned severe punishment for further efforts, citing French marriages as largely happy and arranged by parents.
The speaker describes how a performer’s personage appears fully formed before acting, yet the true aim is to grasp the soul guiding that character. He reflects on listening to an author read and seeks to identify his own aim with the authorial intention in My Double Life.
A disjointed exchange centers on a young man recalling a dog that saved his life and a woman asking for details. The fragment hints at hardship, a sale for two pounds, and a bond formed through survival in a strained moment.
In a brief, humorous exchange an applicant answers a boss’s query with stammering, saying he only stammers when he talks. Sourire notes the clipped dialogue reflecting a clerk’s demeanor and a light tone.
A brief Chicago Record item quotes a line from Sentence Sermons: the difference between who you are and who you could become marks the prophecy of your future. The piece reflects antebellum style and moral reflection in a concise citation.
In Massachusetts the illegal sale of street railway transfers is punishable by a fine not exceeding $50 or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
The article notes displacement as the vessel weight in water. It reports Marathon Texas starting guayule rubber manufacture, with factory owners controlling about 75 percent of guayule land in Texas, and a cement recipe for high heat resistance. It also mentions a Glasgow engineer’s small turbine engine of 40 HP for a torpedo boat, Plauen’s cement restrictions in cold weather, Caesar inserting two extra months in the ailing Roman calendar, and a discussion on steam turbines vs gas motors for ships, highlighting gas engines’ potential for ocean vessels and their advantages like reduced smoke for warships.
The Wellington Voice reports a cocklebur prophecy predicting an early winter with a killing frost soon. The plant’s instinct to reproduce is cited as its basis, claiming cockleburs bloom early and foretell cold weather ahead. Kansas City Journal is cited as the source.
An Argonaut tale recalls a barber shop in which a detour to another room lets the barber's pet monkey imitate him. The monkey finishes lathering the Irishman while the barber is away, who protests that only the barber himself can shave him.
West Franklin correspondent notes efforts to breed discontent by harping on high prices. A diary excerpt dated December 13, 1875 records wages from 12 to 20 dollars a month if employed. Flour 9 to 11 dollars per barrel, corn 2.30 per bag, pork 16 to 18 cents per pound, beans a bushel. Kennebec Journal
Annie Catron of Innati Ohio endorses Peruna after years of catarrh in the throat she says caused breath and stomach problems and headaches. She reports a month to complete cure with Peruna and improved general health. Also notes Peruna Almanac and related remedies. Contains miscellaneous ad snippets and public notices.
A Norfolk Va merchant named L Wood suffered months of back and kidney pain with irregular secretions. After medical treatment failed he used Deans Kidney Pills, passed a stone and soon no kidney trouble remained. Sold by dealers for 50 cents, Roster Milburn Co Buffalo.
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