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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
4
Poem fragment describes a field scene with a poet beside a plow as a robin sings at dawn. William McCormack notes the moment captures a wild, unlettered muse awakening in the poet’s breast, the dawn fragrance and artful emotion inspired by nature.
Carolyn Rutherford defends a Tennessee farming family by unleashing a swarm of bees to deter three Mexican outlaws raiding the apiary at Las Fuentes Mesa. After foiling their attempt to steal horses, the posse arrives and captures the trio. The scene unfolds near the Rio Grande frontier with the sheriff and cowboys aiding in the pursuit.
A clothes pressing device features electrically heated plates controlled by levers. A hair dryer device uses an air blast and a switchable resistance for heating the hair. A French engineer claims a rotary rudder lets a vessel of any size turn in its own length.
An Italian physician reports that carrots act as an intestinal antiseptic and will cure many forms of digestive disorders, suggesting a natural remedy approach and potential medical use for carrot-based treatment.
An English scientist presents figures on radium occurrence and distribution. He estimates the total radium in the ocean at about 20,000 tons.
A French medical man advocates buttermilk as a tonic. He claims lactic acid dissolves deposits in blood vessels, keeps veins supple, and prevents chalky buildup around joints and toxic waste in muscles. He says arterial stiffness causes aging.
A new process uses a flame of compressed oxygen to generate vastly more heat. It can clean furnace holes, pierce armor plates in warships, and improve steel ingots by burning quick passages to internal spaces. An oxygen blast can pierce a nine inch plate in about twenty seconds, far faster than drilling.
A Mitchell South Dakota patient testimonial promotes relief from long standing kidney pain and urinary troubles using Deans Kidney Pills. The speaker Mrs John H Wright of 606 East First St says decades of suffering ended after trying the remedy. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The streams of the Himalaya Mountains will soon be engaged in the prosaic work of turning wheels. A transformation toward harnessing water flow is anticipated to support industrial output and regional development.
An ad proclaims Pazo Cet cures piles in six to fourteen days or money back. It claims fast relief by a claimed treatment available for fifty cents.
A Midland gathering at a stone trough near the London to Holyhead road reenacts the old wroth silver collection. The Duke Buccleuch, lord of the manor, levies this highway repair tax across twenty seven parishes with varied sums from 2s to 1d, a practice from before the Norman invasion.
General MacArthur was the first military Governor of the Philippines. Judge Taft was the first civil Governor appointed in 1901. He was followed by Luke E. Wright in 1904 and J. F. Smith in 1907. Leonard Wood governed Cuba, not the Philippines.
A testimonial praises Grape-Nuts with a woman's story of illness cured after using Grape-Nuts and cream. She credits the product with restoring energy and vitality, noting she is now "rosy and plump" again. The letter is attributed to the Postum Co. and invites readers to examine similar endorsements.
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