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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
3
A historical survey describes strict court etiquette in Turkey China Spain and Siam. It notes that bowing and hand kissing were once allowed with peril, rulers’ positions dictate behavior during processions, and even servants face punishment for perceived slights.
The art of glove cutting demands high skill and in France some top workmen earn about $100 a week.
A Michigan athlete credits a shift from meat to Grape-Nuts and Postum for improved training. He reports weight gain from 124 to 140 pounds between June and September and says mornings feel better with breakfast centered on Grape-Nuts and cream and a cup of Postum. The letter promotes the Postum Co. product line and the phrase There’s a Reason.
Paris reports reveal the last resort for indigent foreigners are free night refuges run by the state in four houses, housing 1500 nightly. An American ex-buyer and other roamers enter these shelters, where meals, a shower, and beds are provided before dawn and a return to the streets. The Bar on de Livois notes only a minority of registrants are American, with generous donations from Lady Wallace and Mrs. Maxwell Heddle supporting the effort.
A Louisville reader cites Cuthura remedies curing eczema in a grandson and later himself after a long siege with skin sores. The note dates April 23 and May 14, 1907. The text adds that Antwerp hosts about forty diamond factories.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Hase a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores Free sample sent. Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N. There are 270 active volcanoes in the world many of them being small.
The census taker questions Quincy A. Wiggs, identified as a blacksmith and bicycle repairer in earlier records. Miss Wiggs confirms the change, noting her father is now an automobile mechanic.
In a drawing room a German professor, an entertaining old gentleman, is surprised when a guest attributes a recently rendered composition to him. The professor replies with a humorous misidentification, saying he did not know the author of the song.
Medina resident G W Winney invites kidney sufferers to write for Cure details after claiming Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after eighteen months of medical treatment and hospital stays. He says he weighed 148 pounds before treatment and 162 after taking 10 to 12 boxes, with complete recovery. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A clerk tells of a mute man who wins a watch in a card game. The father confronts him with a pad note claiming Bob’s gold watch, but the man replies with a two word pad inscription. The exchange ends with the cryptic line and no surrender.
The piece asks how many American women in lonely homes long for blessed motherhood and cannot speak the words due to organic derangement. It then urges all interested women to know that preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by the use of certain measures.
Letters from women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for reversing health decline and enabling motherhood. The ad cites Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union D C and Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown Ky, notes years of use and urges worlwide letters for advice from Lynn Mass.
An insurance agent asks for the weekly premium as an elderly client plans a move ten miles away. She claims she can pay nothing and points to a rule in the subscription book stating members moving between districts can be transferred free of charge. The agent notes her belongings and arranges for a removal van based on that rule.
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