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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
3
A compact weather note for South Carolina predicts generally fair conditions with light to moderate southwest winds through tonight and Tuesday. The forecast notes mild to warm temperatures with no major weather disturbances expected in the near term.
A crowded local scene includes discussion on Lorimer reinvestigation and the inquest into a death, with residents like Mrs. L. W. Lansbury and Rev. E. S. Jones arriving from Timionstille and McClellanville. A Rebekah Lodge meeting is announced, patents from D Swift Co. teased, and fireworks laws curb explosives.
There is no market in Georgetown for crude turpentine. Quotations from Bourne & Co. show New Virgin Dip at 4.50, Yellow petape at 2.75, Tar in oil barrels at 8.50, Rosin New York quiet. Other items listed include spirits, cation, BU meal, oats, bellies, butts, rice, flour, and pearl grist with various prices.
An old advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills from The Iseman Drug Company Croft Drug Company. It claims to cure backache strengthen kidneys correct urinary irregularities build up worn tissues and eliminate excess uric acid to prevent Brights disease debates and restore health and strength. It urges to refuse substitutes.
An 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and praises F J Cheney as trustworthy. It lists Walding Kinnan Marvin as Toledo druggists and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with testimonials and 75 cent bottles, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Sieg ling Music House will have a tuner in Georgetown the week beginning June 12th. Leave orders at The Item office.
An old household article argues the refrigerator ranks top in family health, noting that many units harbor germs and odors. It praises improvements in tile and glass lined models but warns joints, crevices, and wooden backs can retain contamination, endorsing the White Frost Sanitary Refrigerator in three sizes for cleanliness.
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