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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1911
Page
3
Quotations from Bourne and Co. show no market town for crude turpentine while listing prices for corn meal oats rice flour pearl grist and related goods. Oil barrel tariffs and rosin quotes appear with dated references to regional trade channels.
Weather in South Carolina shows unsettled showers tonight or Wednesday with light to moderate variable winds. Local notes report Col Holmes B Springs leaving for Charleston for a marriage, and returning Thursday morning. J Bossard opens a repairing shop at 110 Fraser Street and promises satisfaction. Georgetown Mutual B and L Association to meet at City Hall tonight with full attendance requested. Mr. R T Harmon reopens the Central Hotel on Front Street with 906 Prince Street offering table board.
Fragmentary ad copy from Durham North Carolina features a wife claiming personal benefit from a home treatment. It cites Mrs J M Shepherd and mentions products like Cardus and Serena Spee Balt bow, urging women to self treat their condition.
An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a quick remedy for kidney and bladder troubles and irregularities. The copy credits The Iseman Drug Co and The Croft Drug Co as sellers.
Mrs. E G Whiting of Akron Ohio reports serious kidney trouble with backaches dizziness and fatigue. After using Foley Kidney Pills as directed she states pain headaches and eye strain disappeared quickly and she feels well again. The Iseman Drug Co The Crot Drug Co.
A Sanitary refrigerator is essential for family health according to a Southern Mercantile ad. It warns many fridges spread germs via impure milk and water and stresses that even metal and glass lined models have crevices that trap odors. The ad promotes the Kue Frost Sanitary Refrigerator in three sizes priced at 25 30 and 35.
In Kansas City Missouri F S Rexford reports a severe cold settled in his back and kidneys. After taking Foley Kidney Pills for two bottles he says the remedy did him a world of good. The Croft Drug Co Croft Drug Co is mentioned.
A 1911 Pasadena notice by Polley and Co endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non opiate remedy with no digestion interference. The letter invites customers to obtain the product in the yellow package from The Inemman Drug Co The Croft Drug Co and other outlets.
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