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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
3
Middling cotton 10 1 4. turpentine 4.50. meal 463. feed oats 1.75. rice 4.50. flour 4.05 25. pearl grist in sacks 1.75. no market in Georgetown for crude turpentine. New Virgin ro sin and tar oil prices shown. yellow dip 2.00.
Fair weather with possible rain near the coast tonight or Saturday and moderate northerly winds. Various local items include a lost pin on Taylor street, a presidential campaign call, and a note about the Fort Worth murder trial verdict. Also mentions Capt. John Porter visiting Georgetown and White's Bridge Sunday School Missionary exercises at 3.30 pm. Photographs of presidential candidates wives cited as view on first lady choice.
A Cochran Go man Tom Moore reports relief from a bad instep sore after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He claims the salve heals old sores ulcers boils barns cuts burns and eczema and recommends it, priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
A Charleston resident testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured long standing kidney troubles and nocturnal awakenings. He details back aches and discolored secretions then notes restored function and no more nightly rising. Sold by dealers at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Georgetown Country Club held its annual meeting with Rafdé M. Barnes named president and William D. Morgan vice president. Horace L. Wright becomes secretary and treasurer, with Mrs. Charles S. Congdon as assistant treasurer. Governors include Louis S. Ehrich and Hugh W. Frader, among others. committees cover grounds, house, entertainment, and handicap and tournament leadership.
A vintage advert extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as an instant relief for wounds and skin injuries. It claims it forms an artificial skin, stops pain immediately, and seals cuts, sprains, and sores. The copy urges keeping a bottle at home and taking it on travel for emergencies. Bottles priced at 25 cis and 56 cis.
An election notice announces candidate cards for sheriff of Georgetown County. J B Johnson pledges to serve countywide without factional influence and urges support, while H H Ward states six years as deputy sheriff qualify him to serve if elected and promises to honor the county primary decision.
Medill McCormick states Mr Taft and his backers are bent on death by their own actions or murder. Some in indictment, that.
Mr. 8 8 Johnson of Greenville ML recounts a five year catarrh illness nearly killing him. After seven doctors and a St Louis catarrh specialist, he could not walk far. Friends advised Peruna, which he credits with saving his life and calls the best medicine on earth. He urges readers to ask their druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1918.
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