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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
3
Advertises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a respected laxative option valued for cleansing and soothing internal organs, noting it is gentle, natural, physician approved, and free from objectionable substances. Recommends buying only the genuineCalifornia Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
A reader recalls a year and a half of eczema suffering on a baby girl who slept poorly and scratched constantly. After trying physicians with no relief, Cuticura Soap and Ointment supposedly cured the sores in three months. The note is signed by Alice L. Dowell of St. Louis dated May 2 and 20, 1907.
Advertisement notes a single Bromo Quinine laxative product used worldwide to cure a cold in one day. It mentions the signature of E. W. Grove and lists a price of 25 cents.
A French visitor comments on Parisian women walking with grace while noting American and English women often lack poise. The remark appears in a Lady's Pictorial style piece reflecting social manners and cross cultural perceptions of gait.
Police Judge J H Wills of Cloverport Kentucky offers to answer inquiries from backache kidney and bladder sufferers. He endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as the best remedy and invites letters for questions. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The excerpt reflects a powerful vision of the Sphinx inspiring belief in an afterlife and the soul of Khufu. It contrasts atheist certainty with reverence, noting the Sphinx’s repose and its sense of infinity as the Nile flows toward the sea.
The piece counsels that a wife should not harp on her husband s mis deeds or mis fortunes. It urges the right kind of wife to support a husband when he falls and to encourage him to rise again rather than rail at him.
A Buffalo street car carried an empty ride except for one man who bowed to a female passenger and offered a "plashe." He swayed from the strap for seven blocks, while she sat puzzled, noting she is often mistaken for other women but never before thought a man believed she was a carful.
The Pittsburg Dispatch describes Legion beauties featuring art nouveau handles, central widened metal heads with floral designs, and items like a melon shaped black velvet bag mounted in a French gold frame. White ribbed silk bags show a child's head in ribbon borders with French mounts.
The New Haven Register describes beauty as tied to personal magnetism. It claims women can acquire this power by awakening latent vitality and electrical particles, improving health, looks, and overall charm.
Mrs W S Peabody of Colorado is called mother of Mesa Verde National Park for her preservation efforts. Prof Edgar L Hewett names the latest cliff dwelling The Peabody House in her honor, six stories tall and built of finely cut stone, overlooking Spruce Tree Canon. He urges park authorities to repair it and appoint a custodian.
A woman of keen observation discusses social life and dress, noting how women study lines and fashions of clothing and suggesting that the notion of love at first sight is influenced by attire. The passage uses literary allusion to Sartor Resartus and argues for attention to apparel in social perception.
The Newport Tribune quotes a speaker praising sharp male attire and noting a broad interest in masculine fashion. The remark highlights a collective discerning eye for coats, collars, neckties, and frock coats among men.
Pewter regains favor among American housewives, moving above silver-plated wares. Its dull luster suits decorative uses and colonial charm, with wave shapes in tea urns, pots, flagons, mugs, plates, and trays. Stored as wall adornment now, it is predicted to become more practically used, echoing 19th century esteem.
The Philadelphia Record recalls Bar oness Adolphe Rothschild as autocratic with guests. She refused invitations thrice, often delaying hosts. She once missed dinner after arriving late, assuming guests forgot the day. She also claimed to have foreseen danger when advising the Empress of Austria before her 1898 assassination.
The piece details peacock color schemes brightening evening wear with purple blue and gray dominate. It notes high throat neck rubs, dyed Mexican drawn work trims, patent leather low shoes, butterfly motifs, pink belt accents, bracelet bags, black silk hats with plumes, black velvet elastic belts with steel buckles, and French lace flounces shaping tunic and draped sleeve effects.
Dr Hartman promotes Peruna as a regular pharmaceutical product and flatly states the company will advertise to and educate the public. The piece claims scientific transparency, guarantees ingredient honesty, and asserts Peruna’s worldwide expansion and status as a great household remedy despite opposition.
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