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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
A German statistician notes world railway mileage at 563,771 miles, up 13,086 from the prior year. The United States holds 215,713 miles, Europe 192,247, with world railway capital over 43.0 billion dollars and average mile costs: global 76,850, US 68,028, England 305,000. Water transport facilities influence overall railway cost.
In Tit-Bits the Siamese royal scene highlights the Queen of Siam as the world’s richest queen in jewelry. A London crafted safe holds vast necklets pendants bracelets and pearls. The national jeweler delivers 500000 worth of jewels yearly to the King for distribution among favorites.
In Ozark Missouri Ben Pearson slipped while on John Allen's house. He told John he was not hurt, saying he needed to come down after nails.
Fragment reads a 25 cent offer for Bromo Quinine claiming to cure a cold in one day with a signature of E. World and related marketing text from an old advertisement.
The item cites a telegraphic exchange from Tit-Bits about Dr. Tanner the Irish M P being challenged by Major Jones of Penzance over a House of Commons question regarding the Duke of Cambridge. Tanner replies he will meet in Constantinople under the Tower of Galata at midnight, preferring torpedoes and mocking the challenger.
Henry Ewan of Clayton New Jersey owns a black horse that is a heavy tobacco chewer and insists on beer from a glass when near hotels. The animal's habit disrupts rides especially with ladies present and even delays church trips as bystanders struggle to move it along.
A prominent lady writer credits Grape-Nuts with restoring morning appetite, lactation, and steady energy. She details improved milk supply, stronger nerves, and clearer thinking after regular use for herself and her four children, including her 10 month old. The endorsement cites Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville reference.
A joint session of the Physicians' Club of Chicago and the Law Club heard advocates for sterilizing criminal children and for permanently segregating criminals over thirty. Dr William T Belfield argued for race death by action, while Dr J N Hurty described Indiana’s reformatory sterilization program with over three hundred inmates consenting.
Edmonton dispatch reports a prehistoric fort near Glacier Lake shaped as a tall tower now about forty five feet high. Battlements show decay while trenches remain traceable. Abundant human bones imply a violent struggle. builders’ origin unknown, not Russian, suggesting antiquity before Alaska’s discovery.
A gaunt woman with colored hair confronted a West Virginia clerk seeking marriage records. She identifies herself as Elizabeth and reveals that Jim Jones, who had a license two years earlier to marry Elizabeth Mott, has escaped.
A Rhodes Scholar notes Oxford tests gauge athletic ability sociability and scholastic skill. After passing the first two, one earns friends' admiration. proving scholarly merit earns college-wide respect.
An Arkansas judge on circuit court faced missing pens ink and paper due to no county funds. A visiting lawyer mocked the court, prompting the judge to fine him twenty five dollars for contempt and order funds to be used for court supplies. The judge then instructed the clerk to acquire the needed materials and give the visitor any change.
A 1907 testimonial from Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa reports curing a lifelong eczema with Cuti gura remedies after eight months of treatment. A second note by Nelson R. Burnett endorses the statement. The item also cites Woolford’s Lotion for itch relief and includes a social musing on speech and taste from Atlantic Contributors.
Frank J Cheney sworn as partner of F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio promises one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Notary public sal validates oath dated 6th day. Ad claims Hall s Catarrh Cure is herbal and acts on blood and mucous membranes with testimonials from Cu ne ey Co Toledo Ohio and Hall s pills for constipation.
The poem decries modern progress reducing market boots and questions how today’s boy will take pride in his first boots when boots no longer appear in market places. It reflects nostalgia for tangible goods and traditional milestones.
A West boy’s grave in a Philippine cemetery is marked by an exquisite Italian Carrara marble monument. His mother had bought parts of a monument at Greenwich Street sale, and the assembled piece, bought for a song, would have cost at least 1000 dollars in New York. The marble was shipped to the Philippines after his death.
An old advertisement touts Dr. H R Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising cures for fits St Vitus dance and nervous diseases with a $2 trial bottle and free treatise. It also claims Manhattan Island real estate from Battery to Central Park is worth 2.9 billion dollars.
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause. W Grove on box. 25c.
Russian contractors protest the assignment of new warship contracts to British firms, voicing concerns over bidding rules and national ownership of strategic defenses. They call for a review of award procedures and greater local participation.
Salter's seed ad touts Dakota group Macaroni Wheat from the Department of Agriculture stock promising 40 to 80 bu per acre in wetter regions and 40 to 60 bu in arid lands. It claims no rust or insects and urges sending 100 dollars for a seed book and free seed set from John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin.
Contemporary Review argues for selecting bands of town children to spend one school term in country schools. Local rural educational authorities would provide cottage homes near rural schools to accommodate them.
An advertisement touts Paro Ointment claiming cure for piles in 6 to 14 days with money back offer. It markets Garfield Tea as a simple laxative remedy for digestive issues and notes a claim about tea killing typhoid microbes. It also references France and billiards origins.
The back is the mainspring of a woman's organism and signals trouble with aching and nervous symptoms. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as the proven remedy to restore feminine health, with testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon. The ad claims thirty years of use and cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and other female complaints.
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