05 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
1
A four story tenement at 207 East Street New York burned after 2 am leaving two dead three fatally hurt and about a dozen less seriously burned. Firefighters rescued Anna Grady who was trapped at a second floor window as flames surged through the building.
In St Louis on March 4 the Kimmel case jury found that Andrew J White the claimant tied to a New York life insurance firm was not Geo A Kimmel. The panel could not reach a verdict on whether Geo A Kimmel was dead in March 1904 or alive, leaving unresolved the main question and the potential $5 500 insurance payout.
A. I. French argues in The Progressive Farmer that swampy land on Southern farms should be drained first. He notes many farms have 1 to 25 acres of rich swamp soil not taxed for years, and drainage at 20 per acre could yield 50 bushels of corn or a bale of cotton per acre annually. This improvement would last a century and reduce the need to cultivate poor upland.
The Daily Item notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures eczema rashes tetter chafings and skin conditions in children with safety. It also heals cuts burns bruises boils ulcers and fever sores. priced 25 cents at all druggists. The Daily Item reaches nearly every Georgetown home.
Clemson extension officer Wilson P. Gee advises farmers to plow deeply in spring to bury cutworms that overwinter in soil cells. He recommends follow up with poisoned green matter around planting time, then close cultivation and crop rotation with cover crops to reduce future outbreaks. The garden section suggests relocating severely affected plants away from last year’s location.
Dr J J Curtiss of Dwight Kansas reports curing eczema with Electric Bitters and claims many patients or himself benefited The tonic is praised as a blood purifier and remedy for eczema fetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores It stimulates liver kidneys and bowels expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength Price is 50 cents and guaranteed by druggists
A Progressive Farmer critique argues that farm failures blamed on climate or soil are excuses. Proper pasture requires planting, fertilizing, weed control, and not overgrazing. Legumes provide protein and ash needed for strong animals. the issue is management, not soil or climate.
Mrs. J H Ourland of San Saba Texas reports twenty three years of constant suffering from chronic catarrh with mucus drainage and bouts of biliary colic. After trying various remedies she found relief in three days from a bowel derangement and after five bottles was entirely cured, urging others to use Peruna and ask for the 1912 Almanac at their druggist.
J I Hazard promotes fresh Climax Lump splint coal in stock for immediate delivery. He urges patrons to place orders for prompt delivery, highlighting its burning quality in grates and furnaces.
The article argues butter substitutes like butterine should be clearly labeled and not sold as butter. It cites a 10 cent per pound tax on colored butterine to curb fraud and suggests lowering taxes if wage earners’ interests are weighed against butter makers, while maintaining fraud prevention.
W H Chapman a 63 year old Wyoming ranchman completed a 10 mile walk begun in Denver on April 15 1911. He aimed to prove an elderly man can outpace youths though eight started and none finished. He earned a dollar per mile and is resting before returning west by rail. backed by the Stocky men's association.
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