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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
4
In a shipboard crisis Gertrude and a cadre of brave passengers rally to rouse panicked women and children from berths as fire engulfs the foredeck. The stewardess, aided by Sister of Charity Mary Burt and others, organizes evacuees while the crew battles flames and the captain preserves order aboard the burning vessel.
Lord Houghton recounts how Lyndhurst and Washington were asked to name their most memorable moment. Lyndhurst recalls the day with Washington at Mount Vernon, and Washington recalls the week with Burke at Beaconsfield. Both admit they cannot remember much else. The note commends diaries for aiding memory, as Sir Mountstuart did.
A mother recalls her baby being burned when boiling grease spilled from a frying pan while preparing breakfast. The skin damage was severe but healed after using Cuticura ointment, leaving no scarring. The letter mentions Mrs Hare of South Shields and includes old product ads for Cuticura and Brown's Bronchial Troches. A tariff change in Denmark is noted.
A Brooklyn boy who spent last summer in Connecticut found a turtle's egg on his travels. He cracked it to reveal a fully formed turtle and decided to raise it as a pet. The animal fed and cared for well, and despite no growth, the turtle remains the same size after winter in Brooklyn, living as long as the average turtle. Separately, five million dollars will be spent to develop water power 165 miles from Butte Montana to supply mines there. Also cautions against mercury in catarrh remedies are noted with Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted as mercury free and Druggists offering it with testimonials.
John Corey of Attica New York describes severe kidney trouble from September 1896 to March 1897. After seven boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills he could walk again and says the lumbago never returned. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Indian Burial Methods described with grim detail from Army and Navy Life. Core dAzur express froze near Dijon France. passengers sheltered in a village overnight. N.Y. a2
The coroner at London Hospital cites a pattern where most lockjaw inquests originate in Essex. Turkish cigarette firms seek Kentucky growers to supply Turkish tobacco as imports rise from 25,000 to 4,000,000 dollars in twelve years.
A fragmented excerpt references medical cures for hemorrhoids and itching with dubious claims, mentions Christianity’s introduction to Jamaica, notes Atlanta, Ga. individuals as successful and hints at a liberal advertisement. It also discusses cabbage as a long cultivated European-origin vegetable.
An 1400 almanac by George Von Furback is cited alongside vintage cures like Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and Woolford Sanitary Lotion. The fragment mentions a California discovery in 1848 and a judge in Clerkenwell County Court, London warning women to date their letters to compete with men.
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