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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
3
A cryptic OCR fragment mentions Picton Aps and Espe RaRe in a puzzling context. The readable bits reference local names and a potential research note but no clear event or outcome is shown. Further text is needed for a precise summary.
Middling cotton quoted at 10 1 2 Spirits Turpentine 48 Corn 90 Meal 1.75 Feed oats 65 D S bellies 10 D S butts 7 1 4 Rice whole 4.50 Flour 4.50 to 5.25 Pearl grist in sacks 1.75 There is no market in Georgetown for crude turpentine but quotes from Bourne & Co New Nirgia Dip 8.00 Yellow Din 800 per a pe 2.00 Tarin oil barrels 8.00 Rosin NY quiet
Fair and colder tonight and Saturday with coastal winds. Employment ad for a capable clerk. No. of local appointments: Mr. Chas. S. Congdon named bookkeeper for the Dispensary Board of Control. Gypsies investigated on vagrancy warrant, and a tribal caravan moved on. Sam Richardson the baseball star returns to perform at the Air Dome in vaudeville style shows. Resident moves and a steamer collision report add to the day’s brief items.
A colored cover Joke Book lavishly illustrated with sixteen pages of wit will be given free to every buyer of next Sunday's New York World. The publication claims the Joke Book is the best ever issued and widely copied in stage and press across America.
An old time advertorial extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy for backache headaches and tiredness. A reader from Conway South Carolina Mrs Sidney Smith testifies the medicine eased her kidney pain restored sleep and energy. Sold by dealers for 50 cents by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
Forecaster Scott visits Georgetown to inspect the station and North and South Island subs. He plans to attend to the station tower to display storm signals and to review repairs, as reported by the Charleston Evening Post.
A short note describes skin troubles as persistent and troublesome before promising relief from a “box of” treatment. The passage conveys common early 20th century advertising tone emphasizing relief from pimples scales and itching. The exact product is not named in the readable text.
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