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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
3
A Minnesota mother recalls her seven month old daughter suffering a facial eczema that worsened despite remedies. After using Cutura Remedies, the child recovered fully within two months with no sores remaining, and has remained clear since.
The Methodist Episcopal Church property in this country is valued around 187 million dollars with an outstanding indebtedness of 12.127 million.
Advertised cure for piles promises relief in six to eight days and money back guarantees for various conditions. Includes a Philadelphia address 981 Arch Street and a remark about hair turning gray earlier in men than women.
A fragmented ad notes a Illinois reader paying 12 cents yearly for seed offerings from Salter Seed Co. It claims profits of 314 percent from selling packets like Quick Pick Carrot and Thirteen Day Radish plus diverse flowers. The copy includes garbled lines and unusual product names.
A German mechanic creates the world’s smallest motor designed as a scarf pin. It is battery powered and kept running from a pocket battery, with the inventor keeping it in constant operation.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats a constitutional disease by altering blood and mucous membranes to destroy the disease’s foundation. It promises a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to request testimonials, citing Toledo Ohio origins.
In a reflective excerpt from Helen Keller cited in Century, the text asserts that blindness cannot erase service, friendship, humor, imagination, and wisdom. It emphasizes an inner will to be good, to love, and to seek wisdom, shared by all God's children as they endure trials and pursue spiritual promises.
Mrs. Thos Dunn of 168 Vina St Columbus says ten years of backache left her exhausted and distressed untilDean's Kidney Pills provided quick relief and a permanent cure. She praises the product and notes it is sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
New York City fashion notes discuss a vogue for one-piece blouses with sleeves and elaborate braiding in cloth and velvet. We see banana colored trepe de Chine with velvet ribbons, stitched taffeta bands, long narrow chemisette, high girdle, tucked mousgeline, and lace or lingerie fabrics. the fitted lining forms the chemisette back, the front arranged over it, with cuffs finishing the sleeves. Material for medium size runs six and three quarter yards.
The Empire skirt uses a round Empire line and offers two pleat styles: inverted front circular overlay or one wide front pleat. It can be made in chiffon broadcloth with belching silk trim or heavier silks and cloths that hold folds. Front gore and circular portions form three-piece construction with back fullness in inverted pleats.
The new skirts are described as long and hip fitting with smooth lines. They sweep into generous curves at the foot, presenting a streamlined silhouette.
A famous surgeon predicts rapid progress in organ transplants from animals to humans. The tale mentions Bill Smith in a railroad wreck receiving patches from rabbits, a mule cow stomachs, a dog liver, cats eyes and other borrowed organs to recover. The tone is fantastical and satirical.
A collage of comic lines from various papers featuring wordplay on life, patience, singing, appetite, Wake weekend slang, and courtroom banter. Notable exchanges include crackling retorts from patrons, a phonograph lesson, and a quip about a grand jury framed as a bluff.
The article explains how joss-sticks used in Buddhist ceremonies are made in Indo China. A bamboo stem is rolled in a mixture of 14 odoriferous drugs, notably aconite to deter rodents and camphor to ensure steady burning.
A quotation from the Catholic Standard and Times features Coakley commenting on a man’s addiction. He argues the man could not have avoided drink given his trouble, implying the habit was driven by circumstance rather than weakness.
A Columbus Ohio woman reports relief from nervousness headaches and changes of life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter touts the remedy as standard for female ailments and offers advice from Mrs Pinkham with a Lynn Mass address.
A fragment praising American Beauty roses as stalwart, costly, splendid, and unromantic, calling them the national flower of Americans in a Mrs. John Lane voice.
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quinine claims to remove the cause. Various old remedies reference groves, teas, and tonics. Medicine ads tout cough syrups, girl growth notes, and Woolford's Lotion claiming quick itch relief.
A short anecdote from Perth Scotland recalls Jamie a convivial man found at the foot of an outside stair after a fall. In a resigned reply he admits he was coming down the stairs whether or not, prompting the Bellman’s quip in Scots vernacular.
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