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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
3
Maude E. Roma writes to Mrs. ham praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing months of feminine ills. She says the treatment made her feel like a new woman and regained strength and health. The letter emphasizes renewed vitality after using the product.
A Victorian ad-style notice touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It claims the product cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors periodic pains backache bearing-down sensations flatulence indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice.
A Dundee Advertiser item recounts an old Cherokee method for arrow poison using fresh deer liver, rattlesnake venom, and drying powder ground from the liver to coat arrows. The tale depicts hunters luring rattlesnakes to soak the liver, then grinding and bagging the powder for later use.
The linen industry stands as the greatest manufacturing sector in Ireland with about £15,500,000 invested and employment for around 70,000 people, highlighting its economic weight.
A Wisconsin woman describes twelve years of dyspepsia and weakness reduced by Grape-Nuts. She reports weight gain, restored speech, and renewed ability to eat a variety of foods after using the cereal with milk water and later milk and eggs. She credits brain and nerve improvement to Grape-Nuts and notes continued use for breakfast and supper. The ad cites Postum Company and promotes The Road to Wellville.
A poem reflecting on a garden sundial that marks only sunny hours. The speaker vows to remember life by brightness despite storms, praising the gray philosopher as a steadfast emblem of hopeful memory. The piece, attributed to Edith 8 Tillotson in St. Nicholas, frames time through sunlit imagery.
An Illinois farmer proved geese can replace burglar alarms. Tied by the leg near his house at night, a goose cackles loudly when anyone sneaks around. With acute hearing and sharp sight, the bird outperforms a dog in warning. The farmer ran thirty experiments and each time the goose announced intruders, advising readers to buy geese if security is a concern.
In Java a niche industry collects cliff swallow nests from cave walls and ships them to China for bird nest soup. The nests are soaked to remove glue like seaweed and debris, dried, and sold for about 25 dollars per pound. The delicacy is costly and fashionable, mainly enjoyed by the wealthy.
A historical excerpt explains two explosion methods burning and detonation. It notes gunpowder burns gradually, while detonation blasts mass instantly for mining and military use. It cites gun cotton and nitroglycerin in safe-handling contrasts and references St. Nicholas.
A mother bird greets five hungry hatchlings and promises to go out for food. The brood begs to learn to fly and fetch their own meals, while the littlest ones call for breakfast as they await their mother’s return. Bright Eyes is named as a pupil in training today.
A kind mother bird leaves her hungry brood promising return after teaching them to fly. A boy with an air gun shoots the mother. the nest dies of hunger and cold. Bright Eyes and the babies perish as a warning to children to be kind and thoughtful. The tale closes with a plea to tell the boy about mercy.
Dorothy and Harold lead a playful inroom rhyming game with neighbors and relatives in December air. Margaret Austin Doro thy and Tommy join, taking turns to write rhyming verses while the group judges each new line with humor.
A Paris shopkeeper writes to a customer offering cloth at nine francs per meter and says if no reply is received, the customer is assumed to want eight francs. He adds he will accept the lower price to avoid delay. The note is reproduced in the Democratic Telegram.
Reports note Roman Teutonic finds and an ancient camp at Haltern. An improved pedestrian catcher for trams attracts notice in Dresden. London expert refutes claims that electric lights harm eyesight. A cleaning compound recipe for engines is shared. Meteoric irons discussed as iron nickel alloy. Lancet on sugar as a concentrated energy source. Crop rotation issue causes soil exhaustion and plant toxins in wheat and cowpeas.
Dr. A C Lane known for earth interior research comments on the possibility that some earth elements exist in a gaseous condition near the center and compares the state to a highly compressed toy balloon. He suggests seismic studies may settle this question.
An expert argues that unemployment at about 2 percent is inevitable and essential in engineering. A smaller margin removes labor flexibility, hindering moves of workers and the ability to meet sudden demand. Dearth of labor is viewed as a worse evil than a fair excess of it.
A Tit-Bits note reports Queen Alexandra buys many gloves, often two pairs over three days or more. Made in Paris, the softest kid, they cost up to 14 shillings per pair, and the queen spends a sizeable yearly amount on gloves due to constant fitting concerns.
A romantic notice reports that on a recent Saturday evening Mr. Enoch Hubbard and Miss Stella Canady united in marriage. The event was described as a heart warming union celebrated under calm, sunny skies.
An advertising brief extols a widely approved health product as essential for a happy home. It highlights Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine, physician-endorsed laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
In 1907 the total arrivals of vessels from foreign ports to New York reached 4749. Of these 726 were American, 2039 British, and 710 German. The record highlights a predominance of British and German ships among foreign arrivals.
A mother from Attica Indiana reports months of itching sores on her son ending after three uses of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She claims the sores healed with no scars and no lasting ill effects and recommends the remedies to others.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Base a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot Smarting and Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Sold by all dists and shoe stores 25 cts Sample sent E Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y The electric tramways of the City of Mexico have been chartered by a company with 4 000 000 capital. Electric light plants are being constructed at Juchitan and Oaxaca and light and power plants on the Isthmus of Tehauntepec.
A local reader notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh a constitutional treatment that cleanses the blood and mucous membranes. The ad offers 100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges sending for testimonials from F J Cooper Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists at 75 cents.
Immigration into Canada last year reached 277 376 people, an increase of 61 434 from the prior year. The United States contributed 56 551 arrivals, down 7 231 from the year before.
A Columbus Ohio woman reports chronic kidney pain and backache eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. She says irregular secretions and low energy improved with prompt relief and complete cure after continued use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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