08 May 1911
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1911
Page
1
Seattle May 7. B A Dobbs plans a Alaska open-sea voyage to film the birth of a new island near Bogoslof in the Aleutians. He bets 250000 cash on success and will equip his schooner with asbestos decks to survive volcanic danger witnessed by Takoma observers last year.
A man in Texas was arrested after stealing milk from an orphan asylum. Local authorities identified him as the principal suspect in the incident and detained him for questioning. The case prompts calls for tighter security at the facility.
A medley of brief items spans unusual reports from Connecticut and Rio de Janeiro to New York City. Notes include a woman finding $3,000 in her dead husband’s pockets, a claim about teaching ideas via swimming, skirt fashion debates, Nova Scotia driving rules, telegraph day letters, a breathing method to reform boys, and a one legged race from Minneapolis to St. Louis.
An advertisement asserts high demand for Dr Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey cough medicine, urging readers to try it to understand the reason behind its growing sales and popularity.
An old advertising snippet touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a traditional cough treatment. It emphasizes the bottle bears the Bell name and urges buyers to ensure they get Dr Bell's product.
Robert Hoigland a Pennsylvania Railroad ticket agent in New Brunswick New Jersey on his Washington honeymoon missed a Board of Fire Engineers dinner and sent a quote Luke fourteen twenty about excuses. A fireman looked up the reading and compared it to a guest who married a wife and could not come.
The Progressive Farmer argues that water control is crucial for Southern farmers. It notes moisture shortages and flooding as recurring problems, urging deep plowing humus-rich soil and proper surface and under-drainage as essential solutions.
A Guernsey breeder in Marathon county Wisconsin formed a community cooperative placing his bulls nearby to uplift neighbors. He later sold many bulls at nominal prices with a re-purchase clause, prompting herd improvements. A visitor notes the county now hosts a standout Guernsey display at the fair.
Antiseptic salve guaranteed for tetter ringworm eczema chapped hands and lips running sores ulcers and all skin diseases. Useful after shaving. 25 cents a box. Panama hat cleaning and reblocking services offered by B F Jones Jr. Phone 11.
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