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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1908

Page

2

Rat caught at Gateshead on freed eighteen and a half es

A rat was captured at Gateshead on a free eighteen and one half es, reported in local records.

Gateshead

Hobbes at Chatsworth and the temperance tale

The Westminster Gazette notes Hobbes lived at Chatsworth with lavish hospitality yet claimed to have never drunk heavily in his 90s while admitting to lifelong smoking. It also mentions his fear of ghosts and apparitions around Chatsworth and Hardwick, contrasting his rationalist stance with superstitions of the era.

Chatsworth Hobbes Cavendishes Chatsworth and Hardwick Westminster Gazette

First Hindu temple opens in San Francisco

The first Hindu temple in the Western world was dedicated in a new building at Webster and Filbert streets in San Francisco. The edifice, modeled after the Taj Mahal in India, marks a unique tribute to Hindu worship in a Western city.

San Francisco

Rooster Fights Shadow on Red Lion Main Street

A large white rock rooster owned by William Spangler fought its shadow on Red Lion Pennsylvania's main street. The bird collided with a window and then struck another rooster visible behind a second pane.

William Spangler Red Lion

Coffee Poisoning and Vision Loss Reversed by Postum

A Oswego woman suffered gradual eye weakness and pain linked to coffee. She quit coffee, used Postum Food Coffee, and after three months her eyes improved, with no further pain. A friend also benefited from switching to Postum for dyspepsia and headaches. There’s a Reason. Grape Nuts No. 1797.

Oswego Mont Husband Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich

Dr. Flexner Reports On Transplant Experiments

Dr Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute describes animal tissue and organ transplantation efforts. He details artery and vein grafts between animals, notes kidney grafts in cats and dogs, and cites a cat living three weeks with another cat's kidneys before an accident ended the life. He suggests potential human implications and mentions Collier's Weekly discussion.

Flexner Rockefeller Institute American Association For the Advancement of Science New York Collier’s Weekly

Dean's Kidney Pills Public Endorsement

Lionel M. Heath of San Bernardino testifies after using Dean's Kidney Pills for fifteen years of back pain frequent urination dropsy and rheumatic kidney trouble. He says the cure occurred five years ago and he repeats the public endorsement. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

San Bernardino Lionel M. Heath Eighth Street Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y

Curious Deceptions and the Eye's Surprising Tricks

A Mail and Express note explains visual illusions such as a lightning flash seeming longer than it lasts and a train appearing stationary on a dark night. It discusses retinal persistence, misjudged distances, and how the brain interprets size and motion in fog or twilight.

Town on Ore Bearing Rock Shift Likely for Sparta Mich

Ore underlies the present Sparta Michigan site in the Mesaba Range and will force relocation for economical mining. It is expected within months that McKinley will also move, while Hibbing the range’s metropolis sits atop ore bodies.

Sparta Mesaba Range Mich McKinley Hibbing Lake Superior

Junk shop body discovery shocks Seattle vaudeville performer

Henry Harrison, a vaudeville performer in Seattle, was found with eleven knife blades, six screws, five nails and other junk removed from his body after he sought medical help for pains and suspected appendicitis. Police reported the peculiar injuries as part of a medical mystery surrounding the case.

Henry Harrison Seattle Wash

Government Buys Handkerchiefs for Navy Use

Washington authorities negotiate for 60 000 silk handkerchiefs for the navy. The ad content promotes various patent products and consumer remedies with promotional claims and old-time tonic language.

Washington, D. C

Chautauqua Ride In Georgia Town Sparks Satire

In a Georgia town of about 6000, a Chautauqua assembly drew crowds to a big tent. A circus man set up a steam merry-go round midway between town and grounds. a local asked a country youth about the event and he replied that he rode the ride nine times, as quoted by the Philadelphia Ledger.

Georgia

Day of Rest Inspires French Senator Poet

The French senate barber Mr Jouselin will rest on Sundays per the new law but will keep six days for hairdressing and devote Sundays to composing verse. Paris Eclair notes the rest marks a change of occupation toward poetry.

Jouselin Eink Paris

Widows Seek Matrimony as Amiability Wins Hearts

A reflective note states widows pursue marriage because kindness and amiability are the true winning cards in love, as learned from experience. The writer suggests matrimony favors those who are gentle and gracious, shaping social appeal.

A Cure at City Mission Helps Scarred Patient

Laura Jane Bates reports a city mission case of a young woman with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and sores from scratching. After seven weeks treatment with Cuticura products including Resolvent and Ointment she improved in five weeks and could seek work. March 11 1907 New York City.

Laura Jane Bates Fifth Ave New York N. Y Mar

Portly Passenger Ventures Hat Sitting Question

In a Harper's Weekly vignette a portly man on a railroad train asks a stranger if he would mind him sitting on the other’s hat. The reply suggests the absurdity of the idea with a sly sense of humor as the exchange unfolds.

Harper’s Weekly

Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy

An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio is advertised as blood and mucous system acting. A $100 reward is offered for any case not cured and pills for constipation are also promoted.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio F.J. Cheney & Co

Between Judgment and Creation in Rural Landscape Critique

A critic struggles between judging a work and its compliant creator. The Baltimore American critic is cited for a concise remark on nature in a rural landscape. The critic notes consistent features, such as the hill brow above the stream mouth, as illumination for the artist.

Baltimore American

What Does This Sign Mean Lydia E Pinkham ad

A front building sign from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts invites public scrutiny of its Vegetable Compound. It asserts openness and verification of statements in advertisements and asks readers to come and see if the claims are true and if letters from women prove cures.

Lydia E. Pinkham America Pe E. Pinkham An . Pinkham

Venison Cheaper Than Pork in Early Hoosier Markets

The Indianapolis News recalls a bygone era when venison from Morgan and Brown Counties sold for far less than pork, and a full grown wild turkey or a dozen quail could be bought for less than modern sausage links, illustrating shifts in food prices over time.

Morgan and Brown Counties Indianapolis News

There Are Twelve Thousand One Hundred Forty-Seven Chinese in New York

A brief note reports that 12 147 Chinese residents are in New York City and mentions a related district or demographic context, with minimal additional detail.

New York City N.Y

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