Market Reports and Oddities Signal Turpentine Slump
The report notes no market for crude turpentine in Georgetown with quotations from Bourne & Co for various commodities including Virgin turpentine and rosin. It also records a string of humorous or satirical clippings about insanity terms, shoe trends, elopement, large families, China’s rise, alarm clocks shipped to Peking, and a planned 31 million bread trust in New York.
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Georgetown
Messrs Bourne & Co. Virgin
N. J
Oklahoma
China
Chicago
Peking
Weather report and city notices from Georgetown area
South Carina generally fair with little temperature change. Light variable winds mostly southerly. Local items: witnesses summoned in a criminal case in Yazoo City, Sun Oakes taken to jail as mentally troubled. Delegates to the Grand Lodge I. C. C. F. returned from Greenville. Various locals visiting city from McClellanville. Lost amethyst and pearl jewelry. reward offered. Promoter Adcox leaving for other towns, cake contest plans. Hat cleaning service advertised. Monument orders and tombstone services promoted. Steam Tug Bull River for sale. Various commercial notices and ads from local firms.
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Sun Oakes
J. A. Westbury
J. W. Doar
Grand Lodge
Greenville
C.G Adcox
J. C. Malcolm
Georgetown
C. P. Foxworth Co
B. F. Jones, Jr
Georgetown Stevedores License Increase Ordinance
An ordinance amends prior rules to raise the stevedores license in Georgetown from 20 to 50 dollars per year. It repeals inconsistent ordinances and is ratified by the city council on May 10, 1911, signed by Mayor W H Andrews and Clerk W A Black.
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Georgetown
W. H. Andrews
W. A. Black
Treas
For All Bowel Trouble Use Dr Bell’s Anti Pain
Relief is almost instantaneous and the remedy is said to be effective externally for various pains. The advertisement asserts wide availability and urges purchase everywhere.
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Dr. Bell
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve Promise
A vintage ad touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve claiming a cure with painless, harmless relief at five times the daily amount, presenting a fifty cent to play on the claim of affordable eye care.
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Sutherland
Why Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Sells Widely
A note explains the growing sale of Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey and urges readers to try the cough medicine to learn the reason for its popularity.
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Dr. Bell
Catarrh Cure Promoted By Hall Company Ad
A vintage advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh with a $100 reward for any uncured case. The copy claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Doans Kidney Pills Praised By Georgetown Resident
A Georgetown woman, Mrs. Jasper Martin of No 3 Wood St, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing years of backache and kidney pain. She reports lasting relief and no further kidney issues since the 1908 endorsement, urging readers to remember the makers Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad also lists sale details and additional products from C P Foxworth Co and Foster Milburn Co.
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Georgetown
Jasper Martin
Wood St
S. C
Doan
Iseman Drug Co
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buiffa
New York
United States
Antiseptic Salve Promises Quick Improvement
Yields readily to Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve with visible improvement after first application. Guaranteed clean and pleasant to use. 25 cents per box.
Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve Advertises Skin Cure
The advertisement claims Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve cures tetter ring worm eczema and other skin diseases. It adds value as a after shaving aid and sells for 25 cents a box.
Use of Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve for sore eyes
A vintage ad promises relief for sore eyes with a 25 cent tube of Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve. It guarantees cure with no risk, describing the ointment as creamy and snow white.
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Sutherland
Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Remedy Advertised
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a trusted cough and throat remedy used for over sixteen years. It claims widespread availability, urging buyers to look for the bell logo on the bottle.
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Market Reports
South Carina
Mr. J. Wailer
Yazoo City
Miss
H. G. Leland
G. W. Wilson
A. A. Wilson
Harry Leland
G. W. Hazard
Wm. Lowndes
McClellanville
Margaret” Wilson
Springs & Stau
Front St
J. A. Purcell
Charleston
D. J Crowley
Bull River
New York Safety Power Co
Walk “& Murdoch
Halsey Lumber Co
SRF
Ringel
Orgetown
Heinz
A. B
Sherman
Iexas
Southern Mercantile Co
People's Bank
Pers Ae A
Burton
Quigkly Sold
Black River
Smith & Oliver
Duffy
Duffy's
Duffy Medicine Company
South Carolina
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