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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts world widely accepted goods for happy homes. It promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine family laxative approved by physicians and sold by leading druggists, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
In 1907 the total number of vessels arriving in New York from foreign ports was 4749. Of these, 726 were American, 2039 British, and 710 German.
A collage of 1907 ads and notices mentions Cuticura remedies for a child’s itching sores, Dr Kline’s nerve cures, Winslow’s soothing syrup, Allen’s foot powder, a gasoline of electric tramways in Mexico City, and light plants at Juchitan Oaxaca and the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. The item reads as a mixed clippings summary.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as the sole positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. The ad promises a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and cites internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces assisted by nature. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio endorse the remedy alongside Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Immigration into Canada reached 277,376 persons last year, up by 61,434 from the year before. U S arrivals totaled 56,551, down 7,231 from the prior period.
Mrs Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio writes that Dean’s Kidney Pills relieved her chronic back pain and kidney troubles after other remedies failed. She reports irregular kidney secretions, nervousness, and low energy improved with use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Faster-ura Co Buffalo N Y
The short jaunty jacket ends above the waist and proves highly popular with minimal trimming. It offers a chic vest portion and allows bold contrast in its design, promising a refined, fashionable look as shown in the illustration using pongee fabric.
A fashion excerpt describes a jacket style in cretonne and embroidery, with banding and soutache options. It notes a versatile garment suitable for full costume or as a slip on wrap, fitted with shoulder darts and various finish choices. Material quantities are given for medium size including yardage for different dress sizes.
Pretty bows for the neck are made of ribbon one and a half inches wide tied in small bows with mitered ends. A dainty ribbon work design features small roses forget-me-nots and silk embroidered leaves and stems decorating each end.
Wide bands of black filet with peacock colors and bronze gold or silver edging replace Japanese and oriental trims. Orange and burnt leather hues add a bright note against warm brown fabrics popular this season.
The article states that dressmakers aim to make clients slender from shoulder to hem with sloping shoulders tight sleeves and hips fitted skirts. It notes this fashion suits naturally slender women while stout figures require modified styles to avoid a caricature.
A moderately-sized mole-colored beaver hat features a straight brim and high bell crown. It is accented by a narrow twisted velvet band with tulle around the lower edge.
Frillings and pleatings in tulle net chiffon and mousseline de sole are available by the yard for jabots or to trim necks and sleeves of new spring gowns. Properly chosen frillings secured to the collar create a fresh dainty look with minimal white showing.
Lightweight fabrics decorate daytime dresses with cretonne trim. The article notes casual designs suitable for afternoon wear and highlights texture and color as key style factors.
A House of Peers representation on February 18 sought to erase the term heimin describing the common people. The piece traces Japan’s three social orders and the eta pariah group, noting Meiji era reforms and social custom. It cites practical benefits like simplifying official reports and housing records. It ends with a letters excerpt praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Rhodesia Herald reports a swarm of caterpillars estimated at 200 million appearing in the Krugersdorp area after a severe hailstorm. Old settlers link the insect plague to the storm, recalling past cycles where storms precede plagues and suggesting hailstones may carry germ life.
The honey guide of Africa leads a native hunter to a honey nest by fluttering and chirping. The native follows as the bird watches, and once the nest is reached the hunter rifles the comb while the bird stays alert. After the hunter departs the bird descends and takes part of the honey.
In Boston, shoppers note beans remain abundant and peaches steady at three dollars per dozen. White cabbage delivers notable savings at two cents per pound, signaling affordable produce amid steady fruit prices.
Missouri marketed 107,158,658 dozens of eggs in 1907 earning more than 16,009,000 dollars. The figure reflects high demand and strong price levels for the state poultry industry.
A 19th century advice snippet promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female disorders. It claims the product has cured thousands of women with displacements inflammation irregularities and related symptoms and invites readers to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
A Dundee Advertiser reprint explains a Cherokee method for coating arrow heads with snake venom. A fresh deer liver is paired with a rattlesnake to collect poison, dried, powdered, and stored in a buckskin bag for use on arrows.
The linen industry is Ireland’s leading manufacturing sector with about £15.5 million invested and employment for around 70,000 people.
A Wisconsin woman describes long dyspepsia relief after using Grape Nuts. She details weight gain, recovery of speech, and renewed appetite for fruit meat and vegetables, crediting breakfast and supper with continued use. The testimonial ends with "There's a Reason."
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