This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
3
The well informed world prefers a simple pleasant laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe gentle, effective remedy for family use. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists. price fifty cents per bottle.
A crowded church wedding devolves into social farce as a noble groom, his mother-in-law, and pompous attire clash with bridal party envy. The service proceeds with a bishop’s approving smile while memories of wine and social sniffing linger in the aisles.
Mrs Chugwater remarks that a paper reports a man named Smith was beaten in baseball and died on second base in the next inning, calling baseball an awful cruel game. The exchange suggests a fatal event connected to a game.
An American police officer's cry "Back, rubber-necks!" provokes an immediate, surprised reaction in a curious crowd. The moment captures tense public attention as onlookers recoil and reassess their proximity and safety.
A testimonial letter describes health improvements after quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee. The writer cites relief from stomach, heart, and headache issues and mentions a state W T U president endorsing Postum as a tasty alternative. The letter ends with the question There's a Reason and a plug for The Road to Westville.
Mme Gould and Prince Sagan visited Vesuvius together. A Japanese visitor says American girls are the best in the world. Mary McGhee Snell Hall, a renowned lecturer, died in Talafarrias Texas. Princess Hermine of Reuss is a skilled watchmaker shown at German exhibitions. Among the Hottentots women have a better position in Africa. The married woman reigns supreme mistress. Ida M Tarbell to campaign against suffrage extension in New York and Massachusetts. Mrs Charles Lever learned in Paris of $75 000 suit by her brothers. Count Gizycki sues for separation. Emma Eames seeks property from Julian Story post divorce. Maud Malone resigns from the Open-Air Suffragist and Progressive unions. Elizabeth K Jackson Mobile Alabama is a top woman clerk in transit jobs.
The item notes multiple labor developments: Austin Texas hosts twenty eight organizations. New York sees five hundred Italian scow trimmers striking. Salem New Hampshire forms a waiter and waiter union. Concord New Hampshire sets a fortnightly pay day for city laborers. It also mentions Germany mandating old age insurance for workers earning under 500 dollars. Fall River Massachusetts celebrates a golden anniversary for spinners. Cedar Rapids Iowa requires union labor on a new government building. The New South Wales report tallies 136 unions with 88 478 members in 1906. Wilfrid Paquette resigns as president of the Canadian Federation of Textile Workers. Florida women clubs push a child labor law prohibiting employment under twelve. Leonora O Reilly estimates 5 000 000 to 6 000 000 working women in the United States. Ellen F Donovan Brockton Stitchers Union becomes Brockton Shoe Workers Council’s first woman delegate.
New items note gas in bottles as a recent invention. Mexico and Honduras deploy troops to Guatemala border. Mocha coffee ordered to meet true standards by inspectors. New York ministers form a secret socialist group excluding laymen. Senator Grady slated to succeed Bourke Cochran in Congress. Caracus reports La Guayra epidemic growing and port isolated. Navy bill passes Senate with four battleship amendment defeated 50 to 23. Pekin says Atlantic fleet should not call at Chinese port. Paper cost committee urged by American Paper and Pulp Co. president. New York artists face charges of imitating famous works. Sino Japanese tensions rise at border points. East River ferries maintenance dispute leads to possible abandonment.
A collection of vintage kitchen instructions for Nut and Cheese Salad Cream Cakes Cocoanut Sandwiches and Scotch Pancakes detailing cheese mixtures moulding, pastry prep, cream fillings, and frying techniques with tips for browning and serving on lettuce or as nests.
Winnipeg correspondent of the Manchester Guardian argues not all Englishmen are disliked in Canada. He says only the broken-down dandy, unable to work, is disliked on principle, while the Englishman of the right sort holds his own and more. He notes a bid to hire Englishmen despite general prejudice.
A Cleveland Leader snippet presents a courtroom style exchange where a child admits to striking another boy. The judge or questioner presses for motive and the child repeats the defense that the other boy provoked the attack by striking first.
G W L Nesbitt of Depot Street Marion Kentucky describes severe kidney troubles with thick secretions swollen limbs and near paralysis on the right side. After using Deans Kidney Pills for three months he recovered and returned to work. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell told a London meeting that about 15,000,000 pounds a year is spent on cigarettes and that this sum could be saved through a crusade against smoking. The remark was part of a broader anti tobacco appeal.
A wife reports her husband suffered rheumatic sores on legs for fifteen years despite three doctors. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, sores dried up in three weeks and pain ceased. He was fully well after three months. Testimonial available.
The Peoria Herald-Transcript quotes the Washington birthday celebration where the audience immediately rose to hear the national anthem. The Chicago Evening Post notes Peorians are quick to recognize the tune.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by F J Cheney and Watorna Kinnan RVIN Toledo druggists. Claims the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
A remark notes that telephones were removed from the Annapolis naval academy to stop girls calling midshipmen and wasting their time.
National note mentions 500 deaths from destitution in Great Britain. An advertisement lists Garfield Digestive Tablets from Garfield Tea Co. in Brooklyn and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children claiming gum relief and wind colic cure with a 25 cent bottle.
An ad praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy for women's ills. It claims ancient cures from roots and herbs, highlights Mrs. Bertha Muff's testimonial of twelve years of suffering and relief after using the remedy, and promises similar results for other women.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.