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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1909
Page
3
A Tennessee resident recounts a three year skin condition with black swellings on face and neck that itched and scarred. After doctors failed, three sets of Cuticura Remedies reportedly healed him within a week to near cure. The advertisement credits Potter Drug & Chem Corp of Boston as the sole proprietors.
A 19th century advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease powder as the original foot powder, claiming long usage and over 30,000 testimonials. Imitations are said to pay dealers higher profits, urging customers to demand the genuine product and ensure they receive Allen's Foot Ease.
A father urges his son to quit risky living warning him it affects younger siblings. The son defends the need for one family member to serve as an example, a reflective scene from Brooklyn Life.
In Toledo Ohio, Frank J. Cheney and partner of F.J. & Co. swear an oath that their firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrah case that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J. Cheney signs before Notary A. W. Gleason on December 6. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and mentions patent statistics on British women's inventions.
Co. L. Wood of Fentress Norfolk Co. Va. suffered months of back kidney and bladder pain with irregular kidney secretions. After failing medical treatment he used Dean's Kidney Pills and passed a stone four days after starting. He reports no kidney trouble since and the product sold by all dealers for 650 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The passage notes that about 150 languages are spoken in India many unwritten and this causes court trouble. It observes Indians come to the capital without interpreters and that courts and interpreters sometimes cannot understand litigants and witnesses in lawsuits.
Prof. Frank H. Bigelow reports a vapor blanket thirty feet thick covers the Reno reservoir. He suggests a similar invisible shield over the Salton Sea could limit annual evaporation to four to five feet, rather than eight.
Mrs Nurich asks the artist De Auber for a life size miniature of her daughter. De Auber confirms he can paint the portrait and discusses pricing.
The piece recalls eastern farmers chasing the myth of the Golden West with promises of rich irrigation land in Colorado. It contrasts inflated land prices and fragile profits with real farmer experiences, homesickness, and transport losses. It argues for returning to the East and boosts soil fertility via liberal use of chemical manures and balanced crop rotation.
A Macon Republican reminiscence recalls a St Louis book agent who traveled by steamboat to Huntsville Missouri. He sold Agnes the Key to Her Coffin, a sensational tale that overwhelmed locals with funeral imagery and shared sorrow.
Judge Dodge naturalizes a weathered sailor named Robinson Crusoe after reviewing his papers. The mariner, born in Warde Norway forty four years ago, arrived in the United States in 1897 aboard the Jason and has long used the Crusoe name.
A collection of proverbs from many nations and a quote from Thomas Arnold. It contrasts thrift, friendship, virtue, and perseverance with reflections on character and time.
At a dinner for an English circuit a bronzed outdoorsman disrupts the legal chat by revealing how steers are skinned in Texas. The judge commends him for silencing the shop talk and vows to keep future banquets free of professional discourse.
A State Colliery. Government negotiates purchase of 2500 acres in New South Wales due to coal price rise. About eighty acres cleared, a dam built, and sinking preparations underway.
Belgium has introduced reduced passenger train fares under specific conditions and the policy has significantly increased demand and revenue, strengthening transit business and overall profitability.
British investors plan a new steel foundry in San Diego California using ore from British Columbia. The project aims to tap West Coast demand with local production and cross border ore supply.
An advertisement touts Munyon's Cold Remedy as relieving head and throat symptoms within a day and preventing pneumonia. It also promotes Munyon's Rheumatism, Kidney remedies and Vitalizer claiming rapid effects and restoration of strength.
A medicine that cleanses the bowels and restores natural function is promoted as the key to health and strength. Described as a famous herb tonic, it is offered in a 250 price package through dealers. Try this reputed remedy before giving up hope.
Labor groups form in New York City grave diggers and Boston horse shoers mark fifty years. Ottawa hosts civil servants federation while Fort Worth plans a labor temple. New unions emerge in Arecibo Puerto Rico and Greenville Texas with twenty one farmer unions allied. Germany reports 1 250 000 placements via labor exchanges.
A notice reports that the number of insane in Texas is increasing rapidly, signaling growing mental health concerns and a mounting demand for care and resources in the state.
A prominent Georgia physician recounts his illness and recovery using Grape-Nuts. He says the cereal rebuilt nerve and brain tissue, improved digestion, and restored strength and weight, enabling him to return to practice. He urges others to try a 10 day trial and notes the book The Road to Wellville.
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