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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
3
The Well Informed demand a gentle, effective liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna as a known safe remedy, preferred by physicians for family use. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A London Christian article cites Central News figures showing 10 782 Americans alone took their own lives in the last year, outpacing criminal convictions. It laments the trans Atlantic rush and nerve strain, urging a return to the simple life to curb the deadly trend.
A London merchant bequeathed 50 000 to his longtime clerk George Elmy who served forty years. The faithful servant died suddenly of heart disease on the eve of fortune.
The Society for the Protection of Children in England processes over 40 000 complaints annually regarding cruelty by parents and others.
A testimonial letter claims coffee caused long term health issues and that switching to Postum Food Coffee cured headaches, dyspepsia, heart and stomach distress. The author cites multiple women including a W C T U state president and notes a book promotion for The Road to Wellville.
Cut all the meat from roast turkey into large slices. Break bones, boil in water to cover, strain. Season with pepper salt and celery. Thicken with flour and milk, stir until creamy. Add turkey, simmer six minutes and serve. Boston Post style.
The Indianapolis News describes frying cabbage with bacon until browned and seasoned with salt and pepper. It also outlines a creamed cabbage method using flour butter milk and salt, cooking until the sauce is smooth after boiling and draining the cabbage.
Cut two and a half pounds of fresh pork into square pieces fry with butter. Fry four onions, mix with pork, add curry powder salt and pepper. Pour one pint water, boil then simmer. Remove pork, reduce gravy, pour over meat and serve with rice.
A recipe for a novelty domino cake uses sugar milk butter flour eggs lemon rind and yeast powder for a thin sheet bake. Frosting combines chocolate sugar egg white and water boiled to a rope stage. The white frosting is used for dots while chocolate frosting covers both sides and the cake is cut into oblong domino shapes.
Practical household hints cover sewing chair height, delicate embroidery soaking, delicate sweetbread sandwiches with whipped cream, hot marmalade sandwiches, scented sofa pillows from white flowers, fried ham spread as mayo powder, plaster hole repair, warming baked beans in tomato sauce, onion butter sauce with beans, and curry in tomato sauce noting taste preferences.
Leslie's Weekly warns that Peru's upper Amazon rubber forests suffer from wasteful tapping practices. Native gatherers wound trees from July to January, reducing resin quality and killing trees. Some districts ban high tapping. others clear-cut to obtain cheaper rubber, threatening long term supply.
The Queen of Siam reportedly owns a silk robe of state covered in diamonds emeralds rubies and sapphires valued at about 5 million dollars. Grand Duchess Xania possesses a Russian national costume encrusted with stones from cap to slippers. A Russian princess owns a silver-fox fur wrap with a collar worth thousands and a garment valued by its weight in gold.
Fresh water tanks on new steamships keep all varieties of fish fresh from water to table. Fish served on board maintains firm quality unlike stale shipboard offerings, addressing decay and safety concerns noted by What-To-Eat magazine.
G W L Nesbitt of Marion Kentucky recounts chronic kidney trouble with thick secretions swollen limbs and near paralysis in 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.
In a London meeting on a anti cigarette crusade, Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell said about 15 million pounds yearly were spent on cigarettes, suggesting substantial savings could be achieved.
A wife describes her husband’s decade and a half of rheumatic sores and intense pain. After trying three doctors with no relief, the Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured the sores in three weeks, the burning pain ended, and full health returned in three months.
The Peoria Herald-Transcript quotes an observer noting the audience instantly recognized the national anthem during the Washington birthday celebration. The Chicago Evening Post remarks Peorians are quick as lightning and not easily fooled.
One hundred dollars reward offered for incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio pledge honesty and solvency. Wmptna Kinman & Marvin wholesale druggists Toledo endorse. Cure claims internal absorption affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The naval academy at Annapolis has removed its telephones because too many girls called cadets and consumed excessive time.
An old classified style note advertises Garfield Digestive Tablets 25c per bottle from Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn NY with samples. It lists Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising cures for fits and nervous diseases with a free trial bottle. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a British death statistic and millinery feather trade fact.
A historical ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard treatment for women's illnesses. It cites Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri claiming twelve years of female disorders and eleven doctors, then healing after following Pinkham's advice, urging others to seek the remedy.
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