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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
4
A mix of miracle cures and curious anecdotes appears in this column. Claims of quick rheumatism relief, a 30 minute itch cure, and a teething syrup are presented alongside a quip about Russia’s peasants and a thief’s umbrella. An old Chicago Tribune quotation closes the item.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and requires internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a blood purifier and mucous surface conditioner, prescribed by leading physicians, claimed to work through the blood. Testimonials offered. claims of a powerful tonic and purifier combo. Sales pitch from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
An Irish town theatre troupe used soldiers as extras in a staged battle. On a Friday show the wrong army refused to retreat, pausing only as the colonel and officers watched. The curtain fell to laughter as a fusilier explained the pronunciation mishap and the audience’s roars.
The London Times laments cowardice and insincerity in modern discourse arguing caricature should deliver righteous indignation with energy. It critiques timid invective as a sign of declining virtue, urging sharper, bolder commentary.
A Huntsville Alabama woman who drank coffee for four decades stopped after twenty years of stomach issues and insomnia. After switching to Postum her health greatly improved and she can eat and sleep better. The letter promotes Postum with the slogan There's a Reason and references The Road to Wellville.
Poem fragment asks God to show sweet purpose in after years after wept in vain over divine decrees. The speaker contemplates the heavenward window of the soul and vows to seek light beyond rain’s veils. James Buckham.
In a Fayetteville style revelation, Lucy Moncure and Carter reveal their marriage to cousins Patty and Lu Quint as the elder Taliaferro and Scott reconcile. The families accept the match, vowing to unite two newspapers in the district and celebrate a new family reunion with Lucy and Carter joining Patty and Lu Quint.
A San Francisco speaker quotes Claus Spreckels to illustrate moral courage resisting selfish acts. A schoolteacher’s lesson and a child’s mispronounced example highlight the same theme as a discussion on conscience and charity.
A Brooklyn Life quip notes a man’s earnings seem consumed by his wife. The punchline suggests the wife’s opera outings imply he earns little, illustrating social humor about appearances.
Savings deposits in Canadian banks total 66 million dollars with 20 million added during December and January.
Ground salted peanuts simmer two hours with a pint of water. Add a pint of tomatoes and onion, salt, pepper, spice, sugar, and hot water. Strain the nut liquid into the tomato mixture, thicken with flour, cook half an hour, and serve. A cup of peanuts yields a quart of soup.
Beat two eggs light and add to a pint sour cream with a teaspoon of soda. Stir in half a teaspoon salt and flour to make thin batter. Pour into greased piping hot waffle irons, close, turn, then turn again. When brown on both sides, layer and serve hot with butter and honey.
Mix 1 4 cup hominy with salt, hot water, and stand until absorbed. Stir in scalded milk, corn meal, sugar, butter, and beaten egg yolks and stiff egg whites. Fold in baking powder, beat well, and bake in hot buttered iron gem pans.
Fresh boneless meat is cut for serving. Combine curry powder flour and salt rub on meat then fry in butter. Brown onions, drain fat, add meat and onions to stewpan with boiling water and simmer 20 minutes. Dilute remaining powder with cold water, add, simmer another hour, finish with lemon juice and rice border.
Practical tips on cooking freezing and cleaning routines from drying and doughnut prep to eraser maintenance and pantry organization. Includes beef soup scum prevention glaze methods for doughnuts egg whites ironing wax uses candle scraps and storage ideas for cords and twine.
An editor buys a budding poet's first piece for five dollars and prompts a lifetime ban on further writing. The poet agrees to stop publishing until this piece is printed, but the editor vows the work will never be printed while alive.
An excited individual asks the commissioner for oaths if they swear people in while seeking an oath about not laying another carpet. The exchange appears in a light, humorous Tit-Bits style.
The report notes that total imports of coffee tea and cocoa into the country exceed 100 million dollars in some years and that coffee alone has sometimes approached 100 million in value.
On January 1 Canada sheltered 38 258 Orientals including 17 239 Chinese 15 484 Japanese and 5 171 Indians. Canada has made 7 442 Orientals British subjects.
Mrs J H Bennett of Gardiner Maine says severe back trouble forced four months in bed with pain dizziness headache and bladder inflammation. After using Doan's Pills for three months she was completely cured and the trouble never returned. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Bester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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