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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
3
The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe, pleasant liquid laxative with known wholesome ingredients. It claims physician approval for family use and urges purchase only from the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. at fifty cents per bottle through leading druggists.
The Prince of Wales rode up to the cuirassier regiment at Cologne and cavalrymen echoed Guten Morgen Konigliche Hoheit in perfect unison. The London Chronicle notes the Prussian habit of a single regiment of heavy cavalry per corps and their white uniforms, unmatched in Britain though similar to Russia.
Vice Consul H. M. Byington of Naples notes that Italians are urged to start ostrich farms in southern Italy Sicily and Sardinia. He cites successful results seen in California and at Nice as inspiration for developing ostrich commerce and production.
Overcrowded columns force postponement of several births and deaths this week in Leesville Missouri. The local Light reports delays in notices due to space constraints.
A humorous homily urges baldheaded readers to take cheer and claim a front row seat in life. The quip frames aging as a sign of wisdom and opportunity with rustic, folksy charm.
A letter detailing health improvements after quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee. Several women report relief from headaches dyspepsia heart and stomach issues and asthma after adopting Postum. The author claims personal total recovery and promotes Postum with testimonials and a nudge to read The Road to Wellville.
The New York World describes pale yellow denim curtains that, after washing, soften to an old ivory tone. The fabric tightens with washing, resembling heavy linen, with a tone likened to cream sails on an Italian fishing vessel.
The New York World suggests a birthday party plan using a small cake per guest with name cards and a motto. A larger cake for candles may be skipped, using a central flower arrangement and a circle of inexpensive glass candlesticks.
A DIY plan describes making a wooden box shelf with a denim interior and red lining. It proposes a shelf halfway down the box, a top loop for hanging, and a lower section for undershirts with the upper area for shirts and collars. A cover hinge, pockets for collars, cuff-links and buttons, plus elastic bands for cuffs create a compact bedroom furniture piece that can also serve as a chair.
The New Haven Register advises arranging a tall dining room with a filled plate rack and decorative jugs above doorways to create a picturesque effect. Avoid a cluttered china shop display and consider wall lines to prevent a barren or kitchenlike look in tall or low rooms.
Lemon alad scoop out as many large lemons as there are guests arrange scalloped edges and fill cups with French peas mixed with mayonnaise. Smelts cooked in boiling liquid arrange a pyramid garnish with lemon and parsley serve with tartar sauce. Quick Cake beat butter brown sugar eggs milk flour baking powder cinnamon nutmeg and fruits. Boston Baked Beans soak beans with pork molasses mustard and salt then bake slowly all day keeping moist.
The speaker extols corn as an industrious, life giving force. He likens its ripening stalks to crowns and jewels, admires the field’s beauty under moonlight, and links the harvest to human inspiration and the ideal of a devoted woman.
A farmer jokes with his wife over market reports saying hog prices are up and they are better off than yesterday. The remark, quoted from a Chicago News item, shows rural optimism amid rising livestock figures.
A man groans at a bill for perfumery claiming ten dollars buys mere odors that fade. A woman replies that he spends twenty five dollars monthly on Havana cigars and Egyptian cigarettes. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The prison surgeon at the Nebraska State Penitentiary reports scores of inmates have fallen to morphine addiction due to wholesale smuggling of the drug into the facility. The alarming trend highlights a growing enforcement and security challenge within the penitentiary.
A newspaper note explains Chicago’s new through-line street cars offer a twenty mile ride for a nickel. The compact fare highlights a long urban transit route and low price for riders.
G W L Nesbitt of Marion Kentucky reports chronic kidney trouble with swollen limbs and near paralysis. After doctors offered no hope he used Deans Kidney Pills and Rapidly recovered in three months, returning to work. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Lt Gen Baden-Powell spoke in London urging a crusade against cigarette smoking. He cited annual cigarette spending of 15 000 000 pounds equivalent to 75 million dollars and argued this could be saved.
Mrs V. V. Albert of Upper Frenchville Maine recounts a rheumatic attack with running sores on her husband’s legs. After three physicians failed, they used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. In three weeks the sores dried, the burning stopped, and after three months he was well.
The Peoria Herald-Transcript quotes a Chicago Evening remark that when the national anthem was played at the Washington birthday celebration the big audience instantly recognized it. The note adds Peorians are quick as lightning.
An old-style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming blood and mucous surface effects. It includes testimonials from Watpin a Kinnan and Marvin and notes price and distributor details. A separate line states Annapolis naval academy phones were removed after many female calls occupied the midshipmen.
An advertisement lists Garfield Digestive Tablets 25c per bottle from Garfield Tea Co. Brooklyn New York and promotes Dr H R Kline's Great Hair Restorer with a free trial bottle and treatise. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and notes English rat problems as an alarming nuisance.
A testimonial from Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female illness. She details twelve years of suffering with various doctors and credits the product and Mrs Pinkham's guidance with restoring health and strength, urging other women to seek relief.
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