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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1911
Page
3
The report lists prices for spirits turpentine and related commodities such as cotton corn meal oats and rice. It notes no market in Georgetown for crude turpentine while giving quotations from Bourne and Co and mentions remarks on reciprocity and political chatter about Roosevelt Lorimer and Stimson for 1912.
Generally fair weather in South Carolina with thunder showers in the extreme west tonight or Wednesday. Light variable winds. Local society notes include visits and returns of Mrs. O P Rourke Mr C J Levy Mr James Adams and Mr W K McCarley. Upcoming ad by J M Ringel promises summer bargains. A runaway milk wagon incident caused milk loss. Beaty Bros improve sidewalks at Duncan M E church and Front street. A local wizard referenced in Ringel ads. A 666 remedy advertised for chills and fever.
Marion Crabtree of Savanna Illinois, aged 101, survived a 60 day fast in La Crosse Wisconsin after being removed from a train for weakness. Doctors say he has a good chance to live at least another year. He credits early rising and a limited diet for his vitality. He plans to resume travel to Minneapolis to visit his daughter Mrs. Herbert Brown.
An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for backache, kidney strengthening, urinary irregularities, tissue repair, and uric acid reduction to treat rheumatism. It claims prevention of Bright’s Disease and Diabetes and urges customers to refuse substitutes.
A Louisville man credits Foley's Kidney Remedy and uric acid cleansing to overcoming rheumatism. he resumes duties as a conductor on Lexington Kentucky street railway after bedridden illness. The Iseman Drug Co and The Croft Drug Co are named in connection with the remedy.
The article argues refrigerators affect family health and hygiene, warning that many units harbor germs. It highlights advances in tile and glass lined models and their drawbacks, and endorses the Kite Frost Sanitary Refrigerator as the sole truly sanitary option, priced at three pieces for 25 to 30 dollars.
Have that Panama hat cleaned and reblocked to look like new. For particulars see B F Jones Jr. Phone 11. Banquet Tea Blend and Ceylon Tea, fine for ice tea, at C P Fox worth Co.
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