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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
3
A playful verse sets biblical figures into baseball roles with humorous puns. Eve and Adam lead a stolen base, St Peter acts as umpire, Rebecca and Ruth are tied to the field, Goliath is struck out by David, Cain causes an out with a fowl, the Prodigal Son hits a home run, and Noah hands out rain checks.
Florence telegram reports Coburns Minstrels played to a full house under F J Brand manager. Local deaths thefts and a crowded start to school term. Taft and Clemson Carolina football games highlighted with other regional notes.
Local office seeks reliable representatives to handle renewals and new subscriptions for Hampton's Magazine. Part or full time work. Earn $35 to $100 monthly plus liberal salary and commissions. Write Director of Circulation Hampton's Magazine 66 West 35th St New York City.
Classified notice offers agents to sell Cook Perry North Pole Discoveries illustrated book with a 25 cent sample book request. National Publishers advertises profits of ten dollars daily and urges prompt response from Chicago Lakeside Building. Also chiropodist Madam C D Rogers advertises foot treatment and hair services in New York with home visits.
A Tennessee yarn recalls a Wall Street broker at the gates of heaven. St Peter records two cents given to a poor Broadway woman and a cent given to a frozen newsboy on the Brooklyn Bridge. Gabriel suggests returning his three cents and sending him away.
Remaining unclaimed letters at the Georgetown Post Office require claimants to state they are advertised and pre pay one cent per letter. Names include Jack Buford E C Brown Richard Joe Green and others with several Mrs and Miss prefixes in the listing.
Georgetown resident Mrs J O Hathcock describes terrible backaches and frequent kidney secretions. After trying several remedies she used Doan's Kidney Pills from Iseman Drug Co and relief followed. she credits the pills with restoring regular secretions and improving health. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Ohio claims tradition of presidential motherhood while Nebraska features a Mother Hubbard display. The note contrasts state lore with a literary exhibit highlighting nursery tale character Mrs Hubbard.
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