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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
A San Antonio user describes severe catarrh in 1902 with night sweats and chest pains. After trying various remedies he began Peruna, recovered from alarming symptoms, and maintained health. He credits Peruna for cures of bad colds since.
The French Chamber approves an obligatory Sunday rest for workers by 575 to 1. Critics see it as church influence, while supporters cite general community convenience with shifts for certain services. The commentary notes the Continental Sunday shifting away from traditional patterns.
The Boston Advertiser reports that over 1000 acres have been treated to save the North Shore woods from gypsy moths. Creosoted nests were removed by tree climbers and underbrush burned. About 420 men worked, with 900 more acres found variably infested.
The Robinson mine in the Transvaal South Africa is cited as the world leading mine with an operating profit of 4 385 710 dollars representing seventy percent of its gold production. Annual dividends reach 3 201 000 dollars. Despite larger tonnage at Homestake South Dakota and higher bullion yield at Goldfield Consolidated Nevada the Robinson mine tops for actual profits.
A Dakota woman known as the pale girl recounts coffee's harmful effects on her heart and nerves in cold weather. After switching to Postum and Grape Nuts, her complexion improved, headaches faded, digestion improved, and she gained energy.
Two youths Melville and Charles live as close companions from birth sharing sorrows mirth and sports. They even ran a shared machine and gambled on the same green. The Columbia Jester dubs them a gayer pair than ever, Mel and Cholly.
A brief Life item presents a comic dialogue about fears during a wife's summer vacation. The first husband asks what the wife fears, the second husband replies the bank reports she is well and happy.
A Brooklyn Life snippet captures a departing guest praising a delightful time while the hostess laments that a storm kept away their best people, balancing warm hospitality with weather-related disappointment.
In a drowning incident reported by the Houston Chronicle, Taft swam to help a woman overwhelmed by rising water. He emerged from the lake with the woman, who was then carried to safety as the water level dropped after the rescue.
A playful exchange in the Houston Chronicle quotes John denying race betting and claiming he bought insurance to stop certain quadrupled pedestrians from passing under a wire, framed as a humorous domestic snippet.
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet notes chorus girls forming a union in a lively political era. The exchange implies skepticism about labor solidarity, reflecting urban entertainment trends and workers organizing within the theater district.
A trimmed exchange shows a witty dialogue about fidelity with quips on contracts and truth. The Louisville Courier Journal frames the flirtatious mood as a social note in a literary column.
A light exchange from the Houston Chronicle questions seasonal drink choices and year round fashion, contrasting beer as summer refreshment with winter warmth and poking fun at perpetual peekaboo attire.
A brief Washington Herald item describes a young man returning home from vacation and contemplating the distance from a girl, reflecting on choices and departure. The exchange hints at personal motive and an emotional undercurrent.
A traveler plans a trip to China to check on seeds he planted, remarking he must confirm whether his garden efforts have sprouted. The note reflects a humorous or reflective tone from the Louisville Courier Journal.
A Philadelphia Inquirer humorous brief notes Fred falling asleep and waking unconscious for hours. Charles questions the fall and Fred answers he simply dozed off.
Florida Times Union reports a tense incident as a mother bursts into a parlor and catches a young music teacher kissing her daughter. The exchange turns comical with the teacher replying that he makes no charge for the music.
A Brooklyn Life fragment shows a conversation where a kind lady asks if the tramp was ever married to a woman, and the tramp replies he was wed but not seen his wife in twenty years, noting his profession pulled him away.
A Colorado woman delegate asks her husband for advice at the convention. He flatters her and she asks him to be serious, then seeks guidance on what hat to wear for the labor plank.
Women in Turkey discard veils while North Carolina crowns its first licensed woman dentist Mrs D Z McGuire of Asheville. Miss Marie Rancke found dead near Detroit and foul play suspected. Mrs Marshall Field Jr marries Maldwin Drummond in London. Dr Grace Wilson Cahoon elected Montana Medical Association secretary. Twenty seven American women enroll as medical students at University of Berlin. New York women disapprove of Herrick’s view of American women as mercenary. Wives of three New York mail carriers deliver mail during husbands’ health-related vacations. Two New York designers earn 20000 dollars annually in ready to wear. Mrs John R McLean hosts reception for International Congress on Tuberculosis delegates in Washington. Germany to send Dr Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner to the congress. The Queen of the Hellenes is noted for frequent official kisses on close acquaintances and forehead kisses for others.
Labor World reports on the New York parade with 40 000 workers, New Orleans painters strike, New Zealand unions rising to 310, Clyde shipyards improving, and the New York Typographical Union funding out of work members. It notes New Zealand wage-earners revolt, eight-hour day push by leather workers, Buffalo union reorganization, Queensland railway wage gains, UK mining fatalities rising, New Bedford weavers enforcing family enrolment, and San Francisco Machinists teaching youth via lectures.
New Yorkers increasingly dine out on Sundays with meals lasting about four hours. Demand was so high yesterday that many could not be accommodated and reservations must be made days or even weeks in advance. The trend benefits hotels and restaurants but hurts home hospitality.
News reports from a private source describe the Highlanders having a wonderful effect on the Zekha Khels. Upon sighting the warriors, wild tribesmen cry out for Suf fragettes and then vanish as if by magic.
Thousands of women report long lasting backache and exhaustion until Dean's Kidney Pills offered relief. M Thomas Dunn of Columbus says years of pain vanished after using the remedy, which Foster Milburn Co. promotes in Buffalo New York. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box.
Mrs H F Budke of LeSueur Minnesota details a severe infant eczema case that worsened despite remedies. After two months using Cutiura Remedies the child recovered fully with no sores and regained a newborn appearance. Endorsed in 1907.
An Italian man visits Civil Service Commissioners for a laborer job exam. He answers most questions correctly and, upon being asked about naturalization, smiles and replies that he was naturalized just a week ago in a humorous misinterpretation of the question.
A notarized affidavit from Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. promises to pay one hundred dollars for every catarrah case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6, 886, names Toledo Ohio areas and publicizes the cure and accompanying Hall's Family Pills.
The cane sugar industry in Natal Colony shows $7,300,000 invested, second only to coal mining and $500,000 shy of that total. British South Africa investment highlights the sector's economic weight.
Two women describe relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Alvina Sperling of Chicago and Mrs 8 A Williams of Gardiner Maine credit avoiding surgery and recovering health in months. The ad touts the remedy for displacement inflammation and related symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice from Lydia E Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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