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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
A critique condemns insatiable greed that drives people to hoard wealth and deny basic comforts. It argues greed harms communities, exhausts personal virtue, and leads to loss when wealth is claimed by others ungratefully.
A James Island correspondent notes a reported cure for blind staggers using calomel and aloes with asafoetida and hominy gruel. He urges prevention by keeping horses up with dry fodder, citing a farmer who lost all horses on grass versus another who kept them up and lost none.
Johnny offers candy to grandma who thanks him for his unselfish nature. He asks if she liked the gumdrop and recalls Towser spit it out twice signaling a contrast in taste between grandma and the dog.
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