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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
4
A Milwaukee Sentinel poem by Will F. Griffin speaks to a mother figure addressing a young boy with bonnie blue eyes and curling hair. The speaker invites dreams of a carefree land and a Dream Ship while reflecting on the boy growing and drifting toward sleep.
A Harvard graduate in a Bowery office hires a Crackajack stenographer who transforms formal style and tone. Her improved English refines the Chief’s letters, ends filthy language, and leads to a mutual respect as the Chief learns to value correct expression over raw authority.
The Chief clings to grand phrases until a stenographer and the Crackajack expose the limits of pomp. A test of language prompts a shift from lofty diction to vigorous plain speech, ending with the Harvard Graduate discarding verse for brutal honesty and the Chief resigning to practical truth.
A satirical piece from the Phrenological Journal jokes how the name John Smith changes across languages and regions. It lists humorous renderings from Latin Johannes Smithus to Turkish Yoe Seef, highlighting how a common name sound shifts globally.
A small girl lost at Coney Island was cared for at the police station until her parents could be found. The matron kept her content with a candy cat, which she played with all day until it grew dirty and she discarded it, to the girl’s quiet mischief.
The notice states a yearly subscription to Aa nila daily newspaper costs 12 dollars. It notes the price and implies availability for new subscribers.
An Indianapolis News item advises increasing daily milk intake from three pints to two quarts, using milk between meals and at bedtime. It also suggests buttering foods thickly, eating eggs and cereals, and massage with olive oil or almond oil and white vaseline to improve neck appearance and chest expansion.
The article advises yellow for sunless rooms and warns against using it in bright living spaces. For sunny gunny rooms use cream or buff, or a light olive pairing with white or pink. Very bright rooms suit Indian and Pompeian reds for a cool summer effect.
A traditional home note explains making a rose scented attar like perfume by layering petals with cotton wool and salt in a glass vessel, using Florence oil, and sun heating for about two weeks to yield fragrant oil. The method claims petals and roses produce a close substitute to attar of roses.
Describes compact efficient kitchen layouts to save steps and keep housework lively. Includes Raspberry Whip and White Muffins recipes with instructions for baked potatoes and Fairy Cake. Emphasizes practical, economical cooking and home management.
J. Hennen of Milan Missouri recounts a severe skin itch that resisted three doctors until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent brought quick relief. He also credits Cuticura with healing a leg breakout following influenza and pneumonia. Also note Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents a bottle.
A mother compares a boy’s hands after he tries to equalize dirt on both hands. The youth recalls a previous time his left hand was cleaner than his right and plans to wash again, noting discipline follows initial efforts. The item reflects older advice on cleanliness and child-rearing.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes most cases to catarrh of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and offers $100 for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are sent free and products sold by Druggists.
The sugar industry in South Africa rivals mining in importance with an investment of 7.3 million dollars. The current year’s output is estimated at 40,000 tons, valued at about 63 dollars per ton. N.Y.-41
An article notes how backache signals hormonal imbalance in women and lists associated symptoms such as nervousness headaches and pelvic pain. It asserts a single remedy can quickly address the underlying cause and restore health.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania report relief from backaches and pelvic pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts thirty years of use as a standard female remedy curing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms for thousands of women.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a humorous exchange between two Amateurs about sail trimming. The first asks what to do with shears and the second explains the captain ordered trimming the jib sheet during a sailing scene.
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