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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
Dr. Thomas Lambert Hinton of St Leonards England marks his centennial birthday. He ranks among the oldest Royal College of Surgeons members aside from Sir Henry Pitman. Hinton served in India from 1829 to 1846.
Mrs. James M Long of Staunton Virginia reports in 1903 that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her backache and urinary issues. In 1907 she states she has had no kidney trouble since and repeats her endorsement. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Methodist Episcopal church spends about 28 billion dollars yearly on preaching and superintendents. Of this total roughly 600 million is allotted to superannuated ministers, reflecting the church’s broad funding needs and pension commitments.
A mother describes her baby niece suffering from widespread eczema and constant scratching. After years with doctors, Culicura Soap and Ointment allegedly cured the child in three months, with the family listing St. Louis addresses and dates in 1907.
London mutton supplies decline while shipments from Australia continually increase, signaling shifting demand and a growing Australian role in the city’s meat trade.
A pair of poetic fragments celebrate virtue tested by fire and resilience, contrasting Ella Wheeler Wilcox's ideals with James Russell Lowell's June musings. The verses praise the brave smile through tears and the bright inequality of perfect June days.
An article recounts survival diets of shipwrecked crews off Ireland and nearby seas. It notes windswept survivors living up to sixteen days on stewed rope yarn and boot leather with scarce water, and mentions barnacles as a notorious though sometimes life sustaining diet used by crews of ships like the North Star.
A careful crew member reaches under the vessel's side to remove items from the planks, ensuring the best half does not remain attached to the wood. The action emphasizes safe handling and cleanliness aboard the ship.
The Lon don Lancet argues a fruit based diet suits humans, not strict carnivore or herbivore, citing anatomy and child preference. It lists apples bananas grapes dates figs and nuts as best foods and warns against liver sweetbreads coffee and certain purin rich fruits for gouty individuals.
The Lucerne expo displayed 12 000 stamp varieties from many nations. Other items note Johannesburg's 24 000 line telephone exchange and 6 500 entering the building. Morality and finance mix in statistics about licenses, fire costs, and city debts across Britain and America.
In Ladd's account the tiger trade under Korean authority is shown by a foreign hunter dining on questions with two local tiger-hunters. They claim bravery and success, value of skins, and fear magistrates, while recent tiger incidents confirm danger to locals.
A remark that a woman makes her own hats sparks witty but cutting replies from other women, who retort that the hats resemble the maker. The exchange highlights social code and fashion judgments in a small community setting.
Leesburg Virginia resident Maude E Forgie writes of her months long feminine ills and says after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she feels strong and well again The letter promotes the remedy as a standard treatment for female ailments and encourages others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts
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