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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
3
James A Rector ran the 100 yard dash in 9.25 seconds in Charlottesville to set a world best. His father in Hot Springs Ark sent a telegram praising the performance and trainer Pop Lannigan quips about Solomon with a handicap in a walk.
A London effort aims to revive the tyranny of the top hat as silk hat makers form a committee. They plan a procession at the Anglo French exhibition where participants will wear the best style of top hats to demonstrate its becoming nature.
A Woodbury Connecticut man who balked at wiping dishes was confronted by his wife with a Bible verse. She read And will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish turning it upside down, and the husband continued wiping the supper dishes.
The French government forbids further emigration to Brazil citing Brazilian immigration rules.
An advertisement touts Postum as a healthier coffee substitute. It recounts a reader’s tale of coffee linked headaches, notes relief after switching to Postum, and urges readers to try the product while citing the Postum Company in Battle Creek Michigan.
After sweeping, dust the floor well and avoid water. Use a soft cotton cloth with paraffin oil sparingly to rub the floor, leaving a waxy durable surface. The oil is inexpensive by the gallon at paint shops and aids good housekeeping.
A Boston Post note advises repair methods for pillow cases worn in the center. Darn holes or sew up ends to extend wear and preserve the good length. trim seams if needed and use side portions for the center to prevent noticeable flaws.
The Pittsburg Dispatch advises weekly light coating of potash on damp porcelain sinks to remove stains while cautioning that potash is poisonous and must be removed before morning. The method also applies to porcelain tubs and can be used in drain pipes to prevent stoppages.
Domestic cretonnes offer handsome designs at twenty eight cents a yard while imported versions retail from thirty to thirty three fifty a yard. Single width cretonnes are in demand this season at thirty to fifty cents a yard. Cretone patterns favor floral motifs with blue mauve and pale yellow common though pinks and reds are popular in windows and room schemes.
A collection of era cookbook style instructions for Cherry Pie Beverages such as Cranberry Raisin filling and Butter pastry mixing Baking Powder Buns Bread Pancakes Beef Loaf English Plum Pudding and steaming methods Includes measurements for flour sugar eggs milk and spices with notes on oven times and serving ideas
Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia reports initial cure of backache and urinary troubles on January 31 1903 by Doan's Kidney Pills and four and a half years later states she has had no kidney trouble since Her testimony highlights durable relief and the product price of 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A brief Chicago News quip features Elsie asking her mother to make a baby behave as the child cries when hair is pulled. The anecdote contrasts parental control with a child’s reaction, highlighting a humorous tension in family life.
In Venauson France Guigo wins the mayoralty with his brother as clerk and his six sons serving as municipal councillors.
A mother credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing her baby niece’s painful eczema in three months after doctors said the condition would last years. The note, dated May 2 and 20, 1907, lists Alice L. Dowell of 4769 Easton Ave. as author.
A German paper notes that the first Baedeker travel guide appeared in Coblenz on the Rhine in 1839. Baedeker was born in Essen in 1801 and worked as a bookseller. it also mentions earlier tourist guides before his.
Belgium issues a Sunday stamp for those who do not want mail delivered that day. All mail bearing the stamp is held by carriers and delivered on Monday.
John Eaton of Kingston New Hampshire amassed a notable collection of Indian relics, mostly dug from his garden over the last century. Upon his death the collection will be sent to Sanborn Seminary in Kingston.
Leesburg Virginia resident Maude E. Forgie writes from her home praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She details months of feminine illness and says after using the remedy and following the prescribed treatment she recovered strength and health and feels like a new woman.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors cramps backache and digestive issues. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass seeking guidance to health.
William H. Taft compares golf to medicine while Fairfax Cartwright becomes Vienna ambassador. New Zealand premier lauds Roosevelt and Edward. Cardinal Gibbons travels from Rome to Switzerland. Pope names priests as monsignors. Zill-es-Sultan banished from Persia after pledging loyalty to his nephew. Hinman earns LL.D. at Hamilton College. Bryan comments on phonograph use by Taft. Townsend Wandell’s will restrict his brother’s legacy unless divorce or death occurs. James Keir Hardie sails to unite laborists and Socialists in the U United States. Forbes and Luzuriaga urge tariff reform, transport growth, and plant cultivation in the Philippines.
The Cleveland team captured the opening Lipton Yacht Cup race on Lake Michigan. Other notes include Spanish Queen taking a $10,000 Kalamazoo trotting heat in 2.07% and Mrs. W. A. Barstow winning the third Atlantic Yacht Club women’s race aboard Sova.
The piece reports on new factory inspectors in Ohio, passaged hours limits for railroad workers in Porto Rico, a Joliet arbitration settlement, Germany's large chemical industry wages, the first National Federation of State City and Town Employers' Unions convention in Boston, organizing Negro firemen in Pittsburg, wage cuts in Midlands England, a 10000 member International Brass Molders Union, UK Bakers' Society eight hour relay vote, printing of Cuban census data in Washington, and a granite workers arbitration in Quincy.
The article argues Peruna combines two kinds of remedies for catarrh a mix of well tested catarrh cures and known tonics. It states chronic catarrh is common and affects many organs with people seeking help from various doctors and notes Peruna lists its principal active constituents for public scrutiny.
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