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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
3
A promoter extols reliable products, emphasizing healthful living and world approval. The text promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine, physician approved family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
Charles Martens earned a spot on the Springfield Massachusetts police force after undergoing a painful stretch treatment that extended his neck by three tenths of an inch over five weeks using weights.
Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse of Cambridge New York recounts a five year struggle with kidney problems following a fall. She states constant back pains and weak health improved quickly after using Dean's Kidney Pills and claims full recovery. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Lawrenceville Sunday school raises a fee for sleepers. Uncle John Sanders enforces a rule charging twenty five cents per Sunday for those who nap during study hours, after complaints about straggling and quiet naps.
Dr A Bulleid, who located an ancient British lake village at Glas tonbury in 1892, reports a new lake village near Meare. The site covers about twelve acres, with grassy mounds indicating dwelling floors and abundant relics in bronze bone horn and pottery. The village is dated to late Celtic times around 300 to 400 B C up to the Roman Conquest.
A swarm of bees occupied a Hast street mailbox in Northampton Massachusetts delaying postal collection for hours as authorities attempted to clear them.
An Indiana woman recounts quitting coffee due to health issues and choosing Postum for a year. She cites stable taste, no caffeine, and relief from gall colic heaviness chest discomfort and headaches. The letter endorses Postum Co. and mentions The Road to Wellville.
An An Towa man designs a wing mounted anti flight device to stop chickens from flying into neighbors’ gardens. The apparatus slips over the wing, uses bent wire elbow sections and a hook to trap the wing, preventing elevation and escape. Washington Star reports the concept to curb garden damage.
A crowded six o'clock car forces a young woman to wedge in by the doorway. Each jolt throws her back into the arms of a large man on the back platform, who finally asks her to stay where she is after the third fall.
A single sheet metal device forms a bifurcated spring handle with a blade end that slips beneath a utensil and a gripping end that fits over the pan edge. When the handle is grasped the device automatically grips the pan for lifting from the stove.
State Senator John Fisher recalls an Indiana County case where Dick Wilson arrived with many Supreme Court decisions to argue before a squire. The squire dismissed the bundle and predicted the Court would reverse itself, ruling against Wilson’s client. The anecdote lampoons legal theatrics and local justice.
A father, Mr. Harding, laments his son’s memory lapses over election figures. He urges writing down simple figures to avoid forgetfulness, a scene recounted by Mrs. Harding with quiet concern from Youth's Companion.
A report notes Burmah plans to found a Pasteur Institute to advance medical research and disease study within the region, signaling commitment to scientific progress and public health.
Mrs Hayskeep confronts a carpenter who billed $14 after noting the cost would be $13. The carpenter explains he worried the number 13 might be unlucky and feared he could not be certain to produce it perfectly.
An act of the last Congress removes restrictions on land alienation for Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. About 9,000,000 acres previously tied up are now available for purchase by buyers.
The vaudeville stage production Peter Pan at the Vaudeville Theatre in Paris perplexes critics who discuss a reviewer’s son sent to observe the show and report impressions.
Chicago estimates its population at 2,140,000, reflecting growth in the city.
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal writes that her three daughters were cured of a severe eczema scalp rash after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment four to five times. She reports rapid improvement and notes a plump baby’s neck skin healed by the same products. Forty Penn alumni later formed a Western New England Alumni Association in Springfield, Massachusetts.
An old advert offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as maker and Wal ding Kinnan & Marvin as endorsers, praising Cheney. It promotes internal use and blood mucous surfaces benefit with tests available and price 75 cents per bottle. Also notes Taker's Family Pills and a quotation about needs of the country.
Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St Denver writes that after six years of invalid status and an operation she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits backache bearing down pains and periodic pains improving, noting the remedy is made from roots and herbs and has helped thousands of women. The note invites sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
The article questions the claim that Peruna effectively treats chronic catarrh and cites the United States Dispensatory on its ingredients like golden seal cedron seeds and related tonics. It urges readers to request a free book of testimonials and emphasizes personal experience as best evidence.
The excerpt argues that praise and blame are current cornerstones of morality but should be outgrown as society evolves. It suggests a future world where blame does not exist would be more habitable, civilized, and logical, reflecting a forward-looking ethic.
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