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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement extols an ethical family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a World Well-Informed recommended product. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. formulation through leading druggists.
Despite producing 2,076,250 tons of sugar cane India imported sugar valued at 27,276,879 dollars in the last fiscal year.
Mrs Mary H Rouse of Cambridge New York describes years of back and hip pain kidney disorder and weakness from a fall. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she reports quick relief and full recovery and claims excellent health now. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Public school repairs in New York will cost about 1 million dollars to erase wall and desk carvings and window scratches from 695000 students. Supt. C B J Snyder reports 500 school buildings need fixes ahead of the September 14 term start with enrollment expected at 720000, up 25000 from last year.
London Bystander lauds King Edward as the busiest monarch in history noting his reign is marked by widespread beneficence and tireless activity.
Letter style advertisement praising Postum for uniform taste and lack of caffeine. A Michigan company promotes letters claiming improved health and relief from gall bladder issues and headaches, urging readers to try the product and read related materials.
New York City introduces tunic style for long sleeves with high left side detail and Grecian influence. Designs feature deep or narrow cuffs, embroidery on white lawn, washable waistings, pongee and wash flannels, and a blouse closing on the left front with a fitted lining and grouped tucks shaping the figure.
The in demand long line skirt features fifteen gores with a pleated center front and side gores for a slender look. Trimmed in black and white silk on Copenhagen blue pongee, it suits thin, washable, and advance-season fabrics, with invisible back or left-front closures.
In Collins Mississippi twelve jurors fled the heat to eat watermelons in a patch, causing a new trial for A C Brett convicted of murdering D G McGann a one legged newspaper editor. Brett’s lawyers argued melons induce sleep and impaired fairness of the trial.
Mrs Anna Miskus died at 107 in Chicago at her grandson Julius Anixter's home. A settlement worker of note she remained mentally sharp until death and left forty grandchildren. Born in Maryneple Poland she vowed never to worry and credited longevity to that vow.
A $100,000 life insurance risk on William H. Taft for one year at five percent was placed by a Wall Street house with London Lloyds assuming the risk. The move highlights prominent figures facing coverage from financial markets.
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal reports that Cuticura Soap and Ointment cleared her three children's eczema after multiple itching eruptions and a bleeding neck fold improved by the same treatments. The note adds a second item: German and British shippers fix a minimum rate in River Plate trade.
Advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo developed the remedy. Local pharmacists Walding Kinnan & Marvin endorse the firm and attest to Cheney's honor and solvency. The cure is taken internally and said to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Denver California resident shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of female troubles and an ineffective operation. The letter touts the remedy as a standard cure for displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities backache and related symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A historical note questions Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy and cites the United States Dispensatory descriptions of its ingredients hydrastis canadensis golden seal corydalis formosa and cedron seeds. It suggests readers request a free testimonials book and emphasizes personal experience as best evidence.
A brief quote notes that praise and blame form the current moral social framework but argues humanity will outgrow this impulse. It suggests a future world without blame would be more habitable and civilized, echoing a speculative moral philosophy. The excerpt is attributed to T. P.'s Weekly, New York, 1936.
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