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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
4
A guide on cultivating charm and calm to avoid irritability. It urges avoiding crossness, noting nerves from modern life, and recommends rest, change of scene, and purposeful activity. It links digestive health to mood and suggests pursuing hobbies to give life meaning and curb unkindness.
A quotation from the Fortnightly Review laments modern flat living, arguing that homes lose character without dogs, cats, gardens, or children. It contends homes require memories, flowers, and cupboards to retain life and warmth despite urban constraints.
Mrs Vincent Warren Rawcutt, the only woman asked to address the University Debating Society at Oxford, spoke on woman suffrage and the resolution in favor lost by sixteen. Rumor says Mrs Julia Ward Howe may soon receive a Harvard invitation, with Harvard's expected opposition noted.
A brief note from designers outlines practical color pairings for apparel and home decor. Cold green contrasts with crimson, purple, white, gold and orange, guiding tasteful choices in dress, furnishings and embroidery.
A traditional split pea soup method uses peas soaked overnight then simmered with salt pork and onion for seven hours. The final stage thickens with a flour and butter cream and optional hot milk, with stirring and thinning as needed.
The passage lists color pairings and contrasts among yellow orange sky blue gray white brown buff and combinations with purple blues black olive crimson red green maroon and others. It frames contrasts and harmonies among these colors as guidance for coordinated schemes.
Cathlamet correspondent reports Miss Elvira C. Marsh begins her second term as Wahkiakum County public schools superintendent after early nominations in 1906 and unopposed elections in 1908. Born in Astoria, she moved with her family, studied at Portland schools and State Normal at Bellingham, then taught locally with noted success and maintains high school efficiency.
The passage treats crossness as a solvable habit not an affliction. It argues that yielding to irritation reinforces unhappiness and shortens good temper intervals. It urges immediate effort to conquer minor irritations and compares habit-breaking to correcting physical defects.
The Philadelphia Ledger advocates treating temper as a disease or habit that can be cured with medical help or self-discipline to reduce unhappiness among people.
The piece surveys current dress trends including fitted gowns with draped blouses, dainty watches, numerous shoulder scarves, three quarter sleeve frocks, Persian colored embroideries, black velvet trims, jewel buckles on lawn turbans, white dotted grounds, coin purse ribbon chains, double ostrich plume feathers, jabot neckwear, long knitted wool coats for carriages, draped waistcoats with sashes, hemless flaring skirts, rabot with Dutch collars, and Eton style coats.
Old age kidney concerns described with back pain and irregular urination. Nonspecific testimonial from Mrs Mary C Phelps of Westfield Mass praising Dean's Kidney Pills for restoring health. Ad claims 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Note mentions Calcutta press claim about Indian railways using Natal coal next year for efficiency.
In a promotional notice the Hall brothers claim Hall's Catarrh Cure cures constitutional catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. They offer $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invite readers to send for testimonials. A second item mentions London banking rise dating to 1672 when the king seized goldsmiths’ credits.
A collage of product pitches and anecdotes notes Cuticura Ointment as safe for a child, Garfield Tea as a laxative, Kemp's Balsam for coughs, Wizard Oil for wounds, and Wizard Oil, with era trivia about Graham crackers, roller skates, almanacs, and barometers. It presents a rapid mix of sensational statements and brand promotions from early advertising style.
Book review touts Maria Ward Brown’s Memoirs of Dan Rice as a humorous survey of the clown’s half century, with jokes, anecdotes, songs, and show life stories. It notes 500 pages, illustrations, and postpaid price of $1.50 from Book Publishing House. Also cites U S petroleum output for 1908 estimated at 175 to 180 million barrels, up from 166 million in 1907.
A keeper on the Tiberton estate Herefordshire England shot an eagle with a 7 ft 2 in wingspan and 2 ft 10 in body length. The light brown bird, about two years old, is believed to be a white eagle.
An advertisement claims Paro Ointment cures itching, blindness, bleeding or protracting piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. It also notes The British Postoffice Savings Bank covers 10,000,000 depositors.
The piece claims constipation can be overcome by personal effort and a laxative syrup as a preferred remedy to aid nature. It shifts to commentary on acting as a female art, noting Englishwomen lag behind past greats like Mrs. Siddons and referencing the London Tatler.
Captain F. A. Steel told the Royal United Service Institution in London that polygamy is the rule among southern Nigerian tribes. He said the natives reason that one woman cannot do all the household work. NYAS
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