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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
Tibbie explains how a doily hat can be made with a hollowed top crown and gathered mull under the brim. She tests Archie MacLachlan with three questions about a wife, church, and vanity, concluding his answers show he’s not suitable. The excerpt ends with Tibbie saying they’ve parted.
The very newest items include folded die with cash ends long silk crepe or chiffon sashes and fichus. Enormously long veils of full width chiffon adorn summer hats, wound about the crown and fastened at the back, extending to the dress foot, Harper's Bazaar notes.
A mother visiting New York found that the only hotel in the city that bans children is one run exclusively for women. A women only restaurant also posted signs that children are not allowed. The Youth’s Companion questions why women who choose to live apart from men would want children present.
The article advises nightly facial cleansing with soap and a soft brush, then two cream baths. The homemade cream combines almond oil, spermaceti, lanolin, wax, orange-water, and rose or geranium oil to yield a soft nourishing preparation.
The New York World essay highlights Grace Darling and Ida Lewis as renowned women keepers who saved lives. It argues women suit lighthouse life, cites tasks, loneliness, and suggests courage hinges on individual temperament and environment rather than sex.
The courtship ideas of Tibbie the young Scotchwoman who ran the Jameson kitchen amused her mistress as she mused about marriage and romance.
A Zoological Society talk by R I Pocock outlines two tabby patterns. Narrow vertical stripes show up in many breeds while blotched tabby displays spiral or circular side patterns. Origin of blotched cats is unclear, Linnaeus naming Felis catus for a blotched cat, while Pocock argues European wild cat should be Felis sylvestris.
A Milwaukee Sentinel remark highlights a collector who earned autographs by boldly writing to prominent figures. The man allegedly peppered officials and celebrities with complaints, drawing replies that joined signatures to letters as his prized collection.
The Pittsburg Dispatch recalls the 100 year milestone since the first anthracite coal shipment from Plymouth in Luzerne County to Columbia in Lancaster County. Abijah Smith shipped the cargo, with Jesse Fell later noting the fuel’s heat without an air blast, shaping Plymouth’s enduring coal trade.
A scientific note states that every square inch of human skin contains about 3500 perspiration pores. The fact highlights the density of sweat glands across the skin surface.
Harper's Magazine notes that bees show adaptive intelligent behavior beyond humans. Beekeepers influence bee foraging by supplying pollen substitutes, and bees adjust to new environments in Australia and California. The piece cites Barba dos, Knight, and experiments with cement coatings and flour as pollen analogs.
In an Ohio hill district a church rebuilt after two lightning fires and refused insurance. Wealthy member Mr Sipes funded both rebuilds. After a shaft yielded iron ore on the site, the property was sold for many times the original land cost, proving the trust in the Lord paid off.
A Detroit News Tribune notice describes a curious fishing method in the West. A ring and line are attached to a sucker fish’s tail and cast overboard. The fish then clings to the first turtle it spots using a suction device on its head, allowing the fisherman to haul both turtle and fish ashore.
Two Irishmen drive through the country and notice many barns topped with large rooster weathervanes. One asks why a rooster and a hen are used, and Pat replies that it helps avoid collecting the eggs.
The region covers roughly double the land area of the United States yet holds about half as many people. This contrast highlights vast geographic spread and lower population density in parts of South America.
Vera Coster, five, in Bartlett public schools, writes in reverse so that her letters appear legible only when held to a mirror. Teachers initially puzzled, but the mirrored copy becomes clear and readable.
New York City proposes seventy eight miles of salt water mains with diameters ranging from eight to twenty four inches and twenty one hydrants for fire protection.
The white marble McKinley shaft in Niagara Square Buffalo N Y will be formally dedicated Thursday September 5 as the centerpiece of Old Home Week September 1 to 7. A commission oversaw its construction at a cost over 150000 dollars. Former Buffalo residents are invited to attend the dedication and related week long civic military parade carnival sports and decorations. James W Green chairs the Old Home Week Committee and requests names and addresses. souvenir invitations will be mailed. Railroads will offer excursion fares for return trips from Buffalo.
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