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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
3
A discussion of how Boston embodies a persistent civic tradition amid dramatic immigration driven population shifts. The city once Puritan now cosmopolitan, with Cotton Mather imagined navigating the modern North End, yet the essential character remains.
A veteran, Frank Doremus of Indianapolis recalls severe kidney trouble after military service in 1897 with headaches dizziness and sleeplessness. His left leg swelled to 34 inches around before he refused amputation and started Doan's Kidney Pills, which reduced swelling normalized urine and eliminated pains. He reports good health for nine years since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Cleveland, Ohio reports Francis Wing, ex judge of the U S District Court, organized a 4 million bean trust named Interstate Products Company. It claims immunity from attack and aims for a practical monopoly by owning elevators in southern Michigan and New York.
A recent study on the cedar of Lebanor argues it shares a parental stock with pines and represents an ancestral form of the Abietinaee subgroup. It notes cedar wood retains peripheral resin canal vestiges like pines, while cedars have a median canal.
A fragment notes the phrase There’s a Reason linked to the work The Road to Wellville in reference to pigs. The readable line suggests a test or comparison theme rather than a full report. No dates or locations are given.
Mark Twain shared in an interview that England’s loveliest sights include women and strawberries. He joked about inviting all the beautiful women to his funeral, promising a grand gathering. Also describes fashion hats with cretonne, blonde straw, tulle, and silk trims. New York Press notes describe two hat designs with floral details and decorative bows.
A Ladies' Field remark argues that a woman who speaks truth about her age or past suitors is doubted. It notes society assumes she is older once she states her age and dismisses her claims about early marriage as evidence of luck in finding a husband.
The New York Press notes experiments with whaleskin as a commercial material may yield shoes and gloves. Proponents say the whale leather, thin and color friendly, could meet glove demand amid a famine in fashion markets.
G Olsen of Kragero notes that Norwegian women have long voting rights in local matters and serve on town councils and school boards. He predicts women will be eligible for the national assembly on equal terms with men and may be elected to the Storthing by the next election.
London correspondence reports a planned women’s congress to include a qualified woman from every constituency. The body would frame recommendations on laws affecting women and submit them to the government. It aims to represent mainstream English women who seek reform without full suffrage.
Paris milliners craft mob caps from cretonne upholstery fabric pairing with straw. Women replace lace with these beflowered novelties and trim caps with a large bow of coarse cotton net and straw bands on the brim. Two cretonne mob caps were imported for Newport sisters as stylish examples.
A diary style reflection laments a house cook who wowed with meals yet poisoned the household atmosphere with envy and malice. The writer contrasts the cook’s skill with her cruel outlook, noting the danger of a discontented mind and concluding a new cook brings relief.
A naval lieutenant hosted two women for luncheon aboard a Hampton Roads cruiser. After luncheon he found his coat had missing buttons, traced to one guest who admitted stealing them. He repaired the coat and dismissed the guest from future meals aboard the ship.
In 1895 Governor Culberson confronts promoters led by Dan Stuart over a prize fight in Texas. After placemaking rhetoric on Main Street and public support swelling, he calls a special session to enact a law banning boxing. The legislature acts, ending prize fighting in Texas, per Harper’s Weekly.
A compact column of maxims on work duty faith and character. It contrasts virtue with public life private greed and the value of sustained effort over flashy displays. It notes that lasting glory comes from steady labor and that true leadership requires hidden toil.
European chemists report a plausible imitation of camphor from turpentine derivatives not yet perfect nor cheap but promising for uses like celluloid. The article notes hopes for cheaper, identical artificial camphor and mentions ongoing price rise of whalebone from 150 to 1500 per ton over 100 years.
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