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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1908

Page

2

Love Wins in a Quiet English Courtyard Tale

Sophie visits Phillip Ardley injured after a railway rescue and confronts a change of heart. She admits she now loves him and declares she will marry him, choosing affection over pride in a compassionate, melodramatic London setting.

Sophie Phillip Orion Peter

Lure of the Land Sparks English Intensive Farming

American readers are shown a Berkshire five acre farm run by two sisters Miss Jones and Miss Peel using French intensive gardening. Cloches and glass frames produce three crops a year with high yields, drawing locals to imitate. The piece also notes Miss Woodhull's Rural Life experiments at Bredon Norton with a horticultural college, dairy and club to bring urban ideas to countryside life.

England Berkshire Miss Jones Miss Peel Thatchamy Thatcham France Bredon’s Norton New York Tribune

The Girls Chorus and Night Parable

A St. Louis Times poem describes the girls as a joyous chorus in a balmy night. Lively lines celebrate their chatter and merriment amid a hall’s mazes while hinting at danger and consequences of desire.

Bohemia and the Bohemian Spirit in Sydney Bulletin

A quotation defines Bohemia as youth everywhere bounded by middle age on north and east and by success mountains on south and west. The true Bohemian drinks only ambition and id. the mind remains clear though the stomach may ache and breakfasts are scarce the morning after.

Bohemia Sydney Bulletin

Costly Accessories in a $20,000 Production

A Houston Chronicle item notes disdain for a costly showpiece calling it overvalued. Critics debate the true worth of a snow scene made from genuine white paper.

Houston Chronicle

Wit humor and wry quips from the era

A collage of jokes and gags from newspapers and magazines recounting vaccination quips, social foibles, and light barbed humor. Highlights include lines about vac cination costs, perpetual aging jokes, and playful exchanges about raffles and manners.

Concrete Barges in Italian Harbor Work

Re-enforced concrete barges and pontoons have proven satisfactory in Italy. The first double pontoon boat built in 1894 serves the Rome Rowing Club boathouse. In 1905 the Liguria 150 ton barge operated near Rome and proved successful leading to four more under contract. Other Pontoon bridges use concrete as support across the Po near Pavia.

Italy Rome Italian Navy Department Liguria Kingdom Pavia

Coffee and Morning Ritual Highlighted by London Globe

A London Globe observation notes that for some, the routine of sweetening morning coffee constitutes the sole stirring moment in a man’s day. The line suggests a quiet reflection on everyday habits as small but meaningful rituals.

New York Evening Post Globe London Globe

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