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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1907
Page
3
William George reports on subterranean workers in European cities who extract mushrooms from old catacombs forgotten tunnels and damp cellars. They exploit historic galleries and quarries, paying for access to supply rare mushrooms to the tables of the rich.
A Mississippi inventor patents an automatic wagon brake that negates any foot lever. The brake pivots to contact the rear wheel rim and uses a vertical lever at the wagon shaft end linked to the harness by a chain. The system automatically halts the horses without driver intervention.
The text notes fungi farms under Edinburgh streets producing 5000 pounds monthly sold wholesale for eighteen cents per pound. Paris and other European cities also pursue underground mushroom cultivation, with hundreds of workers and similar schemes expanding in Germany and France.
An Illinois inventor patents a three shelf flower stand attached to the outside of a window frame. Iron brackets support side frames with inclined sides to keep lower plants from touching upper shelves, expanding capacity from under six pots to over a dozen.
A Harper's Weekly discussion argues the peace of the world is fragile as nations rely on growing armies and navies. It questions the cost of armaments, asking how much is spent, how fast spending rises, and whether disarmament or gentler means could sustain global concord.
The world famous Susquehanna boom at Williamsport will end as lumber firms wind down stock in two more drives. They plan to build a sawmill to manufacture lumber from boom timbers and rafting platforms, use a stone crusher on crib stones, and abandon the boom entirely.
A noted Wall Street operator, famed for daring and success, dines with the Waldorf group after markets close. At a dinner he deflects Balzac as a preference, saying he avoids references to curb storks in a quip that echoes a Saturday Evening Post line.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York now holds the largest and rarest fossil collection in the world. The collection showcases a wide range of specimens, highlighting significant paleontological finds.
The Travel Magazine advises forming a camp party of four or five with careful selection of congenial members. It stresses knowing each member well, assigning a capable cook, and testing a cook on a short outing to prevent failures during bad weather and urgent hunger.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething relief at 25 cents a bottle. A note claims the Mohammedans of the world number about 200 million.
A Tippecanoe, Indiana resident describes two years of severe eczema failing every physician and remedy until Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent provided immediate relief and recovery. The note is dated November 15, 1905.
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