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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
3
Vogue notes monograms beautify china and are widely used with whole sets in white and gold for daily service. Plain monogrammed china is preferred for everyday use over ornate options like Haviland Dresden or Doulton. Hosts mix china by course to suit taste and stock.
Instructions describe making curtains using unbleached Russia crash with a three inch hem, a two and a half inch goldenrod linen band, and buttonholed edges. Design includes brown stems and a four petalled yellow flower with a dark red center, plus a linen valance across the top.
The Commoner outlines a home method to kill ants using poison fly paper and sugar syrup. Place treated paper in water with honey bait near colonies, keep moist, shade in heat, and add water as needed. Ants carry poison to the nest and die within days. Outdoor nests under rotting boards should be drenched with boiling water for extermination.
Steps for tomato slices with oil pepper and lemon juice. Chocolate caramels with molasses sugar chocolate milk butter boiled and set. Sponge cake beaten eggs sugar flour lemon rind juice baked slowly then sugared. Cucumber salad sliced peeled cucumbers on lettuce with oil vinegar salt pepper red pepper and chives.
Nadine Neftel known as Princess de Georgie of Russia died at her Madison Avenue home. She renounced her title living 48 years in New York and led the Drawing Room Club and Nurses and Childrens Hospital support. Burial at St Nicholas Cathedral.
William O Donnell newly arrived in New York notes the New York ladies wear hats that seem to dance with perpetual motion. His aunt and sister explain the hats cause the appearance and the St Vitus dance will fade as headgear styles change.
A Newark News brief quotes a father and mother arguing over their son Willie who is eleven and cannot throw an outcurve yet. The family humorously laments the boy’s late development in pitching.
A Kansas City Journal quote highlights public duty with the remark no man is utterly indifferent to the public and a playful note about someone wearing the first straw hat of the season.
The platetoids count exceeds three hundred discoveries after January 1, 1801. A river acts as a strong geological agent, carving valleys through mechanical erosion as rocks, sand, and mud wear away the stream bed while transported and tumbled along.
Charolles, a town near Macon in France, was recently struck by a shower of sulphur. Yellow dust coated roofs gardens fields vineyards rivers and ponds, while peasants in the fields endured a sulphurous biting odor that made breathing difficult for a time.
Norwegian experiments show a snow wall four feet thick deflects and stops a Norwegian army rifle from fifty yards to half a mile, proving snow offers surprising resistance to penetration compared with wood.
An Italian scientist visits Boston district gypsy moth laboratories to coordinate control work. He notes sending numerous insect enemies for adaptation to American climate and conditions as the most effective approach under current conditions.
William McAdoo recalls a rainy Albany trip with Mrs. McAdoo in which a weighing machine delivers a fortune at a nickel. The card proclaims that his second marriage will be happier than his first, a quip used in a Saturday Evening Post feature.
A man sits on a porch in the Philadelphia Ledger excerpt and tells the girl he will pose the old question. The heat is mentioned as making them sweat as the exchange unfolds in a tense, intimate moment.
A local editorial urges residents to follow Rome’s example of civic virtue and generosity, arguing that good deeds strengthen community bonds and set standards for behavior. The piece stresses charity, public service, and respectful conduct as guiding principles.
A Keystone Insert cautions that accepting loss making bids to keep customers poisons a business. It argues that using price cutting as a tactic undermines profitability and long term health. The piece urges resisting needless concessions to protect margins and growth.
A humorous reflection on posing for a portrait where the sitter complains of the painful facial expression. The photographer confirms the desired look while the subject urges speed, noting the pain in his face. A quip from Argonaut frames the exchange.
Miss Sarah Morrison aged seventy five returns to Bloomington to enroll at Indiana State University for the summer term. She is the first woman graduate of the university, class of 1869, majoring in Greek and Latin and plans a specialty in Greek.
British authorities say American immigrants take 50 million dollars worth of property into Canada each year. The figure, attributed to New York 82, prompts questions about cross border movement and asset transfer.
A Appleton Wisconsin woman recounts years of illness with fatigue sleep trouble and eye circles. After trying Peruna her condition improved from the first bottle and she credits six bottles with a complete recovery.
Mrs Judge J F Boyer of 1421 Sherman Ave Evanston Illinois says she became run down could not eat or sleep and lost flesh and spirit until Peruna worked wonders giving her new life and strength.
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