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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
2
A collage of brief satirical notes and anecdotes from multiple papers. Items include quips on monoplane speed, widows hats, jurors and umpires, grave-flag thefts, red letter boxes, Paris organ grinders, liquor licensing ideas, a London kiss saving a life, cattle disease bills, Cockney speech shifts, and old spelling shifts noted by scholars.
A short lyric describes a kiss as a roselike bloom of love that unites hearts and dreams. The poem calls kiss a divine sign, a nectar of the gods, a healing balm, and a lark song of the spirit.
Detective Paul Tarrant helps solve the disappearance of barrister Mr. Brinstair and tracks a missing lease assignment. Cheeseman, eager for a crucial paper, is exposed as the culprit after a chase through London and Sheffield. Brinstair is found in Sheffield alive and well.
Mons Bouquet de la Grue urged the French Academy to widely use the wireless telegraph at the Eiffel Tower. Signals now reach 1200 miles and could double with more energy. A midnight Paris time signal from the tower would let ships at sea set their chronometers to the exact hour for navigation.
Two tramps near a New York area telegraph office tapped the window asking the operator to report two empties going east. The operator left the key long enough to ask what he could do and the tramp replied with a grin that he wanted the empties logged, then the pair moved on toward New York.
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