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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
A reflection from the Indianapolis News notes how women feel a man may miss the contrast between a cheap forty nine cent shirtwaist and a costly twenty seven dollar eighty five cent one.
In Oklahoma City Judge Cotteral sentenced a man to ninety nine years in the penitentiary for murder, a result described as improper by sources such as the Wichita Eagle.
A Colorado battalion reportedly marched forty miles in two days on one condensed meat capsule per man per day and returned in excellent shape. The Herald suggests this observation could challenge beef price complaints by citizens against the Beef Trust.
The Lady's Pictorial notes a rise in self concern as people chatter about themselves their cars health chauffeurs bridge golf gardens city life and hobbies. It says society walls themselves in and only cares to the extent it can.
A New York Press account notes King Edward arrives in Paris in admiral’s uniform with hat on as President Fallieres greets him. The question arises who will remove headwear first as Edward visits Paris.
The Philadelphia Press notes English interest in a debate on censoring novels. Prominent writers warn of an impending danger. It points to certain English ladies who write erotic fiction as the main culprits and says responsibility may fall on them. An official censor in England may be set up to similar to the theatre censor.
The Paris Journal des Debats argues the top hat’s doom is pronounced yet it defends itself. It says the top hat is not uglier than other hats and has peculiar qualities requiring care. It contrasts with the soft hat which malfunctions more. It extols individual energy as a safeguard in civilized states.
Army and Navy Journal editors doubt Hiram P. Maxim's noiseless gun will shift military balance. They note progress often comes from exploiting initially weak allies and tactics, recalling ancient battles where attackers used missiles to breach fortifications.
The Philadelphia founders weekly committee will not highlight Betsy Ross as birthplace of the flag and will designate Betsy Ross House instead. The Baltimore Sun recalls the flag over Fort McHenry was sewn by Mrs John Pickersgill in Baltimore. Three fragments from the old banner remain with the Maryland Historical Society.
Poem excerpt describes a thief who steals a song from the throat of dawn and returns it as music from woods. It evokes evening and twilight images with whippoorwill dusk dreams and romantic aftermath. Andrew Shaughnessy credited in Metropolitan Magazine.
A compact tale from Alaska recounts Nellie, a small yet brave sled dog who led and saved a rescue party during a brutal winter. After her owners debated killing her for food, she fetched fish from a lake hole, feeding the team and guiding them to safety at a police hospital camp.
The cottonseed crush sector spans 848 mills with 2608 presses, 2752 gins, and 3126 linters across the Southern belt. Industry investment exceeds 85 million dollars, with 4 million tons of seed processed annually costing about 60 million. Oil by products value around 90 million, and only about half of the seed is currently crushed.
Mrs Takahira wife of the Japanese ambassador discusses evolving status of women in Japan. She notes greater freedom from traditional restraints, access to theatres and music education, schools modeled on European lines, and gradual social progress while preserving culture. She also mentions marriage duties but suggests current practices are less strict than in the past.
A Cincinnati reader argues reform waves miss women smokers. He cites England where women smoke publicly, notes smoking cars for women, and says a woman choosing to smoke harms no one but herself.
Jane Addams argues in the Woman's Home Companion that those in contact with working people cannot accept current industrial and domestic conditions. She asserts much of the troubling state stems from the system and calls for reform and active public involvement.
A historical note contrasts Elizabethan wake day foods with modern shortcuts using Neufchatel or cottage cheese. The recipe combines crumbled cheese with sugar, crackers, eggs, cream, currants, lemon zest and juice, rose water and spices, baked in patty tins until lightly browned.
An article reports that Mahometan women in the Russian empire petition the Duma for rights assumed by sacred texts. It notes women seek study travel prayer and public participation and argue modern social efforts reflect needs once met by home makers.
A veteran newspaper man recalls an editor in Cedar Rapids who forbade all abbreviations except Mister. States had to be spelled out and a proof-reader once misread Mozart's mass as Mozart's Massachusetts, highlighting strict editorial discipline.
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