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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
3
In Kerisova near Lagos with a 3500 population, male emigration left no adult men. The last mayor left for Fiume, and women voters elected a young woman as mayor with other female residents filling municipal posts.
The article notes that in 1898 the United States consumed 313 million bushels of wheat domestically, reflecting high national grain use and agricultural demand.
Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Ohio suffered kidney trouble for fifteen years with back pain poor eyesight dark spots and dizzy spells. Dean's Kidney Pills provided quick relief and ultimately cured her saving her life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The column notes Pauline Spender Clay as heir to 100 million dollars, cites Catherine Gilligan as Bronx’s oldest woman at 107, and reports on Lyda Conley Kansas City lawyer, Emily Eddy’s health at nearly ninety, and other women achievers. It mentions travel, education, and professions including a Danish town grave digger, Russian folk songs school, and Wandsworth Rifle Club marksmen.
A California woman reports sleeping soundly after giving up coffee and starting Postum. Her brother, previously troubled by sour stomach, also switched to Postum and stopped daily soda, praising the product's effects and urging a ten day trial with The Road to Wellville booklet as reference.
A quoted line from Mrs. Hetty Green claims the happiest woman stays by the fireside and agrees with a dull remark. The note lightly mocks such feigned contentment and suggests many will endure kindly taunts like Fuzzy-Wuzzy or Baldy in daily life.
The Powerscourt house houses a grand salon where a 1821 banquet honored George IV. A portrait shows the founder in a scarf. Wingfield reportedly answered Queen Elizabeth that the scarf she wore would be reward enough for his services.
A survey of intrepid women explorers including Mrs Leonidas Hubbard Miss Constance Gordon-Cumming and Miss H M Kingsley. The piece then shifts to English christening customs detailing sponsor duties timing decor and post service refreshments. It advises intimate sponsors two godmothers one godfather and notes child nap constraints and simple floral decorations.
A New York Press critique notes that even wealthy Newport women can appear ungraceful in hats and dress while many others become sartorial highlights. The snapshot bias is acknowledged as elusive, with Miss Nana Morgan and Miss Edith Colford cited as examples of the camera’s fickle view.
The article discusses home christenings as intimate alternatives to church baptisms. It notes privacy, cost, and simplicity with close relatives and godparents, often followed by a buffet lunch and informal invitations.
A New York Journal excerpt advises preventing wrinkles by avoiding facial expressions that create marks and by maintaining moderate temperature in homes. It suggests using corn meal or bran bags for cleansing and softening skin, and recommends simple home emollients for nighttime care.
The piece describes changes in weave and design for Maire fabrics, patent leather shoes, blue straw with black lining, dressy silk lace mitts, hoop skirt memories, striped silks, Defrilled frocks, cotton voiles, fleecy spotted net dresses, white foundations, chiffons, and pale tone robes favored by high class dressmakers.
Henry Theyers, a Black man, was arraigned for stealing a suit of clothes from William Murdock. A lawyer advised him not to plead guilty, but Theyers altered his stance after the attorney left. He eventually said he was guilty and the justice sentenced him to sixty days.
A nine month old baby suffered itching and rash on the face and feet causing sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the symptoms improved within hours and the cradle cap cleared from the scalp. Mrs Isttie Currier Thomaston Me June 9 1906.
Amid beef scarcity Parisians reportedly eat 40,000 horses last year. The piece notes rising horse meat consumption as a consequence of beef shortages.
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