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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1907
Page
3
Real lace gloves costing from 50 cents to $1 a pair become essential for the society woman this season. Queen Alexandra of England inspires the trend as she preferred the ease of removing lace gloves over long kid styles, avoiding the tugging at the wrist.
The Argonaut praises Mrs. Bryan also Mrs. W J Bryan for her athletic ability and household management she swims a mile walks rides a bicycle drives horses bakes cooks sews and keeps house with precise records She is well read in current literature and past good things highlighting her balanced accomplishments.
Paris correspondence notes France imposes strict rules on unmarried girls unlike England or America. A Spanish girl reportedly shot herself after a kiss by a young man, claiming unbearable life due to relatives’ reactions.
For the year ending June 30, 1905, 801 585 women nearly half the number of men came to this country largely for work. Native American women in gainful occupations total 19 of 100, foreign born women 32 of 100 and rising. A study of several thousand unmarried and childless married immigrant women within three years of arrival shows about 90 percent at work or seeking work.
A Harper's Bazar excerpt argues economy in dressing starts in the head, with prudent buying and planning. It stresses knowing current dress forms and prices, and understanding how fabric is used and a garment worn after purchase, to avoid waste and misfit.
Anne O Hagan in Harper s Bazar rebuts writers who stereotype spinsters. Maida, a self supporting spinster, lives fully with work meals social life and daily joys, illustrating a rich array of ordinary experiences and happiness.
A critic argues that literature overemphasizes the thwarted instincts of unmarried women and urges broader sympathy. The piece questions blaming the spinster class for all such narratives while noting the broader range of unexpressed desires among all mature women.
The piece argues for women’s economic roles beyond housework and outlines how specialized labor could boost wealth. It notes social resistance but predicts inevitable progress under natural change. It also sketches a view of human life in three 25 year stages from youth to old age.
Dr Thierry, a French physician, is said to have discovered an acid that will heal all burns. The article discusses sidereal universe theory with two great streams of suns and planets moving in different directions. Dr Bell, inventor of the telephone, is working on air ship plans based on a new principle.
Professor Udinski of Bucharest veterinary school amputated a horse’s leg at the fetlock joint and replaced it with a leather artificial limb. The animal can walk and exercise normally, demonstrating a remarkable advancement in prosthetic care for animals.
Central and eastern Oregon rabbits are said to be dying by thousands from a germ disease under government investigation. Dead rabbits have been sent to Australia to attempt infection of rabbits there.
San Saba correspondence reports the famous Texas Pecan Tree on the Colorado River at the Bend, owned by P. B. McCoury, produced a large crop sold on the tree for 150 dollars. The buyer expects to clear that amount in profit as nuts fetch 50 to 75 cents per pound annually.
In the Kriesblatt at Hoechst near Wiesbaden a reader asks for the names of balloonists who dropped ballast over the village of Ried last Thursday evening and ruined a fruit tart Julia Schmidt 14 Britzelgaase Ried requests identification and redress The item is quoted from Literary Digest.
The Westminster Gazette mocks the argument that two brothers should not marry two sisters. If my wife's sister is as much my sister as my own, then she is as real a sister to my brother, making their marriage a sexual vice, which is absurd.
A humorous line explains an emergency brake as a maid dropping a plate just before a father swears at the meat. The quote is attributed to The Reader with note on its long-known usage.
The Tambo valley in Peru yields aguardiente made from sugar juice with twenty percent alcohol. Consul General Taylor notes heavy Indian consumption and population decline, while the valley shows limited industrialization and a single good US rice mill amid primitive mills.
A colonel tours a drill room and finds two soldiers. One reads aloud a letter from his sweetheart to Atkins who cannot read. The other stops Murphy's ears to prevent hearing the letter's contents.
Tea planters grow worried as a mosquito bite blight spreads among tea bushes, threatening crops and livelihoods. Experts urge monitoring and protective measures to curb spread and protect yields.
Lizzie Lour of Chicago writes she suffered for over a year with night sweats and no appetite. After trying many remedies and doctors she followed Dr. Hartman’s Peruna regimen for four months and reports full recovery and renewed energy for her family of six.
A New York opinion notes that mental strain can exhaust a person as much as extended physical work, arguing that deep thinking raises productivity and efficiency beyond tedious labor.
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