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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
3
A compilation of aphorisms about choice, integrity, and spirituality. It argues that character is shown by deeds not weeklong pigeonholes, measuring a man by what provokes merriment, wealth cannot buy virtue, and true religion is what one gives, not merely what is given up.
Reports show new unions formed in Lowell and St Paul and wage gains for barbers in London Ontario. The AFL urged exclusion of Asiatic labor in the US while the US Printing Company locked out 1200 workers in Brooklyn. Canada building trades see wage rises. Labour Temple in Los Angeles near occupancy. 315 NSW teens granted schoolwork waivers. Swansea eight hour day agreement. PA Railroad orders 200 all steel cars. Chicago carpenters union extends to 12 000 members with mills adding 2000 wood workers.
The United States Patent Office reports that 1906 saw more patents issued and higher collections than any year before, second only to 1905 since the office began in 1836.
A Texas girl describes using coffee from youth to six months ago and says switching to Postum Food Coffee ended nervousness indigestion and headaches. She notes clearer skin rosy complexion and continued teaching without discomfort and praises proper preparation of Postum. The advertisement cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
A twenty one year old athletic woman describes wearing loosely laced corsets during sports and tighter ones at home, finding the sensation pleasurable and noting moderation for street wear. She mentions ordinary inches, personal comfort, and a drillmaster posture while asserting enjoyment in tight corsets at home.
The St. Louis Republic notes the Patent Office has welcomed women inventors since 1790 with Mary Kies receiving a 1809 patent for straw weaving. It highlights twenty one other women, including Adelena S. Goodman of Florida and Almira M. Cole of Windham Maine, who advanced beyond domestic roles with patents in glass, wood, fur, and geography teaching aids.
The article outlines etiquette for wedding invitations and responses. It covers church service invitations, the duty to call on parents within a fortnight, acknowledgement practices for widowers and guardians, reception cards, visiting cards, and breakfast invitations. It also notes RSVP necessity when engraved invitations bear R S V P.
The piece outlines ornate millinery shapes and bold accessories for women. It highlights lace and passementerie on coats, high boned collars, metal shades on frocks, and various hairdressing trends like the currant bun and cream puff with hats pinned by decorative touches. Coral buckles and mink trims feature prominently.
Reported plans note a bridge 3239 feet long to connect Autung and New Wiji across the Yalu River with an estimated cost of $1,000,000. The project signals a major engineering effort aimed at improving trans regional transport and economic linkages.
A light verse from Lippincott's lampoons a man in Atchison with patchy trousers. He praises the rough patch and claims it helps ignite a parlor match. The quip centers on wordplay and regional humor.
A reformer urges disclosure of large dividends to the public. Dustin Stax replies that explaining big dividends to the public is easier than justifying small dividends to stockholders. The Washington Star quote highlights tensions over corporate payout transparency.
A humorous exchange features two men calling themselves nature fakers who perform as actors in a show with one describing Sandy as the head and the other as the legs. The dialogue appears in the Chicago Daily News.
In a divorce case the judge presses both spouses about their wishes as they insist on divorce. The exchange highlights persistent disagreement despite earlier claims of inability to agree on any point.
In a Punch cartoon a young girl teases her father at bedtime saying his beard is scratchy and tall for its age. The father replies that it was shaved this morning and she remains amused by the beard’s height.
Ezra Winrow and Silas Stubble remark on Canniff's mills storekeeper who never has what customers ask for but always offers something equally good. They joke that he even sent a substitute during the war.
In a Tit Bits item a manager laments Smith the new clerk who naps across three departments. The proprietor assigns him to the pajama counter with a card touting the shop’s superior night clothes to keep the assistant awake.
A humor panel depicts a tramp asking a lady for food in exchange for shoveling snow. The lady notes there has been no snow for months, while the tramp insists he would shovel if any snow existed, offering to take a sandwich as payment.
A Louisville Courier Journal blurb recounts a playful exchange about a Broadway musical comedy titled Dear Old Broadway. The proposed show features six Broadway songs, seventeen Broadway jokes, and uses Broadway types along with a drop for the Singer Building to boost appeal.
Fragmentary OCR notes state a fly wing beats 350 times per second and mention Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claiming cure and a claim about raBillards invented in France. no clear event or date is given.
A Nebraskan recalls severe head and neck sores after measles lasting six months. He tried blood remedies and salve with no improvement until using uthura Remedies, which cleared symptoms in three weeks. Seven years later he remains cured. Mrs. Henry Porter Albion Aug 25 706.
A Chicago News item quotes a guide joking about a city hunter's two week woods trip. The first guide teases the plan while the second cautions and hopes the urban guest will keep up with the camp.
Senior partner J Cheney of J Cheney & Co in Toledo promises one hundred dollars for each catarrah case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn December 6, 1886 before a notary Gleason. Claims cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials offered. Sold by Cheney's in Toledo Ohio. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also promoted.
A humorous Life column on economy, noting that buying a hat for 3.75 when a decent one costs 4 is harmless for those who can afford it. It argues poor men cannot waste time and money on such extravagances and jokes about wives becoming skilled at preserving monthly allowances through January.
Medina man G W Winney recounts suffering through eighteen months of pain and hospital care before Dean's Kidney Pills cured him. He claims weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds after 10 to 12 boxes and urges others to write for details, noting 60 cent boxes sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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