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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
3
Miss Julia Chapman won a set of silver knives forks and spoons in a board sawing contest in Steiner dall. She outfinished her competitors by nearly completing her board before they started.
A long, variegated clipping recounts Edith Van Buren’s marriage to Count di Castelmenardo, alleged fraud and Camorrist ties, later separation suit and Naples decree, plus notes on Australian reforms and a Paris League for politeness to women, followed by an essay arguing dog reasoning and pet intelligence.
The New York Press notes that top selling women authors invest royalties in country homes, creating farms with hired help that support their writing life. Even less affluent authors move from city flats to rural retreats, finding financial and creative freedom away from urban crowds.
The Boston Herald notes the tall Duchess of Portland keeps a strict vegetarian regime, consuming skim milk lettuce and a boiled egg for breakfast and avoiding wine. The piece jokes about class contrasts and hints the duchess may be dieting to reduce the duke, described as one of Europe’s fattest men after the king of Portugal.
A New York Press excerpt reviews a modiste’s Sunset Girl concept with a chiffon three layer wrap in gray rose mauve accented by violet velvet and silver tassels. The ensemble pairs with ivory embroidered gown and a large H shaped batiste hat edged in gray velvet and feather aigrettes.
Reverend W A Hobson, returning from Australia, argues that granting woman suffrage is not demoralizing politics or male voters, countering London papers alarmist views on suffrage influence. He states Australian results show no moral collapse or political decay.
The piece highlights purple dominates trends from draped skirts to crepe de chine scarves. It notes short morning skirts and long afternoon gowns with fullness, velvet bindings on Copenhagen blue, new pocketbook bracelets, bowler hats, wide toques, and ecclesiastical color names like purples cloister and bishop, with vivid sapphire and peacock shades gaining favor.
A woman taunts her lover with extreme feats to prove devotion. He vows to do anything yet balks at silly stunts. He fled in distress after the cruel jest, fearing the label of mollycoddle.
Francisco Jose born at Paradella Amares in 1788 was presented to the Medical Congress on Tuberculosis at Oporto as an unusually healthy old man. At 119 he shows no disease symptoms. He served in the Portuguese army opposing Napoleon in 1810 and attended the siege of Oporto in 1832. He still works as a tailor carpenter shoemaker painter and gardener.
A brief dialogue pits Marryat and Mugley over divorce and sport. Mugley insists he believes in finishing a fight, citing his “sporting blood,” while Marryat questions the link to divorce in this terse Philadelphia Press excerpt.
Rev Geo A E Troutman Mt Washington Mo writes my wife and I strong believers in Peruna Walnut Hills Cincinnati writes for several years I have been troubled with a peculiar throat spasm it would seize me suddenly for a few minutes I would be unable to speak and breath would be labored I concluded it was catarrhal that excited the spasm after two bottles I feel Peruna greatly benefited me Pastor E Swanstrom Grantsburg Wis says from Peruna he is cured of chronic dil and catarrh Throat Trouble Rev H W Tate 920 Lincoln Ave says Peruna cured his catarrh and voice trouble They join in best wishes for Peruna success Wash ington Star notes Peruna tablets offer a liquid alternative developed by Hartman for those who object to liquids Peruna Almanac 1908 notes illness days lost with age
A mixed fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page lists cures for piles with promises of rapid relief and money refunds, ads for Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and medical claims about ointments and tonics. It also mentions star visibility, a grasshopper measurement claim, and a bizarre stray line about a boy’s weight.
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