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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
2
The Houston Post frames ambition as willingness to work. The Washington Herald laments an extra presidential campaign day. The Atlanta Journal notes Spain discounts theories about American navy ineffectiveness amid current events.
The Louisville Courier-Journal highlights the Salvation Army's contemporary social experiment aimed at preventing personal crisis reports and aiding individuals before crises escalate. The article underscores humanitarian goals and the impact of proactive outreach on communities, indicating broader implications for social work.
The Boston Post notes there is no occasion to speculate on anti cigarette legislation for women here. It quotes New England women as not needing such rules, recalling Grandmother's pipe and Grandfather's jug of Medford rum both going to the ash heap and out of family life.
The New Haven Register argues that many men waste time and money on expensive mail courses for fitness instead of simple walking. It claims walking yields equal or better results, with money saved and easier daily commitment.
Massachusetts last year saw forty nine killed and four hundred sixty four injured in car wrecks. More than one thousand people were fined for violations, while only fifty suspensions or revocations of licenses hint at mercy. Comments from the New York Tribune and World note daytime accidents and high speed on roads, and discuss surgery versus diet as cancer treatments versus the knife per Dr Bell.
The piece argues flies spread disease from manure heaps, stables, and sewer discharges into rivers. It warns cleaning and sanitation curb germ spread to homes, markets, and eating places, noting flies can carry typhoid and cholera to adults and infants.
A serious young man on a business trip hesitates for water at a farm, meets a kind girl Sarah Townley, misses her, returns years later with a resolved heart. Ten years pass, Cowden seeks out old town, finds Sarah still there, hopes she remembers, and asks for both milk and water, not in a hurry.
A Philadelphia Press quip argues the Turkish bath scheme is dirty. The speaker notes they have never taken one but claims to have seen a Turk.
An essay urges unmarried men to brace for Leap Year proposals and to learn how to refuse firmly. It contrasts nerve levels between men and women, suggesting bold strategies to say no, avoid women, and preserve independence, including drastic steps for the timid and tactical tips for the bold.
The Arapahoe Bee recounts Native American tepee etiquette noting that seats of honor sit opposite the door, guests should wait for invitation, and not pass between people and the fire. It warns against rushing in and briefly describes a warrior circling the tent to avoid violating customs.
A Denver Post cartoon caption laments the fate of the old fashioned farm boy, once busy with chores like milking cows and chopping wood, now imagined as grown and busy with modern errands and purchases such as rolled-up trousers and cigarettes.
An illustrator reflects on hunger and tough beginnings selling quick paintings at country fairs. He recalls a crowd watching as he hurried colors from tubes to canvas, thinking he painted two pictures at once. A man nearby comments that one thumb-stabbed work is better than the other.
Belgian physiologist Plateau tested whether color or odor attracts insects by placing a vividly colored, strongly smelling flower before a perfectly reflecting mirror. Insects ignored their image and flew to the real flower, proving scent and hue separation in attraction.
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