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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
1
A German letter describes using dynamite and electric current to kill sharks near St Thomas leading to a dramatic rescue saga. The tale recounts a 1846 Nantucket Sound wreck where improvised gear and a breeches buoy saved eight crewmen after a heavy sea incident.
John C. Fitzpatrick recounts how Dutch and French ocean raiders disrupted Azorean plate fleets from 1588 with escorts and sacked Cartagena in 1533. He chronicles Sir Francis Drake’s Caribbean predations, the sinking and burning of galleons, the Spanish losses nearing two million, and legends like the Revenge and Captain Whiddon’s battles.
In Olde Massachusetts by Charles Burr Todd presents a daring rescue tale of a fire ship Earl of Eglinton sailing from Liverpool in December 1545. The narrative highlights ingenuity and bravery in maritime peril.
Ralph D. Paine recounts an Essex Institute tale of mutiny aboard the Amity. Captain Inger Soll rescues the master and mate, later Duncanson’s Amity sails to Salem, Derby’s crew captures the mutineers, and the Amity is restored to its captain in a dramatic harbor at Salem. This tale appears in The Outing Magazine.
A tarpon was chased by a shark near Garden Key. In a large leap the shark struck a skiff with two fishermen who were busy with a net. The skiff split, the men tangled in the net, and the shark bit the side of one fisherman.
The Punta Gorda Herald reports a man named Larkin was nearly cut in two by a shark that chased him. Authorities believe the shark mistook his body for the tarpon it hunted, noting sharks in those waters rarely attack humans.
A collection of whimsical notes on physics and natural phenomena. Air weighs about fifteen pounds per square inch in a barometer, a barometer hole could fling mercury thirty feet high, hydrogen is colorless and insolvent, and the earth’s rapid spin causes dew formation.
The Philadelphia North American recounts how the Rev Dr John Hall encountered a drunk man in a gutter after a Sunday meeting. The minister lifted the man and confirmed his Presbyterian faith. The exchange highlights humble pastoral aid from a church leader.
An old man jokes about marriage in a Tennessee and Alabama past, noting past wives tried to rule him. He claims he never tried marriage in Georgia and jokes about finding a wife willing to rise early for a living. The quip appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
A lanky mine worker asks the Melbourne Argus to publish a memorial verse for his late overseer. Clerk offers In Memoriam notices sixpence an inch. The miner protests that his guv'nor stood over six feet.
Chesterton argues that modern reporting of speeches by outlets like the Daily Mail is neither leaving speech intact nor faithfully reporting meaning. He claims current methods mislead readers and distort intent.
A Germantown woman questions a fresh from the other side Irish girl about her cooking skills. The girl replies shyly that she thinks so if helped, in a humorous Harper's Weekly vignette.
The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch reports an attack on a rabbi at Grimsby with unconfirmed details noting a rabbi or rabbit conflation. It adds a Punch quip about the reverend being treated at home and a separate scoreline: Motherwell two goals Third Lanark one.
In a humorous quip Uncle Charles answers a friend asking for the proper method. He declares the proper way is to eat it in a bathtub, delivering a witty regional aside.
The King and Lord Burnham spent a holiday outing at Hall Barn, a Queen Anne style house in Bucks famed for its historic associations. The building features a Turkish bath, a circa Cromwell napkin incident, and links to Waller Burke Milton and Paradise Regained.
Ramsey Benson in Puck notes a mollusk behaving unusually busy and self aware. The mother of pearl, he says, imagines a purpose beyond her role as mother and pursues a career, prompting bemused commentary from a nearby observer.
A Japanese college student recalls the kiss as a modern Western change in aristocratic circles. She notes initial shock, then acceptance among maidens who once fainted, and admits personal fondness for the intimate embrace.
The Chinese dinner gong features three distinct pitches produced by tuned pipes. Struck with a mallet, the instrument offers a pleasant, harmonious sound that attracts growing interest among listeners and collectors.
A San Francisco Argonaut piece quotes the New Haven preacher as saying hell is where the Sunday edition of a newspaper should be published and circulated, offering a terse humorous take in response to a newspaper interview request.
The Chicago News notes common errors with till and its. It warns against using an apostrophe before till and explains possessives theirs its. It flags it's as a contraction of it is, not a possessive form.
Peter A. Foley, a deaf telegraph operator from Portland, is renowned for reading the instrument by touch and sight. Since becoming deaf eight years ago he has developed a sixth sense, using his fingertips on the sounder to accurately receive continental messages with remarkable skill.
A bell-boy at a small New England hotel reports an extremely deaf guest in Number Forty One who cannot hear warnings to wake for an 7 o'clock train. The bell-boy complains he has knocked three times while other guests on the floor shouted for attention.
A clever trick explains how to pierce a nickel by threading a fine needle through a cork and snapping the needle, then placing the coin on blocks and striking with a hammer. The cork supports the needle, forcing a straight pass and letting the hard needle pierce bronze or silver coins.
A member notes birds' intelligence despite small size after a talk on Our Home Birds. The exchange highlights cuckoos as clever wooden birds in cuckoo tools, with assent from a friend.
The Kansas City Star reports a bizarre garment shown in a downtown shoe company window titled A Murderous Coat. It is made from the breasts of 365 loons, each about four inches square with a white center. The piece count indicates years of hunting to assemble the collection.
A number of medical authorities argue rheumatism clusters around flesh eating. The claim notes rheumatism rises in the South and diminishes in tropical regions where vegetable diets prevail, as reported by Green's Fruit Grower.
Quote attributed to Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland outlines three stages of reform. It notes initial ridicule followed by religious objection and eventual acceptance as longstanding belief. This compact aphorism reflects civic reform attitudes and public opinion shifts.
The writer suggests making a sun dial from a plain water tumbler. Close the top with a round wooden disk and insert a darning needle at the center to act as the gnomon for sun time-telling.
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