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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
2
A lyrical verse recalls a father soothing a child at nightfall. The speaker imagines the child’s sleep as sheltered by divine love, with the world quieted to a motherly and paternal embrace. The poem ends noting the child’s refrain I love you, daddy, des a heap.
A fifteen year old maid nicknamed Little Mary is blamed for accidents at Miss Virginia Pemberton's home. She hides a plastering repair after a wall mishap caused by Lucy, Miss Pemberton's niece, while avoiding punishment. The tale shows fear, guilt, and a teenager's struggle to be honest under scrutiny.
In a Washington Star tale, Little Mary hides a wall repair guilt after a broken plaster piece is found on the stairs. Miss Pemberton questions servants and Little Mary, who confesses to hitting the wall with golf clubs. Aunt Mary reinstates the girl amid mild discipline for later mischief.
In a club office a mural viewed by two men reveals athletic detail. They note a runner’s left leg and left arm position balance in balance and point out a hammer thrower’s angle risks. The observer explains angles improve viewing from behind or about 190 feet ahead.
A Irishman facing trial for possessing a gun adopts a boastful defense inspired by a friend’s hen anecdote. In court he swears the weapon has been in his possession for years, challenges the prosecutor, and insists the gun has been his for over a pistol.
A New Haven Register tip notes faded carpets can look refreshed by sweeping, then adding a teaspoonful of turpentine to hot water and rubbing the surface with a damp cloth for a thorough cleaning.
A New York Press tip advises rubbing new tinware with fresh lard and heating in the oven before use to prevent rust even when immersed in water. If a teapot or coffee pot is discolored inside, boil briefly in a strong borax solution to restore brightness.
The article warns that sitting with one leg crossed over the other at the knee disrupts blood flow, causing headaches, cold feet, varicose veins, and other disorders. It notes the position compresses major vessels and nerves, is hard to break, and suggests using a foot stool to curb the habit.
Press guidelines from the Pittsburg Press explain washing white gloves. Use warm water with soap, rub gently, rinse lightly, soap again, then squeeze out water without rinsing fully. Dry with good air flow, avoid heat, straighten without pulling, then rub briskly to remove stiffness when dry.
An essay argues that baseball fans are passionate partisans who seek a fair contest yet acknowledge the game as a money making enterprise. It praises players for dedication and skill and rejects the idea that pay dampens effort, noting players are well paid and well treated while loving the sport.
A collection of wry observations on women, marriage, temper, fame, and travel. The quotes critique social norms with sharp humor, noting how reputations, misperceptions, and appetites shape everyday life and judgment.
Instructions for mushrooms with bacon chicken jelly cornmeal gems light graham bread and chutney lance with detailed measures and steps. Includes frying methods simmering jelly moulding dough rising over night and chutneys with peppers onions tomatoes raisins and vinegar.
A Cassell Magazine writer describes Napoleon’s tomb with a towering sarcophagus weighing forty tons and nested relics. The tourist remarks that if Napoleon escapes, he will cable at his expense.
In dialogue from a period piece, Mrs. Page compares Carr to a pleasant but dull conversationalist while Mr. Fee notes Carr cannot discuss topics he does not know. The exchange, cited by Youth's Companion, hints at Carr's limited conversational range and social perception.
A humorous verse recounts a vacation flirtation with a fruit‑themed back and forth. A chap woos Miss Jinks with bold lines as she resists, declaring she will not wed a prig and prefers lemonade to any lemony suitor. The piece, attributed to Walter Pulitzer in Judge, plays on fruit imagery.
A Yonkers Statesman fragment notes a discussion about heredity between Crimsonbeak and Yeast. The exchange asks if a baby resembles its mother and concludes the infant does not yet talk, reflecting a light interest in parentage.
A humorous quip from Harper's Weekly contrasts lovers and husbands. The husband asks for the difference in love, the wife answers with a temperature joke about 390 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a Philadelphia Press quip Maud's father notes the couple remain in the parlor while the mother asks how he knows and the father replies because everything is still there highlighting a witty domestic moment.
A humorous exchange in a medical scene shows a nurse noting a missing sponge and a doctor responding with a quip about adding ten dollars to the bill. The vignette captures wartime or old-time hospital banter and the wit of surgeons and staff.
A Chicago News item records a witty exchange on whether microbes travel by kisses, concluding the remark highlights the lively interest in rapid transit.
A comic exchange about dressing best among nine family members with a clerk remark about rising first, reflecting humorous social observation from the New York Mail.
A bald old party asks if the horse is gentle and the dealer replies that the animal would not harm a hair of his head, claiming honesty and safety in the sale.
A humorous exchange from Tit-Bits features a City Man asking about a bulldog’s attachment to strangers and Farmer Brown replying that the dog can attach to tramps, but they sever the bond with a chisel and a monkey wrench in a rustic quip.
A courtroom joke plays on a family scene where a sister jokes about seeing in the dark. The exchange involves a mother and a child referencing a parlor visit with Mr Staylate and a remark about Tom’s shaving. The judge comments on the humor.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution reflects on light, salvation, and human effort. It compares divine proximity to heavenly rewards with the struggles of paying bills and seeking warmth, using vivid dialect to convey moral rich insight.
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