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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
2
Guidance from the New York American urges girls to maintain dignity and modesty to earn male respect. It emphasizes demanding honorable, temperate behavior, avoiding vulgarity, and not promising marriage until sure the partner is worthy. It warns against nagging and reformation marriages as paths to misery.
A Century article argues that a deep instinctive law against killing one’s own species governs animal behavior. It cites snakes, mink, dogs, cats, and wolves showing avoidance of cannibalism and intra-species murder, with rare exceptions explained by extreme hunger or captivity.
The Delineator notes that cooperative apartment living in New York brings luxury once affordable only to the wealthy. A velvet office, attentive superintendent, and centralized controls regulate heat ventilation refrigeration and electric light to suit residents.
The article describes hygienic objections to furnace heat and explains ventilators in the side wall admit fresh air first warmed by a radiator. It notes the ice box uses coils of pipe carrying brine cooled by a refrigerating machine using ammonia.
Agitation arose as word spread that men trap and kill pigeons on the common for profit rather than personal use. Police said no complaints had been filed yet, but any case could be prosecuted as larceny from a person unknown.
Detailed account of how Mars photographs were produced using a planetary camera attached to an eighteen inch telescope. Exposures of about two seconds captured up to sixty images per plate, with plates shifted in various directions to reveal canals. The July 13 image stood at 38.5 million miles, and early attempts in 1905 at Lowell Observatory yielded prior canal sightings.
A humorous anecdote recounts Secretary Cortelyou leaving the Commerce and Labor Department for the Post Office, with a dignified old darky messenger guarding access. When pressed about a visitor for Cortelyou, the messenger insists he is in his “sanctum sanitarium” and cannot be seen, quelling the request.
The London Globe notes that hippophagy has appeared in modern times due to low water and famine. It cites ancient China where horse flesh was common and suggests European interdiction by a papal decree under Gregory XIII, with Napoleon’s invasion famine reviving the practice in Germany and sustaining it since.
Geological expert Joseph A. Holmes of the U S Geological Survey argues coal mine deaths rise with production and employment and that abroad and in Britain strict limits and a shot firer system prevent gas and roof falls. He calls for safety lamp checks and regulated explosive use to reduce fatalities.
The Philadelphia Ledger describes Valley Forge Park's mills decaying after decades of abandonment. Shoddy mill near the railroad, palm leaf paper ventures, and the Belfry Mill illustrate a once thriving village reduced to ruins. Old gun and pistol production lore adds to the echo of a bustling past.
The Washington Star notes crowded inns in China shelter pack animals and travelers alike. Donkeys bray, oxen bellow, camels bleat, and exhausted people snore in shared space. The piece imagines railroads reducing these noisy, chaotic accommodations.
The largest stud link cable tested in the United Kingdom last year for the Lusitania and Mauretania measured three and three quarters inches in diameter. Each link weighed 125 pounds and each full cable 124 tons. The year’s heaviest anchor weighed over ten tons and was intended for the Mauretania, Landon Tisnes.
A large body of engineers pursues gas engine development with the belief it will eventually replace steam engines on land and sea according to Electrical Industries.
A traveling diner recalls ordering an ostrich eye omelet in a California restaurant. The waiter warns it will take long, and after an hour returns with a giant dish. The omelet feeds six, costing two dollars, and the traveler notes a valuable lesson learned.
Thomas L. and Sarah Hazelett of Valley City executed papers endowing Wesley college at the State University in Grand Forks with 10000 dollars. The Hazeletts, Barnes county farmers, provide the Hazelett lectureship to promote Christian education through Dr. Robertson’s efforts.
The note lists tempering temperatures: penknives at 470 degrees, table knives at 537 degrees, and saws at 560 degrees. It specifies metal hardening guidance across tool types.
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