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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
3
A whimsical piece describes Castle Tumbledown near the Chair of Rocks in Alphabet Town. It features lettered blocks from A to Z and mentions two Ked parents and Arthur Macy in Youth's Companion.
The tale follows William Goat who hides in a cave owned by a Lion and pretends to hunt lions to scare off the pursuers. He tricks Leo and the Jackal, escapes to safety, and returns to Nanny and the kids. The piece also notes curious animal facts about flies crabs and hermit crabs from the London Express.
Instructions describe making a toy bird using two cardboard disks as a drum with a lead ball on a wire between them. A paper strip seals the rims, wire ends bend over, and a light cardboard bird is attached top, causing the bird to bob as the drum rolls.
A Atlantic magazine tone rails against perpetual French revolution fears. It argues that English press hype and noble class interests push stories of monarchy, while France steadily supports broader democracy under its current administration. It cites MacMahon Gambetta and Bou langer as foils to republican progress.
The New Haven Register describes bubble parties using clay pipes and castile soap, with glycerine to brighten bubbles. A bubble tournament pits sides against each other, tallying the largest number of bubbles blown, with scores kept by an onlooker.
A piece notes a curious table hundreds of years old from Arabia, not used for meals but still sturdy and useful. It is described as ornate with many figures and called The Multiplication Table, though its maker remains unknown.
A first grader suddenly misses several spelling papers after the teacher moved the classmate beside him. The father asks how it is the teacher's fault and the boy claims it is due to the seating change. The anecdote appears in Lippincott's.
A party game for Valentine gatherings titled Valentine Grace Hoops uses three to four stakes. Players throw heart shaped rings over gilt Wealth, laurel Fame, and pink roses Love stakes for 5 10 25 points, with a possible white dove Goodness stake worth 50. Prizes go to top scorers.
The Delineator praises February 14 as a festival for imagination and heart. It notes the day appeals especially to young minds offering a chance to host memorable, genteel gatherings with simple, home made prizes and decorations that do not require costly expense.
In Lincoln County Missouri at Mount Zion the sole Associated Reformed Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi hosts long sermons in a brick 1851 building. Captain J A Reid notes services run in three heads with an early candle lighting second service. James McKnight, early minister, weighed over 300 pounds and preached until night caused many to leave the gathering.
The piece reflects on Lord Kelvin’s burial at Westminster Abbey and the idea of a Scientists Corner to rival Poets' Corner. It celebrates Newton Herschel Darwin and Kelvin as imaginations shaping science’s sacred spaces, noting the public’s slow embrace of pure imagination over emotion.
An advertisement touts Wheat and Barley based Grape-Nuts as a brain and nerve food with phosphate of potash. It claims easy digestion, health benefits, and cites Dr Geo W Carey on phosphate of potassium as key to brain matter and nerve fluid.
A female writer who reared a family credits Grape-Nuts with boosting brain work and nourishing children. She describes morning appetite loss, prior unhealthy breakfasts, and how daily Grape-Nuts with milk sharpen her mind while her children grow healthier and her nerves strengthen.
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