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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
3
In New York City styles favor over blouses with a guimpe effect and belts worn straight around the waist. The trend emphasizes variation within a simple belt silhouette.
A fashion description details a tailored shirt waist that departs from the regulation model becoming chic and versatile. It discusses fabrics from white linen to silk or wool, with removable lining, embroidery options, and a separate guimpe or chemisette that can be styled in numerous ways.
The physical director states that young men today are better insurance risks than their peers were fifteen years ago. The Turkish government plans large scale irrigation in Mesopotamia to restore prosperity and counter desertification.
It is announced that a Belgian company has formed with capital of 7,000,000 francs to purchase and exploit a manganese mine concession in Columba. The concession was recently granted by the state of Mato Grosso.
Reports from Berlin, Nauen and Geneva describe a German firm telephoning wirelessly up to fifty to sixty miles within Germany. Officials say conversations are clear and precise. Pittsburgh adds seventy thousand sunfish to streams and reservoirs to curb typhoid and malaria germs. A Geneva scientist claims blue light anesthesia can extract teeth painlessly. Colonial Secretary Dernburg’s Africa trip notes a prize for utilizing Candelabra euphorbia juice. Tarare France opens a mycological bureau guiding mushroom identification to curb poisonous varieties and promote edible finds.
A downtown motor car dealer at Eighth and Main and a hawker with a toy car staged a playful scene Friday morning. The hawker offered a spinning demo car and a second one claimed not for sale as the dealer joked about a demonstratin car. No sale occurred and the exchange ended with a handshake.
Texas farmers adopt peanut cultivation as Virginia Tennessee and Georgia may cede dominance. A Terrell peanut factory handles about 1500 bushels daily as reported by the Galveston News.
A teacher scolds Robert for a poor spelling paper while he defends the work. Annie corrected the paper and crossed out whole words for small errors, causing frustration as the student laments the markings.
Instructions from the Home Herald describe a child’s blanket method using five muslin strips sewn to the blanket’s corners and attached to the bed head. This design allows kicking and turning while staying covered, with the top strips preventing slipping and the cover dropping back into place when quiet.
A Home Herald note describes a twofold sewing screen with three foot wide leaves and five foot high frames in Flemish oak stain. It features dull green burlap sides with tapestry tops, cretonne pockets, elastic hem bands, nine inch shelves on gilt chain supports, and a thread and needle accessory strip above each shelf.
The Com moner advises cooking tough cuts by starting in a small amount of water, bringing to a boil, then simmering gently for hours with the pot closed. Avoid rapid boiling, allow evaporation for gravy, and finish in the same water for juicier, tastier results.
An old Coun try Gentleman recipe feature lists Nasturtium Vinegar with seeds and flowers, Turnips Boiled with cream or butter, Carrot Fritters, Beet Pudding, Onions with cheese, Bean Loaf with pork and breadcrumbs, and serving suggestions. The Pure Food segment touts Wheat and Barley cereal enriched with phosphate of potash as a Brain and Nerve Centres food, citing Dr Geo W Carey and Grape-Nuts benefits.
A lady writer and mother credits Grape-Nuts with boosting morning appetite and sustained brain power. She reports improved nourishment for herself and four children, including her 10 month old, and says her head is clear and nerves strong after adopting Grape-Nuts with milk daily.
The piece explains a Japanese laborer’s life with very low wages and cheap food. He subsists mainly on one daily coarse rice meal, adds fish heads or poultry innards occasionally, drinks water, and on festivals drinks sake resembling sherry. He also pays for a sleeping mat.
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