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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
3
A Greek engineer and a Turkish seller sought to profit from a supposed relic of the cross in Constantinople. An English collector offered to pay 3875 dollars if genuine, but British Museum experts deemed the casket spurious, condemning the sale as sacrilegious. The case highlights how some seek money over sacred things.
A collection of humorous aphorisms and quips on money marriage men and women. Observations include a fool with money joins life as a pair, a chess player preferring rent over moving, and a woman aiming in life. Salvation joke ends with price note and gossipy tendencies.
The sun’s warming effect depends on duration and direction of rays. When the sun is far from Earth in summer, days are long and nights short, increasing heat absorption. In winter the sun is lower and days shorter, so heat radiates away faster than it is absorbed. The Earth is as massive as forty nine moons.
A tolerably well defined distinction appears between a man with a sense of humor and one tied to the comic section, as noted in a brief remark from Puck. The observation hints at how joke culture and comic writing diverge in daily life and editorial tone.
Charlie Red Horse, an Indian police officer, travels from Denver with four ponies and a letter from the Ute parents claiming the girl from Carlisle Indian School has been sold to him. He seeks parental sanction and hopes she will return with him to the reservation after her graduation.
A brief recollection of London's Queen's theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue and Tottenham Court Road plus the notable 1867 Queen's at Longacre. It traces origins from 1705 to the present, naming King George, Queen Victoria, and managers like Bancroft and Irving.
George E. Langsdown recalls the 1797 New York state prison and mutinies. He cites a 1811 hotel advertisement near the prison, noting boarding and lodging a few doors away and Greenwich stage trips to the Federal Ball. Nashville Tennessean reporter.
An agitation is promoted in South Africa to stage a pageant in Cape Colony next year. Organizers push for broad civic support and regional participation amid public interest and expected cultural showcase.
Champ Clark, a Missouri congressman, claims in a Washington Post letter that some men have extraordinary beards. He cites Elijah Gates and Valentine Tapley as examples, noting differences in beard texture and demeanor, and argues whiskers do not reveal character.
A cucumber family plant Ibervilléa sonorae mimics camels by storing water in a basal reservoir with a waterproof envelope. It endures long droughts by concentrating moisture in its stem base, awakening when rain returns. This curious adaptation was described in the San Francisco Chron tele.
Charles E. Knowlton, 73, famed for strength opening iron safes, died of paralysis at his Brooklyn home after years of fondness for pies. Widow recalls his thirty year pie affection. He enjoyed outdoor sports and recently vacationed in Deposit. Medical warning about diet was ignored.
Etiquette began as a simple label to mark paths laid by a Scotch gardener at Versailles for Louis XIV. Courtiers ignored the labels until a directive from higher authorities required walkers to stay on designated walks within the etiq uette. The term then broadened beyond its original tagging purpose.
A humorous exchange about fishing gear and old fly papers unfolds as a young wife presents sticky speckled papers to her husband who jokes about needing to buy files for fishing.
State of Ohio, Orr County. J. Cheney, senior partner of Fr. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay for each case of catarrh cured or not cured by Hats Catanin. Sworn December 6. Also short ad copy for Hall's Family Pills and a humorous anecdote about a boy named Tommy at a professor's table.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota reports five months in a hospital ended with a physician's diagnosis of incurable and a six month life expectancy. He describes heart trouble, smothering spells, fainting, and kidney issues. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved noticeably and he credits the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A 1907 Leicester read paper notes Faraday method using olive oil to dissolve copper oxide and heat glass to decompose oil, yielding dull mirrors. An aromatic hydrazine study shows cupric oxide reduced deposits copper on glass as a brilliant coherent film, yielding lustrous burnished copper tone and highly reflective surfaces, comparable to silver mirrors.
Ad claims Pazo Ointment cures piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. The promotion references a stubborn condition and offers refunds if treatment fails.
The General Demand for a simple pleasant laxative led to the California Fig Syrup Co offering Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Physicians approve its wholesome, gentle effect and wide use in households. Buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. price fifty cents per bottle.
Royal dowry custom linked to maids of honor promises £1000 on wedding day. Article notes court ties and historic practice. Additional items reference patent cures, medicines, and miscellaneous snippets about medical ads and naval ship seaworthiness.
Mrs J S Renaud of Montreal recounts a twenty five year eczema ordeal on her leg. After using Cuticura Remedies the swelling subsided and new skin formed in two months. She credits the treatment with avoiding amputation and staying alive seven years later, noting a doctor’s surprise at the results.
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