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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
2
A mosaic of early 20th century opinions notes difficulties in enforcing laws and enacting reforms. It highlights Briarwood briar wood pipes, shifting governance toward democracy, and maritime forecasts with Savannah harbor hopes. The piece ends with a humorous verse about Thanksgiving carving by mother.
Poultney Bigelow argues ice is a luxury, not a necessity, noting tropical natives’ lack of ice and recommending pure spring water for Colon and Isthmus. Consul Milner credits Calais lace fame to 60,000 native lacemakers and a competitive, locally led industry with careful, skilled production.
Flora Hugten enlists Appleton Dickerley to run her sister Jane’s house while she investigates his suitability as a husband. He cleans, dusts, and serves, while Flora exposes the nurse as abusing the baby, heightening her resolve to marry for practicality.
Flora forgives Dickerley after he admits he cannot manage a baby or home duties. He plans to leave but Flora stops him with affection, revealing she prefers to control the house herself and keep him as her husband. The exchange ends with her witty resolve and his reluctant acceptance.
A Paris satire reviews Tous les Secrets de la Femme by Baroness d Orchamps aimed at women. It mocks advice on keeping a husband captive with fashion beauty and sport wardrobe, noting elaborate rituals and subtle deceptions in domestic life.
New York Sun correspondent reports Dutchess County Supervisor Chanler plans a resolution to pay a bounty for each jackrabbit killed. He cites orchard and farm losses across towns from Red Hook to Hyde Park as justification for county action amid rising rabbit populations and imports from English and Belgian hares.
A field near Trinidad Colorado and Wyoming stone quarry is the site of a fatal ruse. A wary jackrabbit leads dogs toward a 100 foot precipice, leaps aside at the edge, and the pursuing dogs tumble to their deaths. Six dog skeletons were found at the quarry bottom, solving a local mystery.
A collection of humorous exchanges and captions from early 20th century newspapers. Jests reference politics, fashion, poetry, holidays, and domestic life with puns and light satire. Notable bits include digs at voters, wardrobe costs, and playful misunderstandings across various papers.
A leading Mississippi Valley pearl dealer estimates 1906 production at 381000 dollars with pearls valued between 1 and 2000 dollars each and slugs from 1.50 to 60 dollars per ounce. The U S Fish Commission places national pearl value around 500000 dollars for 1906.
A Washington Star poem ridicules extreme health rules that promise longevity. It lists strict regimens like chewing steak for half an hour sleeping with windows open and walking in cold without a coat to please stern figures, questioning if life is worth such terms.
A large furniture van with a ship and a fast train painted on its sides rides slowly down a boulevard. Two skinny mules and a fat horse pull the load, the horse between them. A Southern gentleman protests, and the drivers explain the horse is being humiliated to control it.
The Saskatchewan Leader asks why the vast prairie country draws new arrivals despite its rawness and loneliness. It ponders the shared drive in building a nation and the pull of wide horizons and frontier towns and cities.
Argentina’s imports rose by 613 052 304 and exports by 26 063 343 in the first six months of 1907 compared with the same period in 1906, according to early 1907 trade data.
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