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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
3
In New York City every style of blouse with a continuous shoulder line is in fashion. Meteor silk creates some of the prettiest evening robes with soft cling and wonderful coloring.
A new parasol features white china silk with edge embroidery of thistle sprays in light mauve and pale greens completing a charming summer costume accessory.
A dainty dressing jacket in white batiste with embroidery shown as a welcome piece for the coming season. Suggestions include flowered lawn or dimity and Japanese silks for a brighter option. The design features front back and centre-front pieces with sleeves joined to the bodice and an invisible left front closure.
The article describes blouse construction with sheer white batiste and embroidery, detailing tucked fronts joined to the yoke and belt edge. It also surveys shoe fashion, noting pointed tips, ramp length, wing tips, Cuban heels, tan for youth, gun metal for older customers, and new porous Ooze leather with dull gray suede as options.
A reader essays a string of vignettes about tipping and social misadventures. Scenes include an eight dollar meal with a rude waiter, a lavish yet impractical tip, a thwarted tip leading to a dropped tray, and a brash house visit where guests are booked to spend. The piece ends with a reflective line on fate and service.
A collage of humor lines from multiple papers features snappy exchanges and wisecracks. Characters include Miss Tabasco, Reggy Sapp, Pat and Nell, with satirical jabs at socialism, courtroom quips, and social mores. The snippets showcase punchy one liners and playful banter.
Four years ago a severe inflammatory rheumatism attack caused skin peeling high fever hair loss and bed sores. The narrator credits Cuticura Resolvent Ointment Soap and Ointment for relief and hair regrowth with dates and named individuals in Stamford Connecticut and Shiloh Ohio.
The article discusses government methods to estimate city populations between decennial censuses. It notes using multiples of 2 to the number of names in reliable city directories, with a preference for a 2 percent factor as a fair average due to padded directories. It cites past use before 1900 and the 1900 census results.
A House speech recounts Arch Edger, described as a cautious Kentuckian, being kicked from a hotel by an angry Kentuckian. Edger, armed but with one load, explained he would defend himself only if pressed, illustrating his reputed restraint.
Professor Zueblin argues in Boston that newspapers are the best advertising medium and urges expanding use while boycotting alternatives. He criticizes advertising devices and billboards as hideous to the community order.
A witty note contrasts a rich woman’s happiness with the burden of her grandmother doing her laundry. The columnist uses humor to comment on social class and domestic labor expectations.
European laborers imported for Panama Canal work totaled 9914 during 1906 and 1907. The figures appear in a New York report.
Sir Luke Filder painted a bridegroom with a model who turned pale and claimed he held his breath throughout the portrait session. The man explained he believed it necessary to stop breathing entirely while his likeness was captured. Befiman.
The passage describes the back as a key indicator of feminine health, noting aching signals trouble and accompanying symptoms like nervousness, headache, and pelvic pain. It asserts a single remedy can promptly address the cause and restore the feminine organism to normal health.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania report relief from long standing backaches and menstrual pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad notes the product as a thirty year standard remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration.
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