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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
3
A columnist notes that the marriageable age of women has risen in recent years. The piece says many brides feel girlhood behind them before marriage and few men seek to marry until financially settled in middle age.
A columnist quotes observers on the false hair craze among New York women, noting poor matching with natural hair and the fashion's ubiquity. The discussion shifts to single women, marriage, and widows, suggesting independence challenges and social expectations.
A reader reflects on how constant contact with a single attractive woman fosters marriage inclination, while abundance of desirable choices nearby may reduce pursuit of commitment. The piece contrasts individual allure with proximity as a social force shaping matrimonial decisions.
A playful piece catalogues types of kisses with literary references. It mentions the cold kiss chills the spine and freezes affection, a proud kiss as a pledge of hatred, and a noisy kiss from insincere greetings, drawing on quotes from Spanish writers and Shakespeare.
Four eggs with chopped cooked ham or tongue and buttered toast rounds. Fry eggs gently in butter until set then remove yolks with a border of white. Top buttered toast rounds with ham, place each egg round on top, and garnish with chopped parsley.
A thinker argues that women with qualities fit for wives and mothers are often denied marriage by fate and social systems. She notes late marriages rise as modern women pursue other interests, yet many feel a lack without love and family. The piece cites women in the workforce as part of a vast civic hive and questions the social setup.
A humorous remark contrasts a bachelor maid with married women who shield their wishes by blaming their husbands. The speaker notes many wives say “My husband will not allow me” or “John is impossible,” while the husband would defer to her in truth. The piece argues wives avoid responsibility by masking it behind husbands’ supposed limits, a pattern the bachelor criticizes.
The Philadelphia Ledger mocks various kisses described as counterfeit and insipid. It names the leather kiss frothy kiss persuasive kiss and spasmodic kiss as poor stand-ins for the genuine article while noting a loud parting kiss that echoed through the church.
The feature describes striped lightweight suits with varied collar and cuff fabrics, a silk voile French gown, fashionable fabrics like Bolienne, decorative tuck patterns on tub frocks, large straw-adorned hatpins, revived pin-spotted muslin frocks with Madeira discs, and color coordination tips. It notes ease of combining black velvet suits with different skirts and eye-color enhancement via color choice.
A lullaby style piece warns children to heed the refrain no no against danger. The poem contrasts a child's wish to explore with guardianship by adults who understand risks and promise a safer future when wiser.
A readable description explains crafting a card skimmer from a slotted handle a pivoted wooden slip and rubber band. Pull back release to fling a card from a pin causing it to fly high. practice yields distances up to a hundred feet.
Two hunted youths share food with a forest spirit in human form who guides them to a gift after twelve moons. They return to find an ear of Indian corn, a sprig of wheat, and tobacco growing where she rested. Washington Star and magnetic notes follow in the text.
A boy and his dogger fished from a boat and shared lunch. The boy caught a big trout then was pulled into the water by a log. Brave Rex sprang in, saved the boy, and both climbed back to the boat. They returned home with relief and praise for the dog.
A nurse tells Tommy to keep quiet in the water or risk swallowing bath water. Tommy quips that there is more in the pipes anyhow, in a humorous vignette from Lippincott's.
A stone house near Nuremberg City Hall built about 1680 from lithographic stone remains undisturbed as lithographers note its unique material value. Andreas Lichenstein, descendant of the builder, blocks buyers seeking to tear it down, keeping the home in the family. Lithographic stone is largely quarried near Nuremberg, Bavaria.
A mother describes her son Clyde covered in eczema for a year with painful scabs and bleeding. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent his condition improves and he sleeps for the first time in months, with full recovery in six weeks.
Vice-Consul H. M. Byington in Naples notes Italians are urged to start ostrich farms in Southern Italy Sicily and Sardinia citing success in California and at Nice as examples of potential benefits to the ostrich feather trade.
An 1890s style ad promotes FITS St Vitus Dance and nervous diseases permanently cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. A $2 trial bottle and treatise are offered free. Contact Dr H R Kline Sd 931 Arch St Philadelphia PA. Also mentions Bank of England property and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children with claims of gum relief and wind colic for 25¢ per bottle.
Tests by the German army determine that sixty eight pounds is the safe outside weight for a daily march. The finding notes the average soldier can carry this load without risking heart injury.
Mrs Pinkham of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company Lynn Mass sails with her son Arthur W Pinkham and younger family members for Naples on May 20 for a three months tour of Europe and a long vacation.
The article explains thinness due to stomach catarrh causing hyperacidity that hampers pancreatic digestion of oils. It notes fats digest in the duodenum with pancreatic juice, and that Peruna before meals speeds digestion to prevent fermentation. It advises eating fat forming foods to restore plumpness.
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