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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
2
Cecilia Thorne visits the Somers offices to press a matrimonial condition tied to her late uncle’s will. Robert pretends to be Rupert, revealing a composite persona to test her resolve and hasten a practical resolution to the fortune clause.
Sophie Bronson Titteringtor Relates an Ottawa myth of how corn came to humans. Magician Mass-wa-we-in-ini wrestles a red feathered stranger, who yields and reveals corn and gourds. The tale ends with corn nourishment blessed to the Ottawas and ties to their famed crops.
The article notes a petrel’s vast sea range and Chinese iron trade claims that horse shoes suit knife and tool production. It mentions French cement armor tests for battleships with lower weight than steel, electricity’s superiority in transmission, rope drive savings in certain shafts, and M. Dufour’s quartz thermometer tubes offering high temperature resilience.
A new public electrical museum and laboratory in Brussels showcases four halls featuring current laws, electrical and magnetic demonstrations, telegraphy and radio technology, a large reading room with scientific publications, and heavy machinery like dynamos and motors. Professors lecture and supervise laboratory work.
An Ohio lawyer recounts a German farmer who recently buried his wife yet states he is remarried. The blunt man explains death cannot end a marriage, adding that his late wife is “dead as ever she vill be.”
The text notes that ten amendments were added in December 1791 to the 1787 Constitution, a eleventh in January 1798, a twelfth in September 1804, the thirteenth in December 1865, the fourteenth in July 1868, and the fifteenth in March 1870.
A long ago lost brogeh was recovered and given back to Mrs. Galen Hanley of Shamokin Pennsylvania by a person moved by conscience. The return restores a cherished heirloom after thirty years.
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