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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
2
A Boston Transcript note records a prankish observation that an aeroplane can be quickly transformed into a geoplane by pulling the wrong lever, illustrating a humorous or satirical take on aircraft controls.
A keen follower of Luther Burbank is reported to be developing a scentless onion. The initiative draws interest from botanists and vegetable breeders seeking milder, odor free Allium varieties.
The statement notes that Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes believed a thawing conservative is more agreeable than a freezing radical, reflecting his view on temperament and political stance.
The Boston Globe says flying machines for amusement will appear in larger numbers in the future and American invention in this area is progressing, not just foreign inventors.
The Washington Star argues public playgrounds have moved from proposal to approved policy but require full execution and persistent investment. Lawmakers and administrators must now enact comprehensive plans to maximize the program's potential nationwide.
The text argues that as people age, they require fewer friends and less daily companionship. It claims a matured old man tolerates less chatter and maintains fewer intimate daily links, suggesting nature governs the gradual reduction of social needs with age.
The Pittsburg Dispatch contends that bloodless fields cannot cleanse personal honor and that duelling arose from a barbarous society. It argues duels, tied to heart affairs and rewards for survivors, are an absurd way to settle truth or honor.
The New York Times notes the ruling will be read with varied feelings. It explains that cream is generic and vendors use this to their advantage. The labels will reveal ingredients like pure milk sugar flavoring extracts binder gelatine or eggs, presenting a wholesome product.
The National Prosperity Organization of St Louis argues the American public backs revival but doubts can be created. It notes optimism is fine yet reality must be faced and prosperity must be earned through effort, not resolutions. Business leaders outside conventions drive real industrial activity more than politicians.
Professor John F. Draughon of Nashville narrates a practical joke while fox hunting. A traveling man admires Draughon’s hounds and brush, offers money and a cigar purchase, and provides his kennel club card promising future contact. The episode underscores Draughon’s wealth and fox hunting culture.
A clipped reminiscence recalls a mysterious club member who offers a recommendation and vanishes as the speaker hurries to catch a departing train. The pursuit that night lingers in memory as a quiet, unresolved moment.
A sailor on signal watch recounts entering Yeddo Bay where a salute is waived. An incident with Lieutenant Dorn follows as the admiral’s launch approaches and the crewman faces punishment for a perceived duty lapse. He recalls brig confinement and a later merciful talk that offered a path to self-improvement.
G D Riggs recalls the great 1888 blizzard in O Neill Nebraska and nearby areas. He describes being caught in a storm that stranded 300 schoolchildren and required rope rescues. Seven teachers died and cattle losses were widespread as temperatures plunged to twenty below.
M. Abraham states the best telephone transmits to the car only one thousandth of the energy it receives from the line, highlighting extreme energy loss in transmission.
E. R. Garner outlines a low cost plan for improving farmstead surroundings. Emphasizing a one acre lawn with proper drainage and fencing, he urges careful tree placement to frame the house, selecting hardy shrubs and native plants, and using grasses, clover, and sod where wear is heavy. He notes suitable trees like birch, white elm, red oak, green ash, hackberry, white oak, hard maple, and conifers such as Black Hill spruce and Austrian pine.
Ralph D. Paine surveys Outing Magazine on Old Salem Ships and Sailors based on nearly a thousand Essex Institute log books from 1750 to 1890. The series highlights privateers merchants whalers and seamen in Salem’s vanished commerce era with vivid detail and romance. A separate note presents a rail handling method by T J Wyche using a locomotive derrick to lift rails onto flatcars improving speed and safety.
The London Globe reports a French decree banning import of dodder, a leafless parasitic plant ravaging hops vines clover peas tomatoes and other crops. Once established it resists control despite cutting burning and poison efforts.
The Weekly Jeffersonian notes many early presidents gave no stump speeches. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson staged none, as did John Adams and John Quincy Adams, James Madison and James Monroe. Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren also made none. Also no speeches by General Harrison, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, or James Buchanan.
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