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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
3
Poem describing a child traveling with a mother visiting various halls and chairs then returning home to cherished toys. The speaker likens the toys to friends who miss them and deserve comfort at night. Captures child’s homesickness and affection for playthings.
A school inspector urges children to notice small details in nature after a discussion about apples. A playground moment features a girl challenging classmates, roleplaying as the inspector and joking about common knowledge with a stern face.
Clara Kraher tells how a girl nicknamed Dillydally loses a pet after neglecting to feed it. The mother, angered by late feeding, punishes with no supper. Dillydally reflects, improves her behavior, and is given a new pet, which she now feeds diligently.
A London Field note describes robins seeming to ventriloquize with beaks closed while singing from a distance. It notes starlings as excellent mimics imitating thrush, blackbird, and curlew sounds. It adds a jackass penguin’s noise resembling an ass bray, with occasional unconscious imitation by birds.
In the Ceylon highlands a spider spins a five foot wide central net with ten to twelve foot supporting lines. Its jaws rival a bird's beak and despite non venom, it bites if disturbed. The ornate gold and scarlet body hides slate fur while its web can trap birds the size of larks and even the scalp lizard. A observer notes the spider coordinating coils around prey mid net.
A Dundee Advertiser note describes finding skeletons of small birds in cruel snares set in dark jungle nooks. The passage emphasizes the head until the victim is blinded and then killed.
A defense attorney questions Horace Hinsey about criminal charges while Horace recalls a childhood theft of six eggs from his father's store. The judge and jury laugh as the old case is admitted and the examination moves to friendlier ground.
Roger plans a long solitary party with all the treats but keeps his family from joining. On his birthday a table for one overflows with cake and candy until a lonely boy asks to share. Roger learns to invite friends and realizes the joy is in giving.
A Chicago man seeks a divorce claiming his wife scolds in her sleep. The piece notes late hours kept by some husbands lead to wives learning the art of sleepbound scolding if husbands remain at home.
A New York Sun report quotes a foreign shoe maker describing Britain's shift to multiple stores. Central depots in cities like Leicester streamline large orders. prices sometimes drop below cost, harming tanners. Displays improve, American styles influence Britain, and intense competition follows consolidations amidazed retail changes.
A Philadelphia family famed in Catholic circles spent winter in Rome and hosted Vatican dignitaries. Back home the three small daughters stood in doorway rather than enter, and when urged by their mother the eldest replied We like Cardinals.
Sir Alfred Jones favors sending a man to Oxford or Cambridge to spoil him for commerce. M Paul Adam argues France falls behind in trade because its commercial men neglect the classics, losing mental training the classics provide, with no substitute found. Paris Revue Hebdomadaire.
A musty room benefits from placing charcoal in a dish or hanging it in a small net or cheesecloth. The charcoal purifies the air and absorbs odors effectively.
Pittsburg hosts seven more national banks than Boston but carries a total capitalization lower by 33000000 dollars.
A three flotilla Pacific torpedo unit was organized while H M Flagler resigns as Standard Oil vice president. Dr Darlington notes NYC death rate trend toward normal living as hydrophobia cases reported in Bide a Wee dogs. Navy sought brand for standard tobacco use. Goshen races to proceed despite anti race track gambling law.
The British Government tested gas engines on a gunboat. Lord Graham notes nearly fifty percent coal savings, reduced space and weight, and labor reductions. He says further gas producer plant development could yield England’s greatest labor economy yet.
Mrs J B Renaud of Montreal says she suffered eczema on her leg for twenty five years. Doctors offered amputation but Cuticura Remedies reduced swelling and restored skin in two months. After seven years of cure she warns other patients that Cuticura saved her life.
A brief aphorism notes three life ailments indifference philosophy and religion as remedies, with a pointed emphasis on religion as the most effective mode. The statement appears in a New York context dated 1927.
An advertisement offers Dr H R Kline of Philadelphia a trial bottle and treatise for fits nervous disorders and St Vitus dance. It claims cures with a Great Nerve Restorer and promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. Includes a note about beard growth and Japanese recruitment figures.
Claims no other medicine matches the success of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in relieving women's suffering. Testimonials from numerous women, with letters stored at the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts, assert cures and avoidance of surgery. The preparation uses roots and herbs, is drug free, wholesome, and targets the feminine system to restore health.
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