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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
2
A London physician warns that excessive talking breeds nervous disorders even among listeners. The Pittsburg Gazette notes Pennsylvania farmers attend church by telephone but can participate only in the service’s collection. The piece surveys varied opinions on society, politics, and technology.
A lyrical fragment plays with spelling success through boastful lines by a lover an actor and a capitalist. Each voice asserts ownership or power in a witty inversion of the word.
In Hatton Garden, diamond dealer Bernard Martin faces ruin and chooses to raise £50,000 by selling diamond shares. His daughter Florence opposes an arranged marriage to Harold Vere, a broker, who proves his wealth by exploiting a market slump and later reveals they are secretly married. Florence and Harold reveal their union and the broker’s profit as diamonds recover.
Preston W. Search argues The Abbotsholme School offers a model to restore England by training ruling-class boys to toil the soil. He urges a nationwide shift from luxury education to practical farming, crafts, and citizenship to produce producers and recolonize England through a regenerated landlord class.
A father grants forgiveness as the couple departs on their honeymoon after a witty exchange about a man who can handle the diamond market possibly rising to Prime Minister. The scene ends with the father telling them to be off.
A traveller waits in a sleepy English town for a late branch line train. After his twentieth inquiry a dog trots along the track and the porter gleefully notes the engine driver's dog is nearing, signaling the train's approach.
The Boston Post advises washing corsets every two to three weeks. Use warm suds with a few drops of ammonia, remove laces, keep bones and steels, scrub gently, rinse in warm water, and dry flat near a fire. Do not iron.
A Boston Post note advises prewashing dainty garments by soaking in cold water with a tablespoon of turpentine to set color. Do not wet first with soap, plunge, then drip dry without wringing. After drying, wash with soap and water to remove soil without fading. Delicate lavender and pale green can stay bright when dried before final wash.
Clothes should steep at least 12 hours to loosen dirt. For very dirty items soak in warm water with turpentine, then rinse and wash. Start with cleanest fabrics like collars and cuffs, then table linen, bed linens, towels, curtains, towels, and coarse items. Use warm water and soap, rub edges by turning the fabric.
The text lists traditional baking formulas for corn muffins English plum pudding Boston and Graham brown breads and an orange cake. Each recipe details ingredients such as corn meal flour raisins currants suet molasses graham flour and baking powder with steps like sifting beating and steaming or baking times. It reads as a vintage domestic recipe compilation with measurements and method notes.
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