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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
2
A Philadelphia man patents a hoe with rows of apertures in the blade to let ingredients pass through as they are mixed. The device promises faster combined mixing of mortar and similar compounds, cutting time and labor.
A quick, secure bottle fastening method to prevent soda water ginger pop or root beer from blowing off when carried in hot weather. Two cords are used to form a strong loop. ends are tied on the opposite side of the bottle for a tight, durable seal.
California apiaries employ boys to tend bees most of the year with swarming the main time for extra help. A boy can manage many hives after experience and reportedly suffers fewer stings than men. A farmer's boy starting with five hives can earn more in ten years than his father on 160 acres, with clover honey fetching a good price and markets consistently short.
An old shell-back warns that sugar pine lumber and coffee anger sailors. Pine cargoes soak ships with turpentine fumes and rosin taste. Sugar shipments ferment and cause headaches. Coffee worst of all as it taints provisions with a coffee odor and flavor.
The Minnesota State Auditor's office paid 1021 full grown wolves and 951 cubs, totaling $9721.50, with about $30000 paid this fiscal year. Marshall County led with $1620, while Hennepin County received $132.50. Current bounties are $7.50 for adults and $3 for cubs.
Paraphrase from the Somerville Journal noting people act with confidence about heaven and happiness, leading to actions in life that raise doubt about reaching heaven.
A quotation attributed to Cato extols self control as approaching divinity through silence when one is confident in being right. The saying emphasizes restraint over loud assertion.
The deaconesses of the Methodist church invest more than 700000 across training schools hospitals homes and other institutions in the county.
In a humorous Bits from Tit-Bits excerpt a boardinghouse keeper and cook note boarders drink hot water three times daily as the so called hot water cure. The cook jokes about adding hot water to ox tail soup while the keeper commends its cheapness and safety.
In a sharp exchange at a social gathering, Miss Laura defends her parrot against Hankinson's insinuations about imitating romantic sounds, while the room’s mood shifts as the bird is asked to leave. The moment underscores social boundaries and gossip in the invitation scene.
The Rosetta Stone found near Fort Saint Julien by M Boussard in 1799 carries hieroglyphic Greek and demotic inscriptions from 195 B C Its chief value is that it provided the key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics opening study for scholars in the United States and abroad.
A 19th century patent describes a wagon with platform scales integrated into the wagon frame. The system allows immediate reading of the wagon’s load including coal and other goods. The wagon resembles common designs but uses a modified frame attachment and levers to measure weight.
The article explains taking weight from the wagon frame and transferring it to weighing levers. A small box housing contains the weighing beam under the wagon. To measure contents, flip the lever and open the box to conduct the weighing as with platform scales.
Plans outline a railway between Tientsin and Chinkiang to be built without delay. The 600 mile line will be among the Chinese railway system’s principal links and run mostly parallel to the Grand Canal.
United States has the largest foreign population while Argentina shows twelve foreign residents per hundred, ranking second in the discussion.
A fragment quotes the Cleveland Leader suggesting life seems to end or change after January 17 when measured by diaries. The line implies diaries determine perception of events, not actual happenings.
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin outlines 500 ways to cook eggs in a feature listing recipes and cooking tips for breakfast and menu planning.
Vendors in Sunderland England hawk herrings priced at twenty for a penny creating a lively street market moment with locals flocking to grab the affordable fish.
Four large stamp vending machines from Germany installed at the east end of the Post Office Building portico. They operate continuously, selling postal cards for one cent, one-cent stamps, and higher value stamps requiring ten cents in advance. Experimental use shows smooth operation as coins trigger a whirr and click before stamps dispense.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a Japanese buyer secured a ten year lease on sixty acres near Green Valley north of Vallejo to plant grapes. The piece warns of further settlements by Mikado subjects and predicts white competition will fade as Japanese dominance grows in California, mirroring Hawaii.
In Roosevelt's Rough Riders a small Dutch Jewish soldier stood out for calm bravado and fatalism. He joked about bullets flying wherever one is, saying they’ll hit you whether you dodge or not. This anecdote appears in Everybody's Magazine.
A London Evening Standard reflection argues the fighting instinct persists as a natural force and cannot be suppressed by social norms. The piece warns against hypocritical attempts to outgrow primal virtues in favor of refined vices and decay.
The London Morning Post notes wigs for judges and barristers emerged late seventeenth or early eighteenth century as court fashion. Bishops kept wigs longer than clergy but have since discarded them, bringing advantages to church and state.
Hoseman Fred Dobratz of Brighton Engine 34 recalls aiding a fire in Allison when an old man pushed through the crowd and begged him to save his glass eye worth twenty dollars. The man also asked to retrieve a box of curls said to have been cut from a child years ago.
A bill submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by the Department of Fomento seeks an $80,000 annual appropriation to promote cattle industry improvement in the republic. The department will award prizes to cattle and horse breeders with superior stock and assist in organizing cattle shows.
English veterinary surgeons report a new disease in dogs linked to car rides. They warn dogs enjoy motor travel but their hearts cannot endure the strain, urging owners to curb travel or risk early bereavements.
The United States forest service finds wood shrinkage from moisture loss varies by species, ranging from seven to twenty six percent of dry volume.
Sir Robert Ball argues that if a telegraph wire were laid seven times around the earth along the equator totaling 25,000 miles, the electric signal would complete seven currents in one second, illustrating rapid planetary communication potential.
The text notes a fly traveling a minute and a man sprinting exceptionally fast, claiming a fly covers three inches in half a second and a man could run twenty four miles in a minute, illustrating exaggerated measurements of speed.
Airbrakes could replace current brakes in automobiles by a direct compression method that eliminates the need for compression machinery. The system would require about one-tenth of engine power to operate the compressor, reducing loss by avoiding the present machinery.
Menthol crystals and peppermint oil are distilled from the peppermint plant grown in several Japanese districts. The new crop is valued at about 85 000 kin of menthol and 125 000 kin of the oil. Yokohama ships abroad annually large sums in menthol and related products.
The article notes Halley’s comet returns after seventy four and a half years with closest sun approach in 1910. It mentions Greenwich Observatory took several photos in the past month to catch the comet early, though none succeeded.
An exhibition in London displays two tusks measuring eleven feet five inches and eleven feet, with bases girth of eight and a half inches. Weighing 293 pounds, their extreme length suggests two East African elephant races, per Professor Rowland Ward, as wear patterns imply different feeding habits.
The passage argues that twenty years brings a new generation in business who ignores past credit limits. It cites repeated cycles of boom and crash, each generation repeating the same gambles until warned by history. Alexander De Noyes discusses the persistence of optimistic credit expansion across eras.
The Spectator argues great fortunes built in the last thirty years will pass on to the exchequer as death duties rise. It predicts receipts will significantly grow over the coming decade and beyond as more fortunes descend.
Newfoundland whalers place whale leather on the market from carcases once left to rot after oil and bone extraction. The vast leather supply could stock a large shoe establishment, transforming waste into valuable goods.
A playful reflection on courtship and married life from Puck. The piece traces Ethel and Sam from first attraction through marriage and the comical readjustments afterwards. It lampoons relatives and expectations, ending with a wry note about the world not being so dull after all.
The report highlights TB causing about one fifth of all deaths in Rio de Janeiro from 1905 to 1907, despite efforts by the League Against Tuberculosis. Yellow fever deaths decline sharply 1905 to 1907, illustrating sanitation success and no major public danger of epidemic.
Sponge fishing is the main industry for island inhabitants off Asia Minor. Sailors scrub fry and bleach sponges, facing dangers at sea. After harvesting sponges are wetted, dried, and bleached, turning from dark living material to pale yellow. Jeep bed sponges are said to be superior to shallow water varieties.
Tibetan traders visiting Calcutta in March 1908 brought musk in large quantities. Musk comes from a deer found in the Himalayas and Tibetan Mountains around 9000 feet above sea level. The male deer yields the finest musk, but the deer are shy and difficult to capture.
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