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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1907
Page
3
A London riding school master says riding astride is not growing in popularity among women. Women at the park and resorts report it strains muscles not usually developed and is hard on the knees, signaling a failed fad according to a London Dispatch to the New York Sun.
Eyebrows should be treated with care using cold cream to loosen dandruff, wash with alcohol and water, then brush to shape. Regular practice yields growth and improved shape, with a coquettish outer tip. Debutante etiquette described as simpler today than in Victoria’s era, with two curtsies to monarchs and direct progression to the supper room.
A scientist asserts crying benefits children as exercise and lungs while serving as a safety valve for older people. Britons cry least among Europeans. Latin nations like France and Italy cry most. All races cry in some form, from stoic Indians to South Sea Islanders and joyful Negroes.
A London paper notes the arrival of teddy bears in port and observes children pressing the soft toys to their sides with affection. The New York Press predicts the craze will spread in England, as kids imitate the cute little brown bear and boost demand for the toy.
A Minneapolis Journal quip notes college girls shaping modern ideas. A clergyman recalls christening a quiet baby practiced by parents with a pail of water, calling it a rehearsed christening and praising the trend.
A large group of American girls preparing for social honors in England outlines the debutante season. The procession includes many young women invited to fashionable events and society gatherings as part of transatlantic social exchange.
Miss Italia Garibaldi, granddaughter of Garibaldi, in Rome for the world fifth annual Sunday School Convention, stirred the audience with a moving welcome. The former teacher in a Methodist Sunday School spoke with pride for Italy and the Rome church.
The Town Topics column rebukes misreported figures on bridal costumes and gowns at elite events. It challenges sensational prices for Mrs Poisson's pearls and Mrs Astorbilt's reception gowns while defending Mrs Gotrox and Mrs Bullion against reckless claims.
A string of quips and aphorisms on marriage literature philosophy and spring debt jealousy and decorum. The piece blends wry observations about society gender and free thought with satirical lines attributed to Judge and referencing June marriage proposals.
Short aphorisms on repentance wealth and success. Sam Jones stresses quitting meanness. John M Stahl links prosperity to knowledge. Old Gorgon Graham contrasts active outreach with waiting. Thoreau urges early, persistent study to live earnestly.
A reflection on how a home filled with books, music, and thoughtful conversation bestows lifelong educational wealth. It emphasizes that early exposure to culture and dialogue is the greatest fortune for a child.
A quotation urges patience under current trials and faithful living where God has placed us. It claims persistent virtue yields character with divine finish beauty and glory for individuals and society.
The quote frames action as linking thought and feeling to effort, habit, and finally character. It emphasizes that life’s organized deposit and harvest arise from daily acts, with character as the concentrated result and seed for the future.
Quote by John W. Chadwick on how parents shape children more by their being than by words or actions. It asserts that inner character informs behavior and the family’s formative influence, even beyond verbal reports.
Rev Amos Fletcher, a keen naturalist and fungi expert, encounters Miss Locke of his parish who quips that if she were a toadstool she would have to be seen long ago. The exchange reveals the humor and quirks of small town life.
Miners in Connecticut along the Housatonic River employ a new method as depths reach fifty to two hundred feet. Two pipes are used with water forced at forty psi through the smaller pipe and rising through the larger one. This process yields about five percent solids, with seventy five percent of that being pure kaolin.
Harper's Weekly discusses prehistoric horses in the Americas from Alaska to Patagonia and tracks their apparent extinction before the Spanish conquest. It cites fossils found across the United States and Mexico, proposes explanations from climate to disease, and notes later reappearances with Cortez and wild herds in the Plains and Far West.
In a Washington legal fight a plaintiff's lawyer likened opposing argument to snow falling everywhere. The rival lawyer retorted that the snow has covered all the ground in a short time, noting the quick spread of the point. Harper's Weekly reports the exchange during a railway damages case.
Governor Hughes signed a law by Assemblyman Duell requiring all New York newspapers magazines and periodicals to printed on every issue the full owners or proprietors or publishing company name and the principal business address along with the names and addresses of the president secretary and treasurer after July 1.
The Social Gazette describes famine relief as a social crusade started by Salvation Army officers after arriving in Japan. It notes that Japanese girls were rescued from a life of shame, contrasting local attitudes with those in the West.
A reprint notes that the upper class endures unseen anxieties, with a Punch quotation about dining in good company and the neck and arms to be considered. It contrasts elites’ worries with those of the middle class.
One of the world’s finest architects is the oriole. Its ornate hanging nest houses four to six whitish eggs speckled with black and brown.
A frank statement from Justice of the Peace A M Light of Rolla Missouri endorses Dean's Kidney Pills. He cites personal experience with kidney medicines and recommends their use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Heidelberg scientist Professor Klaatsch cites Australasia fieldwork describing a native arrested for killing a white man in Port Arthur who reportedly has hands and feet shaped like those of monkeys. He notes similar features among peoples in the unexplored Daly and Victoria river region, marking a first in humans.
An advertisement by Dr H R Kline of Philadelphia touts FITS St Vitus Dance and nervous diseases as permanently cured by his Great Nerve Restorer. The offer includes a $2 treatment and a free treatise from 931 Arch St Philadelphia PA.
The sexton Abel Hicks predicts fair weather or rain with folksy authority. He notes the bell rope and sponge-like, stringy rope last night signal rain after two days of anticipated rain. He warns picnic goers to shelter today and postpone events until next week when roads improve.
Ludwig Tessnow, on trial in Greifswald, Germany, for ten days, is convicted on two counts and sentenced to be severely harmed twice and two years for murderously assaulting a child. He also loses his political rights under the verdict.
A discussion on diet argues against meat and for starchy foods like Grape-Nuts. It claims partial cooking harms digestion, touts Grape-Nuts as pre digested and quickly converting to blood and tissue, and cites phosphate of potash aiding brain cell repair. The ad ends with "There's a Reason" and a reference to The Road Wellville in packages.
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