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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
2
A lyrical reflection by W. Sheldon in the New York Times compares Earth to a floating ball amid a vast cosmic sea of bubbles. It ponders humanity’s place within a grand, shifting universe and questions the nature of existence.
Wickham a Harvard lecturer plans to depart for Boston after a year of study in the West. A playful misadventure on a Chicago bound excursion leads to a chaotic scene with Eugenia Harned. He pursues a marriage proposal, and by Back Bay a Boston crowd learns of their engagement.
A New Haven Register note urges keeping table flowers scrupulously fresh during winter. Even common field blooms surpass faded exotics, and flowers should be free from ants and kept in absolutely pure water to avoid spoiling meals.
The article outlines a summer hair cleansing routine using melted white castile soap in boiling water to form a mild jelly. Wet hair with warm water, apply two tablespoons of the soap mix with soda, rub to reach the scalp, massage roots, then rinse with hot water, cooler water, and a final spray of cold water.
A collection of recipes includes Lemon Pudding made with stale bread and suet, Sardine Salad with sardines eggs and potatoes, Sponge Cake with boiling water, and Waffle Potatoes fried and kept warm. It ends with a note that US iron ore production in 1907 likely ranged from 2,000,900 to 54,000,000 long tons per the Geological Survey.
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