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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
2
The Evening Star of Washington reports a downturn in burglary as an art form, claiming the profession has experienced a marked slump and fewer skilled break ins across the capital.
The New York Evening Post suggests that by thoughtful effort the Japanese have added two inches to their stature since the war and that in a few decades U S scripture may require revision.
The big hats of the period are described as a strong protection item. Like eighteenth century hoop skirts praised by Addison, they help keep the enemy at a distance.
The Christian Register urges readers that never before have so many good true and beautiful things existed for discovery and enjoyment if one keeps an open mind.
The Secretary of Agriculture predicts looming scarcity of meat and limited pieplant for the poor as wheat and beef prices rise. He argues Europe yields more per acre due to better farm stewardship, and notes the era’s wealth will favor the young with business insight.
Millions owe thanks to Dr Savary for promoting a lazy morning routine. He told the French Academy that rising at once when called is madness and that blinking and delaying bath and dressing for about twenty minutes reduces risk of illness.
The article reflects on the fading glory of empires, noting Spain’s colonial relics, the Pantheon of the Spanish Colonies being dismantled, and speculates on which nation may next lose power. It lists 1907 achievements like dirigibles, electrified railroads, wireless transatlantic dispatches, Edison’s concrete house, the Singer building, and the Mauretania’s vast coal use.
A six year old living on a rock with his lighthouse keeper father joins a salvage mission after a storm. They find a deserted sloop, Freddie’s pride grows as he aids his father, and he rescues a white kitten to take home as his new playmate and symbol of his first rescue.
A poem fragment reflects aging and memory with lines about growing old, the world in bloom, and moving through life’s joys and hurts. It names Fannie Heaslip Lea and cites the New Orleans Times-Democrat as the source.
A North Dakota village landlord boasts of wishes for his kin to win city and state offices and more. The editor, amused, notes the quiver of ambitions from sheriff to governor and bank jobs, as well as a marriage bid, all contingent on the editor’s influence and subscriptions.
London Ottlook reports a high incidence of illness among city pigeons with a majority deemed consumptive or diseased. The note highlights widespread bird health concerns and implies a pervasive sanitation or urban decay issue impacting urban wildlife.
A fragment reflecting on manufacturers living under the shadow of their mills suggests Manchester would be better if every factory owner faced the consequences of production near their work sites.
A Washington Star interview with a veteran surgeon argues women enter operating rooms with less visible fear than men. He cites pain tolerance, acceptance of medical inevitabilities, and contrasts in behavior toward anesthesia, noting men often overreact to fears of death and the anesthetic.
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