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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
A reader recalls a pink country seen on a map and imagines the beauty of distant lands while noting the familiar nature around home. Elizabeth Likeoln Gould imagines pink lands, then a tale from Tom and Aunt Polly in a farm story ends with a buckwheat harvest feeding bees and winter cakes.
A Philadelphia Ledger item describes a family activity where a sick child Dottie uses papa's linen handkerchief to engage in a craft. Follow illustrated steps 1 2 3 to reproduce the result shown in panel 4.
In a May farm scene Tom Tripp debates crops with Aunt Polly and Uncle John. He finally plants buckwheat for griddle cakes, guiding Jack and Robin the oxen with Towser the dog and balancing chores with hunger and mischief.
The article argues that many girls improve to artists through self discipline and steady effort. It warns against overreliance on teachers or abroad study, stressing a strong personal foundation and consistent practice as the keys to success in singing.
Instructions from St. Nicholas to create a toy ostrich using one eggshell, three twisted paper lighters and fringe paper. Empty the shell by blowing from both ends after boring holes, then enlarge the larger end hole and blow out the egg.
The article explains that day length equals twice the sunset time and night length equals twice the sunrise time. For example, a 7.30 sunset yields 15 hours of day and a 4.30 sunrise yields 9 hours of night, totaling 24 hours.
A simple notched wood rack attached to a backboard stores large butcher knives to prevent dulling and keep them out of reach of children. Prairie Farmer notes it can be made with a jackknife and mounted on any shape board.
In Indiana, A. M. Banta reports capturing thirty three fly species including two new to the fence, thirty species of other insects, and twenty one spider species. Turpentine extraction is improved by a boxing method that harms trees less, boosting yield by thirty percent.
Charles N. Gould professor of geology at the State University estimates gypsum in three Oklahoma regions. The Main line of gypsum hills, the second line, and the Greer County region total 125800000000 tons.
Experiments involve an inflammable paste fired with bullets from a gun. As the bullet exits the muzzle the paste ignites creating a smoke trail. This allows the marksman to observe the shot source and adjust aim for subsequent shots.
An early Egyptian mining site dating to about 2500 B C lay in the Eastern desert between the Red Sea and the Nile. C J Alford notes small huts in groups up to town sizes for 1000 men, with sand burying workings and few remnants of gear like rubbing stones and quartz mills for gold. Dr Otto Stapt reports Spartina grasses aiding shore reclamation by spreading via roots and tides.
The first practical use of aluminium was to fit the cap atop the Washington Monument in 1884. The square pyramid cap weighs 100 ounces, stands 8.9 inches high and 5.6 inches wide at the base, with General George W. Davis leading the project under General Casey.
A London Spectator essay praises New York City as a seaside metropolis with tall impressive skyscrapers, likening it to Venice and Tyre. It notes its audacious, simple architecture shaped by harbor life and contrasts ancient pirate fears with modern urban daring on the edge of a great sea.
The article notes multiple Italian cities lay claim to Columbus birth but Genoa appears strongest after a 1461 Genoa decree naming Dominic Colombo father of Christopher Columbus as custodian of the Ogivella tower. It cites October of 1451 as the birth period.
Six months after birth a girl developed severe eczema leaving no skin and oozing blood. Wrapped in silk and carried for ten weeks, she worsened until doctors gave up. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, now nearly three years old with no signs of trouble, per James J. Smith of Dumid Virginia, Oct 14 and 22, 1906.
A reflective line on how agitation and anxiety scar the mind and aging, while uprooting old habits and severing familiar ties leaves deeper, lasting hurts beyond simple passions. Dickens notes affections resist wounds yet endure more lasting harm through recollection and loss.
Claim that catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a prescribed, non quack remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Includes testimonials and pricing statements for the product.
French wine output rose from about 41 million hectolitres in 1895 1900 to 51 million in 1901 1906. In 1907 production plus imports from Algeria reached 57 million hectolitres, equating to over 136 litres per person.
Mrs Williams of Gardiner Maine credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health in three months after a doctor warned an operation was necessary. Mrs Sperling of Chicago also reports cure without surgery after two physicians recommended operation. For thirty years the remedy has helped women with displacements inflammation and other female ailments and Mrs Pinkham invites letters for advice.
Pittsburg millionaire recalls lunch with Sir Thomas Lipton at the Ghezireh Palace in Cairo. Lipton, on the way to tea plantation in Ceylon, declines aromatic cigarettes offered from a gold case saying he is the biggest smoker but never smokes cigars or cigarettes and prefers bacon instead.
The famous marble staircase of the Glasgow municipal buildings cost £30,000.
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