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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
2
The Philadelphia Ledger argues society must protect the freak-minded while permitting fortunetellers to flourish. The note emphasizes clear duties of society in overseeing fringe beliefs and practices.
One of the Astor farms in New York City bought in 1838 for 23000 is now divided among heirs valued at 3250000. The St Louis Globe Democrat notes protests that farming does not pay despite the vast valuation and distribution.
The New York Evening Sun questions Yale hiring women as janitors noting Harvard’s long practice of employing them. The piece criticizes Yale for adopting what it calls mollycoddle behavior.
The New York American argues that art forgers please owners as much as genuine works, claiming forgeries spread a love of art and give critics harmless amusement.
The Senate approved Senator Frye’s bill for Government inspection and control of sea-going barges amid a long standing coast coal trade crisis. The measure cites 400 barges in American waters and last year sixty sank with a quarter of their crews perishing, blaming owners’ greed for unsafe vessels.
Dr. George L. Robinson of McCormick University Chicago told Milwaukee Presbytery Princeton graduates are seen as idle wealthy youth who dominate social life and reverse unions, prompting disapproval among self respecting alumni. He cited liquor excess and a riotous trend as factors.
M. Tardieu of Paris Temps says Americans know France's weakness better than its strength. The New York World notes most Americans visiting France do not seek aristocratic contacts and would see titled figures as curiosities. Conversely, many aristocratic French travelers to the United States seek plutocratic contacts.
Harper's Weekly defends William Waldorf Astor over purchasing the Chesapeake flag, arguing the trophy rightly belongs in England and should be treated with respect. The writer condemns auction sale as dangerous and praises Astor's discreet, respectful handling of the artifact.
Thorold the Indomitable and forty men abandon a quest for mermaids and other wonders after a sea of hardship. Jurgen the old sailor is blamed for lies as gods are denied and a weary crew contemplates rest with remembered loves.
The poem recalls Theodosia Garrison in Munsey's Magazine. A woman seeks Heaven by closing doors of shame and love. At last Christ asks if any door was left open, and He unlocks the final gate granting entry.
Thorold and Little Nils voyage toward a white walled dwelling amid olive trees and a distant islet. They glimpse a gleaming white shape, then land ashore to a sunlit atrium where a striking woman dries her hair, her presence both startling and alluring.
A reflective piece on Christ inviting children to approach Him, contrasting moral lessons from Pharisees with the living source of eternal truth. It asserts the timeless duty of welcoming youth to spiritual guidance and the enduring authority of that command.
In a Viking melee Thorold the Indomitable and Little Nils flee a fierce island assault. Jurgen Sigurd and others fall as Sweyne Tryggve and crew are overpowered. Thorold abducts a woman, fights three islanders, and with Nils reaches a beached fisher craft before dawn.
A duel ends with Thorold fatally wounded by a woman as he learns the killer is San Francisco Argonaut. The scene blends grim combat with a twist of revelation as the adversary collapses and an ominous gaze reveals the story’s source.
The text notes extensive use of steel freight cars in South America and describes chewing gum base as a petroleum by product scented and flavored for different tastes. It also clarifies that leprosy is not contagious in ordinary circumstances, and states that physicians nurses and missionaries care for leprosy patients for years without suffering exposure.
A claim links bad sight to poor self-control leading to alcoholism and drug use, arguing defective vision is the root cause of men going wrong.
At low temperatures produced by liquid air, lead loses rigidity and becomes elastic. It can be made to rebound or act as a spiral spring during the sustained cold.
In a recent French campaign in Madagascar 14,000 troops were sent to the front with 29 killed in action and over 7000 dying from preventable diseases. In the Boer War British losses due to disease exceeded casualties from bullets by a tenfold margin.
A specially built vessel, nominally a revenue cutter, was launched in Virginia. It is designed to destroy derelicts and other navigation obstructions, with large coal-carrying capacity and seagoing capability in all weather.
Plans for a 200 foot tall tower with a 30 foot base at Chestnut Hill Philadelphia to serve as a sending and receiving aerial station for telegraph messages. A similar tower will be built near New York with messages distributed by telephone.
Sir Norman Lockyer announces the strongest sulphur spark lines found in Rigel’s spectrum. Some sulphur lines behave abnormally in spark and vacuum spectra and are absent in Rigel but appear in hotter stars like Bellatrix and Epsilon Orionis.
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