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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
2
A London Globe account notes the fiftieth anniversary of France’s first railway and a chef on the Paris to St Germain line discovered pomme soufflée by dropping potatoes into boiling butter during a delay. The cooled fries proved light and inflated when reboiled.
The piece traces money from shells and bark strips to skins and livestock as early media, then farm products during agriculture, tobacco in early Virginia colonial times, and finally metals iron silver and gold becoming widely recognized money with iron rising early on.
coast erosion officials visit Walton on the Naze and view a spot north of the pier once a churchyard now largely submerged by the advancing sea. A quarter century ago tombstones were visible at ebb tide. today the burying ground barely remains above sea level even at low tide.
Fifteen boiler explosions were reported in Germany for 1906. Causes include three from low water, one from a bottom failure of a vertical boiler used twenty eight years, and one from external corrosion at a spot where the thirty two year old boiler contacted an outer wall.
During a Vine Hounds run at Whitechurch a fox was caught by a hound on the railway line. An express train then struck the hounds, killing one and cutting off the fox's brush.
Exports of iron and steel products from Eastern seaboard points in February shattered prior records, totaling 92 036 tons. The shipment included steel rails billets beams blooms bars plates hoops wire and pipe.
About 3000 workers in Redditch earn comfortable wages as needlemakers in model factories. They work around fifty hours weekly. The town produces over 2 billion needles each year.
A Montgomery County man aged sixty eight cultivated a carp crop last season with a horse twenty five years old and two plows, one twenty five and the other thirty years old. This item reflects a dry, regional rural note from the Kansas City Journal.
A pile driver in New Orleans reaches 108 feet, claimed as the tallest ever built. The towering structure showcases engineering ambition and regional industry impact in early construction news.
A testimonial letter from a New York man claims Grape-Nuts restored energy after late night work. He reports faster recovery, increased strength, steadier nerves, and a 20 pound weight gain with ongoing use while traveling. Also notes Postum Co. Battle Creek as the source and references The Road to Wellville.
To protect a newly papered or tinted wall in a child's bedroom fasten a piece of matting in a contrasting shade securely to the wall behind the bed. It can hold pictures and postal cards without injuring the wall, letting the child display items in their own taste.
An old instructive note from the New York World suggests making a thin paste from flour and water to soften wallpaper for easier removal. Apply with brush or cloth, wet the paper thoroughly, let it sit, then strip the wallpaper in neat pieces to avoid extra work.
Get quality white cotton or silk elastic half inch wide and run through sash curtain casings. Cut elastic shorter than window width and sew Brass rings on ends. Put brass tacks on frame and hook rings over tacks. Stretch to the other side to prevent sagging.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that old striped linen furniture slips are replaced by decorative slips in flowered cretonnes or art tickings. These are pleated with narrow stitched welts on the wrong side and a box pleat bottom, giving the appearance of upholstery while protecting the fabric for warm weather use.
A Pittsburg Dispatch tip suggests easy handmade strap baskets for every room. Cut a cardboard into four equal widths with a wider bottom, cover with chintz, sew, and add a bottom piece. Also cover to make matching chair slip covers curtains and portieres for uniform color and restful appearance.
A vintage recipe listing orange cakes made with milk eggs and flour baked in cups for half an hour in a quick oven, plus a sweet sauce with melted butter and lemon rind. It also includes shad broiled with salt and flour, and ham turnovers filled with chopped ham and eggs. Maple Cream Cake rounds out the dessert options with eggs flour milk and baking powder.
An Outing Magazine excerpt describes Brick Lane and surrounding East End slums in grim detail. It portrays residents as small, muddy, and exhausted figures living in lodging houses with crowded dormitories and shared meals. The piece contrasts London poverty with healthier Western norms and highlights a dinner of fried fish and stale beer amid a fetid, crowded environment.
A collection of aphorisms about truth, wealth, love, and social behavior. It lampoons pressurizing moral pretensions and hints at gender and class assumptions with wry humor. The quotes critique vanity, temptation, gossip, and earning a living.
Two British engineers report that 92 psi of compressed air, over six atmospheres, can be endured without adverse health effects. A trade hygienic institute will be established in Frankfurt to study factory worker health and protection in Germany. Alzen, a new alloy of aluminum and zinc, claims cast iron strength with greater elasticity and rust resistance.
Measurements from Stuttgart University show dragon fly wing vibrations between 10 000 and 12 000 per second. By comparison the common house fly reaches about 600 wing strokes per second at top speed.
A simple device uses high pressure steam to heat sawdust so resinous ingredients thicken and bricks are pressed. One two horsepower machine can produce 10 000 bricks in four days.
A turbine engine has been added to the Stuyvesant High School curriculum in New York City. It is installed beside a reciprocating engine and is shown in operation. The turbine powers electricity and serves for demonstration purposes.
Gautier shows kola extends a horse’s distance per hour by over a half mile, yet causes greater weight loss. A new English patent describes a puncture resistant tire insert made from treated cotton wool bound with shellac gum mastic and rubber in benzine, vulcanized to fit tire casings.
A bright-looking man advocates washing the face with cold water as a quick headache cure. He says it opens pores and stimulates blood flow, refreshing the head and bracing the person up. He notes dust and smoke from streets make face washing timely. Philadelphia Record.
In Philadelphia a teacher asked who supported the world on his shoulders. Ethel, daughter of a contractor, answered Atlas. When asked what supported Atlas, she quipped that he likely had an American wife.
A college student pleads for $50 for vacation in a letter to his father. The father replies that he will provide the vacation funds himself. This short exchange appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
Among Japan’s 41 million residents, 441 individuals hold fortunes of $250,000 or more signaling a tight distribution of wealth amid a broad population base. The report highlights the concentration of wealth at the upper end.
Juna Marlowe endorses Peruna as a great remedy for digestion and nerve health. She states the product benefits digestion and strengthens nerves, noting that proper digestion nourishes nerve centers to prevent debility.
The text argues that Peruna does not act as a nervine or stimulant. It claims benefit comes from improved digestion aiding nerve health.
Mrs. J. C Jamison of Wallace California says six years of stomach trouble with nervous dyspepsia improved on Peruna after three doctors failed and a liquid diet proved insufficient. She reports taking several bottles and being entirely cured, noting relief when symptoms disappeared and digestion returned to normal.
The clergy were not to wear distinctive garb in private life before the fifth century. In 506 the Council of Agde ordered specific dress and footwear for clergy, deepening the separation between clergy and laity. The sixth century saw the rise of the clerical crown or tonsure to mark this division.
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