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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
A New York Journal piece contrasts kind and disrespectful mother daughter duos in a hotel setting. It calls for kindness to parents, urges youths to treat elders with courtesy, and warns disrespect harms character and future conduct.
The author questions Andrew Carnegie and his $12,000,000 technical institute, arguing it contradicts Carnegie's claim that college education hinders business success. The piece quotes Carnegie and notes the critic’s four questions on who truly drives success and the value of practical, on‑the‑job training.
A Harper's Weekly anecdote recalls a professor's wife known for linguistic rigor. In a college greenhouse she asks about flowers, and the gardener quips with a rural reply showing the tension between prescriptive speech and everyday usage.
In Belgium school children learn history by using dolls dressed in characterful outfits to embody notable figures. The method emphasizes authentic dress and posture to convey era and persona.
The Chicago News notes a man showing a partner a marked route for elopement with a white star at Cleveland and a red star at Niagara Falls. He explains Cleveland is for forgiveness and Niagara Falls for money to return.
Prof. F A Forel reports Thamnium lemani moss living 200 feet below Lake Geneva surface marking the greatest known depth for freshwater plants. The discovery expands understanding of aquatic plant limits and may influence studies of lake ecosystems.
A brief quotation on women and cheerfulness from Spectator notes men’s intolerance of melancholy in women. It argues adornment and mood are tied to impression, suggesting women may be more concerned with cheerfulness than tidiness.
A fragment discusses attractiveness linked to women’s housewifely qualities and tidiness. It notes that the most attractive women to men often have poor housekeeping traits, describing tidiness as an old maid heritage.
In Norway Maine a town of 1500, women fill many posts with 18 years as pastor of Universalist church, the town’s physician, a justice of the peace, a dry goods store owner, a photographer, a bank cashier, an undertaker and an insurance agent. Mrs. F W Sanborn edits the Norway Advertiser.
Detroit audience at a Lenten service heard Bishop Charles D. Williams rebuke society women for blame in the decline of department store workers. He said wages around four dollars weekly fail to sustain a woman in the city and warned that moral pressure and consumer lust for bargains hurt poorer sisters and drive them to ruin.
Miss Mary Marcoe died in Washington after forty eight years in the secretary of state’s office. A Virginia family member educated in France, she joined a government post in 1859 amid poverty, helped draft papers for signature, and became the department’s first expert in diplomatic correspondence, serving through many secretaries of state. The New York Press notes her rare role for women in government.
A reflection on human nature noting that people strive for success yet undermine it through indiscretions and conceit. The piece compares effort to building a scaffold that collapses from vanity, leaving individuals stalled despite repeated climbs.
The article notes many men could be employers but lack discipline and self control. It attributes failures to weak character, doubts, fears, and careless habits that drive success away, urging youth to study self discipline to improve.
A reminiscence on shopping in London portraying shopwalkers who corral customers and mustering a tactic of feigned ineptitude to escape sales pressure. Also a Brooklyn Institute lecture notes eggs uses by Miss Barrows including poached like results and custards and an omelet method with tomato pepper sauce.
A review of new garments and textiles features double-faced woolens and cloth for dress trimming, chiffon hats, and plaid underlayers. It notes soft greens, peacock blue with yellow plaids, violet shades, patent leather boots, and revived challis designs with pink rose bud patterns.
A North Side butcher shop selling sea foods printed a window sign to promote fresh lobsters after a shipment. A partner angrily reprimanded the clerk for the sign, warning he would lose his job next time, after the clerk asked what was wrong with the ad.
The item, attributed to Harper's Weekly, notes a Christmas time incident in a cloak room where a grievance against the speaker touched on partiality toward the Illinois delegation and others aiding a future campaign. Mr Cannon is quoted in a mock formal tone claiming a local custom about buying pants for one’s own children before aiding neighbors' Christmas trees.
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