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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
2
The Philadelphia Record hints that timid behavior leads to being henpecked, offering a humorous societal observation without naming individuals or events.
The New York World suspects a St Louis experiment involving sending crazy women out shopping is a calculated move to provoke a greater frenzy as a remedy for loss. The piece frames the tactic as an odd, sensational policy notion.
The Christian Register notes that even if ministers salaries outside city churches rose by fifty percent the average would still be lower than the wages of a good bricklayer or plumber.
The Hartford Times notes that Josh Billings joked about insects causing annoyance with the line Darn a fir. Modern readers recognize these pests can carry fevers and be as harmful as they are irritating.
An English banker told an American newspaper writer that the sector suffers from a two tier system. He said small thieves go to prison while big, cunning thieves ride free in automobiles, vowing he would no longer buy American securities.
The passage argues that civilization thrives on the interchange of ideas and methods. It states that states or cities need not originate innovations, but rather select, adapt, and assimilate the best from others, defining modern governance by eclecticism.
The Chicago Tribune notes a steady rise in temperance sentiment across the United States with local option driving dry or wet votes in counties towns and townships. Religious influence and women’s sustained effort are credited for strengthening the movement.
The Spanish bull fighting season saw unprecedented injuries and deaths with seven toreros killed or maimed and 82 fighters wounded. Bulls and horses also suffered heavy losses totaling 2980 bulls and 2720 horses killed as new arenas rise, including a Bilbao ring for thousands and a Madrid project expanding the capital’s arena capacity.
A McCall’s Magazine poem reflects on small gestures like goodbye and greeting kisses softening wounds and easing aging lines. It contrasts scarce affection with stingy love, noting how giving freely sustains warmth while withholding escalates bitterness.
Klaus Bremer misses a 5 o'clock train and returns to a staged burglary plot at his suburban home. His wife Anna, guarded by a mysterious man, plans to flee with valuables but Bremer intervenes. A letter from Erna Deacker reveals the ruse and spares the couple, who later move back to the city.
The account notes Juan Sebastian del Cano completing Magellan’s circumnavigation after Magellan was killed in the Philippines. Del Cano steered the Vittoria home, completing the first voyage around the globe. It also mentions James Cook beginning his circumnavigation in 1786, about 249 years after Magellan’s feat.
A look at the Dead Letter Office in Washington detailing vast mail backlogs, unaddressed or indecipherable items, and thousands of portraits found yearly. It covers the museum of odd contraband like preserved animals, coffins plates, and corn husk dolls, plus auctions and peculiar inmate letters to Santa Claus and fairyland.
C H Forbes Lindsay notes rail improvements draw tourists beyond Havana as provinces offer charm. Cities are picturesque with distinctive traits. hotels lag yet travelers avoid real discomfort. Americans mostly travel, with a few Spaniards Canadians and Brits scouting rare tracts of land.
A hunting party riding along Bridge Creek Wyoming heard a rattle from a burrowing owl warning their horses near a prairie dog burrow. The owl’s third rattle startled the group and caused the horses to shy each time they passed the spot, a phenomenon noted by the American Naturalist.
The only U S breeding site for eider ducks is Old Man's Island in Cutler Maine. Leased by the State to protect propagate and preserve wild birds. The Audubon Society supports efforts to save eider puffin and laughing gull from extinction in Maine.
Judge Gray recalls a hotel table anecdote about a man called judge and explains how the meaning of title has shifted. He notes the distinction between national and local judges and reflects on public perception of titles over time.
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