When grandmothers were little girls
Fragmentary verse recalling grandmothers sewing and enduring patient stitches. The poem hints at industry and strength but the text is incomplete, offering a nostalgic glimpse of sewing, samplers, and long hems.
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
3
Brave seven year old earns paper money through snow shoveling
In Washington a bold seven year old asks neighbors to shovel snow to buy paper for school lessons. A kindly mistress provides mittens and boots. a later misstep leads to a shift to a baby class, teaching him it is worse to overestimate one's size than to neglect responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Washington Star
Names of Dances Explained in Historical Sketch
The article traces origins of common dances. It links quadrille to a square, contredanse to couples’ positions, polka to Polish roots from pulka, minuet to minutus, waltz to waltzen, reel to a simple label, and jig to vigue. It notes dancing predates history and many names reflect linguistic roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulka
Dundee Advertiser
Ben Goes to Sunday School Like a Small Scholar
A boy named Ben, wearing a trim blue suit and white necktie, heads to Sunday school feeling grown and not at all like a baby. He has spent two years in school and earned good report cards, yet a mischievous spirit stirs as the morning unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Joyce
Ben
Mr. Berry
May
Ben Henleigh
A Curious Candlestick in Scottish Hospitality
The piece describes a boy candlestick maker in a Scotch kitchen shaping fir wood candles to burn bright. It notes the fir candle core from peat embedded wood and that herd laddies performed the duty unless a beggar sought shelter, with candlesticks called a pulr man or poor man in Aberdeenshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Home Herald
Professor Encounters Wild Woman in Ottawa Forest
Harvard scholar Professor Macauley reports sighting a wild woman near Blue Sea Lake in Ontario while hunting near Gatineau River. He describes a sun-darkened, leaf-clad figure living alone in a small hut with dogs and a rifle, but lacking ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Macauley
Harvard University
Blue Sea Lake
Ottawa
Ontario
Gatineau River
Macauley
The Alternatives
A college president meets a newly graduated, poor but brilliant youth who has two job offers. One is a secretaryship at $5 a week from a scientific society, the other a five year baseball contract at $5000 per season from a magnate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Egyptian Sabah and the nitrate-rich sabak deposits
The term Sabah refers to a manure used in Upper Egypt and found at ancient Arabian habitation sites. Walls of crumbled houses mixed earth with straw, leaving relics of household items and jewelry at sites. Sediments show repeated occupation with sabak deposits rich in nitrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Egypt
Cucumber Weighs Three and a Half Pounds in Sawtello Cal
A cucumber weighing three and a half pounds was raised in Sawtello California. The note records a large home garden harvest with this unusually heavy cucumber reported from the local farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawtello
Cal
Norwegians longest lived in Europe while Spaniards shortest
The article notes life expectancy differences within Europe with Norwegians listed as the longest lived and Spaniards as the shortest. It highlights regional longevity contrasts across nations.
One Day Cold Cure: Bromo Quinine Claims by Grove
A claim for Laxative Bromo Quinine credits E. W. Grove with a universal cold cure and a one day remedy priced at 25 cents. The text also notes exceptionally large Cuban cabbages with heads up to twenty pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Cured Her Three Children With Cuticura Remedies
A Montreal mother reports eczema relief for three daughters after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes the baby’s neck folds healed after washing and applying the remedies. The account is dated May 21, 1907. Also mentions a man’s world record under water time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duuluth St
Montreal
Que
Billion Dollar Grass advertised seed catalog offer
An advertisement extols Billion Dollar Grass and related seed products. It touts high yields and multiple crops from 100 acres in Iowa, promotes sending 14 cents for a seed catalog from John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin, and references various tonics and remedies with assorted prices and claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Sly Miller
Victoria
Silver King Ae
Woman Restored by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
After seven years of female troubles Sallie French of Pancannla Indiana Territory reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy’s claimed cures for displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration and invites women to write for free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
A CENTS Improves specialty for automobile owners
Quick sellers and big profits described in illustrated circulars promoted by John Unser of 12 Parham Street Carthage New York encouraging readers to act today in the automotive accessory market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned
United States
Real Estate Owners’ Association OF America
West 42d Street
New York
John Unser
Parham Street
Carthage
N. Y
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Allen
Sabah
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Rosse
A.C. In
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New York Street
Zatwisk Thompson
State St. Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
Namic AW Shoes
Dougie Ae
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SL Sane
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Tyetary
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Mass
N.Y
J.J
Gresony & Son
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