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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
3
The excerpt from the New York Herald presents a humorous domestic verse lampooning daily chores and couplets. It sketches light dialogue about chores and affectionate mischief, with the refrain Benedictine lamentations woven through common home tasks and endearing phrases.
A collage of local updates notes visits by Mr W R Woodward and others, theatre bills with She Spooks and Old College Chains, a Georgetown City Band concert, sewerage work, Woodmen of the World meeting and banquet, plus Ross Crane mimicry at the Opera House.
Mr. D. T. McNeil of Conway is in the city after arriving last evening. The Tennessee murder case against the Coopers and ex Sheriff Sharpe in ex-Senator Carmack’s death has reached the jury, with many predicting a mistrial. Company F drills tonight in full Olive Drab gear ahead of tomorrow’s annual inspection, formation at 8 o clock prompt.
Lyman Abbott argues the ideal woman should be man's companion not a servant to fashion. He warns against dictation by Paris and dressmakers, urging women to share in household concerns and support their husbands rather than chasing modern industry and social status.
A Boston and Maine train crashed through the Windsor station ladies waiting room in Montreal on March 17. Six people were seriously injured and one killed as the engine blew a plug and the engineer was thrown from the cab. The fireman attempted to stop the train but brakes failed before the wreck at Windsor after passing Hig land station.
A fragmentary verse scene describes a cheerful, smiling image of a friend of Mrs. Fortune. The text hints at a simple comradeship: gaze at me and you cannot help but grin, feeling bright and fascint.
The Georgetown Drug Co and local merchants advertise rentals and sales including an eight room house with bath electric lights and waterworks, a good arm rail and timber cart, full blood Leghorn eggs, ladies belts, new ruffling and neckwear at Georgetown Furniture Co, and a charterable gas steamer Carrié Dudley for hunting or trips. Public notices indicate daily items and shop sale language from The Daily Item office.
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