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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
2
A collage of editorials contrasts wages for women, social standards, and labor prosperity. It notes Roosevelt on safety devices, labeling and adulteration concerns, and calls for more and better playgrounds for children amid scarce open-air space near schools.
A Boston Transcript poem reflects on life’s end and what matters most. It questions wealth and intellect, praising the lasting value of kindness and the lives blessed by our work.
Lisette Norman spurns Harry March for social climbing and a St Armand engagement. Ernestine Grey marries Harry, builds a cottage life, while Lisette’s marriage to Hubert St Armand proves hollow. Years later Lisette falls on hard times, seeking help from Ernestine and Harry who welcome her home.
A 400 foot steamship named Blackwell was launched on the Tyne in sixty nine working days for Tyzack & Bancroft Steamship Co Ltd. Built at North Sands Sunderland, it measures 417 by 60 feet 9 inches with 29 feet 9 inches depth and features rapid cargo handling gear and electric lighting planned for Suez transit.
A Philadelphia Ledger remark notes a shy George and a pretty girl who discuss a proposed commitment. She admits she would have accepted and prides herself on not taking advantage of the season, implying a settled future despite his bashfulness. The exchange mirrors a light social moment of the era.
A Boston Post recipe instructs layering sliced roast beef, boiled macaroni, and tomatoes in a pudding dish with butter and seasoning. Alternate layers repeat until used, top with buttered crumbs, and bake quickly until brown. If fresh tomatoes are unavailable, canned juice can be used generously.
A recipe instructs to slice one peck of green tomatoes and two quarts of onions, soak overnight, drain, then mix with vinegar water sugar and spices. Boil ten minutes then simmer two hours, seal in jars or store in an earthen crock ready for use when cold.
A recipe for hot mustard sauce using butter flour stock and English mustard with cayenne. The method yields a smooth thick sauce, then seasons with salt pepper and more butter. A cold mustard variation blends mustard with olive oil onion juice sugar paprika and vinegar to form a paste ready for serving.
Practical tips on food storage and prep, drinks, and health care. Olive serving on crushed ice, vinegar storage guidance, lemon juice for fish, gargle with hot water and glycerine, fire safety crawling low, stewed celery for rheumatism, shampooing to prevent a cold, correcting spoiled milk, figs as food and liver cautions, tea and stain removal method using cold water then boiling water.
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