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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
2
A collage of opinion from the New York Evening Post to the Atlanta Journal on wealth, railroads, education, and social roles. Quoted figures include Dr Wendell of Germany and Grover Cleveland, with reflections on hospitality, aging, and nature.
A reflective meditation asks if one can endure stripping of honors and endure slander to act rightly. It contrasts outward loss with inward virtue and spiritual crown, urging steadfastness and inner approval over public praise. The verse imagines others’ envy and crowns the soul.
Claude Merrill, once a South aspiring grandee, reunites with Major Graves on a Washington electric car. Merrill reveals he is now a pension department appointee thanks to Senator Lorton after an earlier failed romance with Lila Lake, a glove counter singer turned governess who later becomes Mrs. Lorton.
A German settlement in southern California trains ostriches to pull a light four wheeled trap at a mile in three minutes. Zebra in British East Africa and India are trained for harness work, prized for strength and speed. A French peasant drives a three year old wild boar using reins on its eye teeth to pull a small cart.
The Minneapolis Journal notes dogs are commonly found loafing at blacksmith shops and detectives visiting shops when seeking lost valuable dogs. It explains dogs love the burning hoof odor and taste hoof parings, likening the scent to a rose for a woman.
Sheet iron is rolled so thin at the iron mills that 15,000 sheets are required to make a single inch in thickness. Light shines as readily through one of these sheets as through ordinary tissue paper.
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