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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
3
The Belgian movement toward women’s suffrage shows a peaceful victory with a bill permitting women to vote in municipal elections and requiring a proportion of female municipal officials. The approach favors petition and argument over militant tactics, contrasting with English suffragists.
A simple embroidery method called darning on crash suits novices. Crash fabric, used for curtains and cushions, tolerates back and forth stitches parallel to the warp. Beginners can stamp a design like conventional tulips across a table runner.
Biographers argue Coleridge’s unfulfilled genius stemmed from an unfriendly marriage not opium. Letters to and about Coleridge suggest domestic strife hindered his work, contrasting with a more harmonious period with Wordsworth when prolific output flourished.
One cup hot milk with crumbled cheese and butter. Stir in a beaten egg salt pepper and bread crumbs. Spread on crackers or toast and bake about fifteen minutes until cheese melts and top browns.
A New York Tribune critique argues that floral embroidery on coarse fabrics lacks realism and suggests that flow patterns be conventionalized. It praises set designs as more artistic, as they imply flowers without attempting exact reproduction.
The New York Press notes a shift from cloth mock suspenders to real silk suspenders worn beneath the waistband of skirts for the late summer wardrobe. Designers offer dainty, varied hues with gold and silver buckles and tiny gem accents, hinting bold styles may soon appear outside the waist.
The piece questions accepting aging as fate and urges readers to resist passive decline. It asks women why they should surrender youth without effort and challenges them to pursue exercises and activities to stay youthful despite age.
The piece notes Dorothy Wordsworth’s letters as the collection’s most charming. It suggests further revelations from Mrs Coleridge and mentions Jennie Carlyle as precedent, hinting at new light on blame and sources in the ongoing discussion.
A discussion on embracing a positive attitude toward housework. It argues that work improves health, culture, and happiness, urging use of science and art in tasks, labor saving devices, and moderation in chores to avoid hostility and fatigue. It stresses originality and balance with personal enrichment.
Rio de Janeiro will create a government institute dedicated to zootechnical and agricultural research. The new center will study stock raising and conduct agricultural experiments to advance farming methods and animal husbandry.
Poem fragment recalling brakemen as lives cut short by rail dangers. A stark line of memory for widows and children left behind, emphasizing the ever present risk of work on the rails.
A Milwaukee Journal item questions if an art school is good noting monthly dances as a key feature. The brief commentary uses humor to suggest lively campus life.
The New York Sun prints a playful exchange as Mrs Knicker asks about a supposed theft from a cook and Mrs Subbubs responds with a wry line about stealing her dress wake.
A terse exchange from the Cleveland Leader features a student named Bobby arguing that a task is easy while a person named Ky questions his standing, highlighting classroom rivalry and confidence.
A mother reports her son’s severe eczema covering his body. After seeing over a dozen doctors fail, she used Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and within two months his skin was entirely well. Patient: George F Lambert of Mahanoy City PA. 1907. Potter Drug & Chem Sole Props Boston MA. The postal business of the world is in creasing seven per cent per annum.
By a cough which cannot be stopped by ordinary remedies. But why not try a medicine that will cure any cough that an medicine can cure. That is Kemp's sum. Recommended by doctors and nurses, and costs only 25c. at any druggists' or dealers'. Keep a bottle, always in the house and be prepared to treat a cold or cough before it causes any suffering at all. The first pipe organ was made by Arch imedes in CB. C.
A humorous exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal discusses engagement with a sly remark about staying in one’s place. The fragment hints at social advice about propriety and romance with a witty line on posture.
A Washington Star note quotes debate over Pendrib ble's work and its reception as critics deride public prejudice and mass ignorance in a sharp, brisk critique.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes a falling out over hat fashion between friends. One woman boasts a more hideous hat than the other, revealing rival milliner ambitions and social mockery in a witty aside.
A boss gambler declares that arrangements shield illegal games from police and keep the betting racket running, noting the advantage of covered operations. The Philadelphia Ledger quote highlights the bribed pretence and ongoing illicit gambling.
Cartoon caption shows a new pastor declaring a lifelong devotion to his flock while Bluntman jokes the sermons must be shorter. The exchange is labeled Life.
A brief item notes an exchange where a salesman asks where the man buys groceries and the reply mentions shopping at multiple places with cash buying implied. The source presents a snapshot of a dialogue titled by the Buffalo Ex.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt quotes a parent praising his daughter as a future singer while noting she clashes with her mother who finds her difficult to manage. The exchange reflects domestic tension and ambition.
A humorous domestic scene unfolds as a family struggles with a new dress. The father asks for a shoe horn while the mother is stuck half in the garment, creating a comic moment likely recorded for light entertainment.
A Kansas City Journal item reports the owner secretly hid an automobile to elude a chauffeur. The plan failed as a collision occurred, destroying the car and exposing the ruse. The incident underscores a rash attempt at concealment and a costly outcome.
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the Lambs' Club minstrel troupe is about to embark on a cross country entertainment trip. The paper quips that Lambs humor is all wool and a yard wide, but mostly shear nonsense.
In a Washington Star quote Colonel Stilwell asserts that the ailment remedy is no longer available and malaria has almost disappeared, noting real estate values have risen as a result.
A Washington Herald quote highlights a mother who is highly imaginative, thinking up many things to tell her children not to do. The exchange notes that imaginative mothers may cause more trouble by overreacting.
A new book by Maria Ward Brown promises a robust collection of Dan Rice's jokes caustic hits and sketches from the sawdust era. The 500 page illustrated volume claims to revive national laughter with humor from the Civil War era and sells for $1.50 postpaid from Book Publishing House New York. University of California to trial grapefruit cultivation from Amoy China imported trees offering potentially premier fruit.
An advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy for red irritated eyes and eye strain with claims of soothing pain. It mentions an experienced supplier, no harmful ingredients, and options to receive a sample package and related herbal products from Garfield Tea Co. in Brooklyn.
A Bardstown Kentucky woman reports relief from ulceration and female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Another Tennessee woman credits the remedy with easing severe illness and restoring vitality. The ad also notes the compound's thirty year history and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham. It mentions the Russian Secret Service employing many women and Hamlin's Wizard Oil for pain relief, plus the U S post office count nearing 62 000 with rural delivery expanding.
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