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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
2
A nostalgic poem fragment recalls a mother tucking a child in with loving care and evening prayers. It contrasts childhood safety with later reflection on family love and guidance. The verse shifts to an adult returning home and seeking the same comfort from his mother.
In a small town, Philly and his twin Peter pursue money schemes. Uncle Bishop and Grandfather Lane recall Philly’s brain over brawn, his bank habit, and a risky start after Great Uncle Butler’s death. Philly borrows to invest then chooses the checkbook, hinting at restless hustle and early profits.
A storekeeper recounts Philly Appleton’s attempt to grow wealthy via bank loans and fast money schemes. Despite no bad habits, he drained funds, paid high interest, and failed to save. friends note the humor and risk of outsiders meddling in local business, ending with Philly back to Peter’s chicken operation writing letters and bookkeeping.
The excerpt notes the Pictorial Wag published in New York City in 1842 with R. H. Elton as proprietor and Thomas Nichols as editor. Elton, a valentine maker, left comics after finding valentines more profitable and later developed Morrisania and the village of Estonia. La Touche Hancock cites this in the New York Evening Sun.
Among mil linery fancies hats feature velvet brims and silk crowns. Coque feathers trim these elegant millinery creations as a stylish detail.
The sleeveless jacket enters many smart costumes with chenille and jet tassels. A hand kerchief vest appears in black satin gathered beneath a large jet buckle.
A fashion note says the braiding trend reaches small details with large buttons on imported coats. Velvet centers and fine soutache edging emphasize elaborate embroidery and craft.
Comment on skirt lengths shows skirts growing longer with walking suits staying sweeping and street suits nearly touching the ground. The trend extends to wash materials which are expected to dominate more than in many seasons past.
A gown of original design features pearl gray crepe de Chine in Renaissance style with a store front of gray silk filet embroidered in shades of gray. A band of the same material completes the understated ensemble.
Frogskin bags in bright cerise and pure white suede feature silver mountings. The white version is favored for evening use and is often set with precious jewels, reflecting luxury trends in new novelties.
Deep lace flaps appear on a half-stiff collar band and are to be worn with stiffer collars. The fashion note describes how the lace pieces are arranged and styled for formal wear.
The article notes asbestos sheets are being installed under the mattresses of sleeping cars on some U S railways to block heat from radiators below. It also mentions sensory rankings of body parts and a comparison of spider and human eyesight by Professor Alexander Petrunkevitch. Fatigue toxin from tired animal muscles is discussed as obtainable from plants and produced by oxidizing proteins.
The rapid water erosion of parts of Cape Colony is blamed on burning of vegetation and path formation by cattle and wagons. Once started, erosion accelerates quickly, with the Ongers or Brak River widening to about three hundred feet and fifteen feet deep, a feature not seen sixty years ago.
New observations in Switzerland and Austria show spruce seedlings from high elevation seed (six thousand feet) grow much slower than those from low elevation seed (two thousand feet). Seed weight growing period length and disease tendency also appear to vary with seed tree location.
Professor William Gallo told the Royal Commission on Mines that regular coating of coal dust in roadways with salts containing water of crystallization or with dusts of clay slate limestone chalk could render the dust as harmless as dampened water, reducing explosion risk.
The New York World reports a circular from the Travellers Insurance Co describing odd policyholder deaths. Des Moines bootmaker B F Elbert drowned after his wagon horses frightened into a stream. Wilkes-Barre man John Besler died minutes after a skull fracture from a railroad crossing mishap.
The United Kingdom lags in adopting electric traction for ordinary railways compared with Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and northern Italy. Despite lacking waterfalls for hydropower, the nation has cheap coal, short distances, and higher traffic than peers with similar areas.
A Chicago News quote exchanges a grim maxim with a demoralizer remark about self-help and property rights. The moralizer cites Heaven helps those who help themselves while the demoralizer counters that heaven ignores those who steal.
A new monthly postal service across the Sahara has been established with mecacenters mounted on ramels.
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