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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
6
Edward Billings Henry Secures Office Boy Job
Edward Billings Henry, a determined eleven year old with a stone bruised toe, persuades Junius Florins to hire him as office boy after a ride to Congress Square. Florins, impressed by the boy and his father’s example, offers him the post and funds for shoes, signaling a new start for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Fourth Street
Edward Billings Henry
Jackson Street
Julius
Junius
Congress Square
Florins
Twelfth Street
Edward Billings
Edward Billings Henry, Junior
Edward¢ Billings
Perseverance Wins Over Harsh Studio Master
A young painter seeks apprenticeship with an old master. The master rejects the first sketch in a harsh show of disdain, tossing it from a window. Undeterred, the persistent applicant returns three times with the same sample, earning the master’s grudging invitation to return next day.
North Pole drift noted by English scientist and tobacco study findings
An English scientist claims the North Pole is moving. Tobacco content varies by type with Old Dominion at seven percent and Sumatra leaf at six percent. Dr Zebrowski reports tobacco extracts causing arterial changes in rabbits. The Alpine Journal notes Kabru ascent by Monrad-Aas and Rubenson reaching about 23,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Havana
Old Dominion
Connecticut
Zebrowski
The
Alpine Journal
Kabru
Darjeeling
Messrs
Monrad-Aas
Rubenson
Monarchs as Traders Across Europe In Bold Ventures
An article notes numerous monarchs engaging in private business across Europe, from the Kaiser’s porcelain works in Cadmen to Leopold’s Congo investments. It recounts King Peter of Servia running a barber shop, Lippe Detmold’s butter and eggs trade, and Leopold’s Congo profits around £5,000,000 with about 20 percent yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Kaiser
Cadmen
King Peter of
Servia
Saxony
Leopold
Belgium
Congo
J. Pierpont Morgan
Carmen Sylva
Bucharest
Paris
Portugal
Lisbon
Experimental Solar Heat Engine In Ta con a Pa
Frank Shuman in Tacona Pa uses direct solar rays to heat a boiler box with a double glass top and a one inch air jacket. Water in pipes produced steam at fifteen pounds, later reaching ninety pounds, driving an engine and promising higher pressure in warm climates to solve tropical power concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shuman
Tacona
Women dramatists' undercount in authentic male roles
A quotation from Max Beerbohm argues women writers struggle to create convincing male characters. He asserts men, as portrayers of a different sex, have an advantage in depicting male figures, challenging the competence of women playwrights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Beerpohm
Asparagus: An Ancient Staple Among Early Foods
The article notes that asparagus is one of the oldest known food plants and highlights its long history as a cultivated vegetable. It emphasizes its status as an ancient staple in human diets.
Wasted Opportunity in Southern California Campaign Lodging
Two Democratic traveling companions Foote and Eng lish sought lodging near Los Angeles but found only two armchairs. The farmer revealed he had saved beds for two expected Democratic orators who never arrived, leaving the guests to sleep in chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Bill” Foote
Ole Bill
English
South
California
Los Angeles
Foote
Napoleon
Grant
Washington
Valley Forge
San Francisco
Nine to Take. First Cat Where's brother Ches hire?
A terse split story notes a cat’s brother Ches missing and a second cat caught amid panic. The piece suggests the past week featured self harm deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Cheshire
East Bengal Tobacco Sent to Burma for Cheroots
Much of the tobacco grown in eastern Bengal is marketed in Calcutta and shipped to Burma where it is manufactured into cheroots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal
Calcutta
Burma
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Man
Pethepe
Alice Louise Lee
Charles C. Mullin
Chicago
Cuellitzer
Berlin
Monarchs IN Business
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