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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
3
A butterfly styled coat with one piece sleeves dominates current trends in New York City. The striped fabric design is highlighted as especially effective, suitable for all seasons. Sleeves remain plain at the top with no gathers at the shoulder join, reflecting leading dressmakers' styles.
A brief remark on trimming fashion notes tiny shirted bands and ruches described as very narrow and applied like braid or cord, highlighting a new accessory trend seen among recent importations.
Bead bags stay in fashion as flowery dresses and bead-trimmed skirts revive old styles. The bags complement belts and outfits with softly blended colors, hanging gracefully. Both long and bead-trimmed skirts reflect revival trends from earlier days.
A historical note explains that shoulder width defines the distinctive shirtwaist look. It states that extending the shoulder seam along the arm is ineffective for achieving proper width, and stresses the correct shoulder seam line for a well-fitting sleeve.
Instructions describe making a tailored garment with vest portions and a shaped collar and cuffs using plain cloth braided with soutache and velvet trim. Details cover coat fronts backs under-arm sections sleeves roll-over cuffs and required yardage for sixteen year size.
A description notes borders on fabrics in a shop window with a natural colored rasah and lustrous finish. Dark red and green patterning creates a harmonious effect meant to attract a brunette shopper.
A description of the Napoleonic collar features a scarf and feather stole with extreme facings. Coarse embroidery, old tapestry, striped pongee, and hand-embroidered gold filet net hem the fabric.
A vivid travel sketch from W G Fitz-Gerald in St Nicholas portrays New Zealand's North Island as a living lava landscape. Geysers, boiling springs, mud pots and shifting colors define a land where Maori villages thrive amid dramatic geology. Native women wash and cook with natural heat nearby as steam and geysers fill the horizon.
A method of quarrying granite uses a vertical shaft and radiating horizontal holes drilled to create chambers. Light charges of dynamite are set in the spokes and final blasts release a massive granite sheet. Large quantities of black powder, wires, and tamping follow before detonation.
The only oil portrait of Daniel Boone was painted from life by Chester Harding, who visited Missouri in 1820 and painted Boone at Flanders Callaway’s residence near Marthasville, Warren County. Rev. James E. Welch aided as Boone could not sit alone, and Harding’s work now hangs in the Kentucky state capitol in Frankfort.
A shipment of Chinese lilies to florist P J Keller yielded nearly twenty rats hidden in bales. The rodents, found in jet black form, prompted health officials to inspect un opened bundles and plan rat control measures at the site.
The Long Island Railroad carried 23,950,547 passengers on its trains in 1907. Despite operating several hundred trains daily, the record shows not a single passenger killed in fifteen years.
Peruna is described as both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. The text argues a true catarrh cure must also be a tonic and cites Hydrastis Canadensis with Cubebs Copaiba and other tonics as forming an effective treatment. It notes broad testimonials and states manufactured by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio.
A column cites a rule about hair turning gray earlier in men than women and lists various old time remedies. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children is said to ease pain and colic, Garfield Tea is claimed to benefit rheumatism and gout, and claims about blood purification and disease eradication are included.
W. S. Naylor notes Africans' belief in a hazy shadow world after death. Reincarnation offers episodic relief from monotony, but without it life remains bleak and oppressive, a continuous march into darkness.
The ad argues deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and claims constant inflammation blocks hearing. It offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh related case not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure and invites readers to request free circulars from F.J. Hall & Co. Toledo.
The average length of life for a tradesman is two thirds that of a farmer, according to a New York report from 1920.
A student and a man debate the pen versus the sword noting the pen lacks impact in receptions or parades. The exchange highlights the contrast between written words and ceremonial show.
A witty line from Somerville Journal notes the paradox that a man who marries a wealthy wife often ends up with a poorer one, highlighting social commentary on wealth and marriage.
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