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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
4
A poetic scene frames a gray beach at sunset with waves and gulls. The lighthouse keeper prays for travelers and children while the sun and moon illuminate the night. The poem ends with a reassurance that God watches over all and will make things right.
A New York man recalls Stephen Smith Dubois, then a lively fifteen year old farm boy from Providence, who rode on the De Witt Clinton train of 1831 as the first trial ride of America’s first railroad. He travels from Providence to Albany, joins dignitaries aboard, and becomes the youngest participant in a historic voyage.
An eyewitness recalls the Mohawk and Hudson’s inaugural passenger run describing a thrilling high speed of about eighteen miles per hour, the crew including Jervis as chief engineer and Hampson as fireman, a half way water stop, and crowds reacting with awe and fear as livestock fled.
The Magnolia Township community in Putnam County Illinois replaces scattered, ill funded schools with a single John Swaney Consolidated School costed at 16000 dollars. It features a wagon system for distant students a nearby farm barn and a nine cent daily cost per child. The campus includes a remodeled teachers home a nutrition plan a teacher staff of four plus an on site Illinois College of Agriculture sub station observation area and practical agricultural training.
At an English hall a decorated reception honored Mr and Mrs Gladstone. Mrs Gladstone and fellow guests debated a question until one lady remarked that a higher power will reveal all in time. Mrs Gladstone then quipped that William would come down and explain it himself.
In 1907 global output reached about 8.988 billion gallons of petroleum, marking a substantial increase in early 20th century energy production. The figure highlights the era's rapid industrial expansion and rising demand for oil worldwide.
The article advises each sewing room to hold four large pasteboard boxes or cretonne thintz bamboo shirtwaist boxes for scraps and garment pieces. It suggests sorting leftovers twice a year and discarding worn out material, with a reference from the New York Times.
The passage advises collecting soap scraps in a glass or china jar until enough accumulate, then dissolving in boiling water to make soap jelly for different purposes. Soap saved from toilet uses goes to bath use, kitchen and laundry scraps to laundry use, with emphasis on keeping every piece clean.
The New York Herald describes a simple device using a water-filled stone crack and a parchment or bladder to trap mice. Cheese or bacon tempts the animal to climb the crock, slip through a cut in the parchment, and drown, with the device resetting for repeated use.
A collection of simple preparations including Banana Split with ripe bananas ice cream walnuts and berry juice Raspberry Sherbet made from raspberry juice sugar and lemon whites of eggs Blueberry cake using blueberries cream tartar and soda Carrot Coffee browning carrots for a healthful beverage Fruit Punch blending currant jelly fruits and water Strawberry Vinegar a cooling drink with berries and white vinegar aged with sugar to ferment and flavor.
Mrs T W Hyde of Brentwood Essex recounts a severe eczema outbreak on her daughter spreading from chest to back and head with pain heat and delirium. After trying two doctors she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and claims complete relief, a result she calls magic. The text also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents per bottle.
A tourist recalls passing icebergs on a voyage from Europe where one berg bore a blooming garden. The captain notes iceberg gardens are uncommon and a yellow flowered patch appeared in a pale green crevice as moss and seeds take root in the cold, sunlit Arctic summer.
An old advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. It reports internal dosing and a $100 reward for any uncured case, with Druggists selling the cure for 75 cents and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation. It also notes straw hats were used by ancient Greeks but common in Europe only half a century ago.
Sallie French of Pancannla Ind Ter writes that after seven years of female troubles she was run-down and nervous. She consulted doctors with no relief, then used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and says she is now strong and well.
The ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it cures female ailments and offers free confidential letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It also notes London orchid houses with Brazilian plants and says Rio de Janeiro botanical gardens hold over 6000 orchid varieties. New York 42.
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