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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1908
Page
4
A poetic excerpt by William Winter in the New York Tribune describes roses as messengers of love. The verses claim roses will declare true affection more than words, nesting on the beloved's breast and whispering that the speaker dares not say it aloud.
Anna Harman travels to attend her friend's wedding when car No. 16 is besieged by Beppo's gang. Motorman Clint Calder holds the line with calm daring and a hostage plan as relief followers reach the scene. In the end the siege is broken and the wedding proceeds with a twist.
A fragmented prose piece discusses the Tokugawa family crest, the three leaf shamrock, and claims about its origins in Japan. It contrasts imperial symbols with commoner emblems, notes the misattribution to the Mikado line, and comments on Japanese crest usage and jiu jitsu history before veering into verse-like anecdotes and a closing poem fragment.
A collage of jokes and quips from Louisville Baltimore Washington Chicago and more features droll dialogues on politics marriage social pretensions and public life. Authorities include editors and cartoon captions from prominent papers.
A psychologist declares a shivering spine as a key proof of artistic temperament. He says great artists and critics feel this backbone tremor before worthy art, using it to judge success, with his own spine shivering most to music during Massénet.
Last year about 228732 students attended 125 European universities led by Berlin with 13884, followed by Paris at 12985, Budapest at 6551 and Vienna at an unknown figure in the readable excerpt.
A Columbus Ohio reader reports relief through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life noting improved vigor and ability to work. The letter promotes the remedy as a long standing standard for female ailments and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
Paris correspondence notes a drop from 95 000 to 89 000 billiard tables in France this year. The treasury laments the loss, since billiard tables are heavily taxed while motoring and golf evade taxes for now. The piece suggests future taxation could extend to golf clubs and related items.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item presents a humorous dialogue between a teacher and a pupil about missing school. The pupil explains his mother used last year's almanac and his father works nights, causing confusion about school opening.
A New York woman reports her 71 year old grandmother cured after using Grape Nuts. The grandmother had been invalid for 18 years with stomach and bowel issues and the doctor had given up. After starting with a teaspoon and increasing to four per meal she gained strength and recovered, no medicine needed. The letter, signed by the Postum Co. and promoting The Road to Wellville, urges readers to try the product.
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