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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
3
A schoolteacher asks Jamie to divide pie among seven people. Jamie answers he would get one-sixth, claiming he knows his mother would not be hungry that day. The exchange illustrates a child’s simple arithmetic and family dynamics.
The Postoffice Department sends notices to rural communities warning that rural mail service may be discontinued unless roads are repaired and kept in condition for year round service. The Globe notes the service is vital to farmers and deserves effort to build better roads.
London patent office records show women file only about two percent of patents yet their inventions nearly always succeed financially. Most relate to dress, cooking, and domestic economy, with others improving small luxuries and comforts of life.
Dresden professor Hmil Clavier claims to teach all humans to wear wooden clothes. Wood is ground into pulp, impregnated with chemicals, then woven into yarns to form hats coats carpets towels and wooden shoes.
A New York woman recounts years of indigestion and nervousness from peritonitis. After doctors failed, she tried Grape-Nuts and Postum at a friend's suggestion, improving sleep appetite and overall health. She and her husband still use the products. The ad notes genuine reader letters and references The Road to Wellville.
A short Atchison Globe reflection notes married couples leaning toward each other after marriage but drifting apart over years. The piece critiques twentieth century tastes and calls for more reading, less cheap jewelry and frivolous dogs.
A long paragraph paints a study of home life as a mix of strange and complex human beings living under one roof. Each has unique quirks, some deemed peculiar, yet harmony and color balance make the home a center of joy.
The article extols Quebec women as the busiest in the world noting their dawn to dusk labor. They prepare breakfast for men, care for many children, clean homes, cook, bake, spin, sew, feed livestock, assist in fields, manage household accounts, and lead family prayers after long days.
A Western city woman from the Sisters of St. John the Baptist spent a month in a backwoods district and then visited the local post office to inquire about services.
The article outlines facial aging indicators and at home regimens to reduce them. It emphasizes neck and throat massage, hot baths, cold cream, and careful rubbing to smooth wrinkles. It advises head posture, chin lifting exercises, cold water baths, and targeted skin massage to address double chins and excess fat under the jaw.
Set two pounds of flour with salt by the fire till warm then mix with warm milk and water to a stiff batter. Add a cupful of this with three beaten eggs and three spoons of thick yeast, then fold into the batter with more milk and water. Rise before the fire then cook on a greased pan until light and yellow not brown.
A reader delivers a curious note about Sister Bernadine a supposed sister of St John the Baptist confusing a rural postmaster who doubts the name and jokes that he has been dead nearly a century.
A New York writer cites home libraries with only $3 in books and $8 in miscellaneous items, mostly dogs, arguing less reading hurts intelligence and prosperity. A farmer laments failed sheep attempts due to dogs, and a mother notes children dislike unsuitable reading, altering household literacy and taste.
A piece from the Family Doctor argues that sociable, attentive behavior wins friends. It notes indifference breeds dislike, and stresses listening and genuine interest as keys to popularity, citing the golden rule and Shakespeare on joy versus sorrow.
Shipments of Pogtland piece goods in the first half of 1908 totaled 2,849,000 yards, compared with 3,136,000 yards in the same period last year.
Remains of a prehistoric mammoth were unearthed in Puddingstone Canyon near San Dimas by Professor A J Cook of Pomona College and student Edward T Perry. The bone frame measures 26 feet long and 16 feet high with tusks ten feet long. Safe portions were moved to Claremont for Pomona College Museum. Discovery was accidental as the skeleton lay across the stream with only six inches of ground.
A village youth known as the bad boy wades a swamp with a net catching frogs. He pockets a fine specimen in a bucket when a walking girl admonishes him about cruelty. She notices a creation on her hat and plans to use the frogs as hat decorations.
Charles Bland faced a suspended sentence after pleading for clemency in Nashua New Hampshire as a judge granted relief upon learning he was father to twins. Chief Wheeler moved for the suspension and Bland was escorted to Main Street to return home to his newborn children.
A Tipton Iowa resident aged fifty-five recounts years of severe eczema relief after using Cuif cura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pill for eight months. The man states he is cured and endorses the testimonial, with another local resident vouching for its truth.
The article surveys early season form with Larry Lajoie failing to hit in Cleveland Boston series while Bridwell stars at short for the Giants. Donlin reaches 100 safe hits. Durham sold to New York Nationals. Peaches Graham improves under responsibility. umpires show premature decisions. Wagner vs Donlin rivalry. McGraw’s Giants clicking on scoring chances. McGraw confident pennant is within reach. Irwin on pitching depth. McIlveen joins the Yankees. Fred Clarke laments Joe Tinker’s standout glove work. Tinker runs 22 straight without an error.
The imperial receipts at Berlin for the first quarter of the budget year starting in April have fallen 14 million dollars below the estimates.
The world's production of rubber for 1905 6 was 66 900 tons. This figure reflects the global output for the cited period and highlights the scale of rubber manufacture during the early 20th century.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the grand remedy for women's ills. It cites Mrs. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who suffered twelve years with female ailments before following Pinkham's guidance to regain health and strength, claiming the product's efficacy is worth mountains of gold to suffering women.
Japan advances locomotive program with five engines under construction at Hyogo railway works. One engine completed and in use, showing satisfactory results.
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