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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
3
In the Bee Hive dialogue Johnny Green and Tommy Smart discuss apple butter. They compare it to apple sauce and describe the common method of cooking apples in a large pot and stirring with a stick, clarifying the meaning for a puzzled student.
In a Paris school 132 boys and 72 girls described toy preferences. Boys favored a railway train 31 votes, tin soldiers 23, steam engines 10, building blocks 9, and toy typewriters and mechanical horses 8 each. Forty girls chose a doll as superior to any other recreation, signaling that the ideal child remains distant.
A Japanese peasant finds in heaven shelves labeled sars and tongues that once belonged to people who heard or preached virtue but did not practice it. The story explains that ears and tongues appear in heaven while the rest of the body remains, illustrating the consequence of hypocrisy.
Marjorie and Helen visit grandpa's country home and learn to enjoy a barefoot picnic. They arrive with toy boats, share with other children, and race sailing crafts along the long brook. The day mixes play, simple games, and a pretend voyage from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
A reader quote from Youth's Companion recalls a day of travel and return to the barn. Marjorie muses on the sense of loneliness at first and notes there is much more to do at the new place than at home.
Paula with two bead boxes decides to share part of her birthday joy with hospital children. Mrs. Pratt and Paula visit a hospital, where Paula meets Melia Thompson and others, finding happiness in giving. Grandmother supports the act, and Paula learns the value of charity over keeping gifts.
In a Baltimore American note, farmers Cornstalk and Maria reveal that new cousins have been discovered and will pay a summer visit, the two reflecting on family ties while planning a shared city shopping venture.
A courtroom humor item notes a lawyer questioning a judge about identifying a dog thief. The plaintiff claims the thief’s dog had a red nose exactly like the judge's, highlighting the distinctive feature as the identifying mark. The exchange showcases satirical banter typical of Harper's Weekly.
French researchers note radium behavior varies with air draft in moving cars. A tantalum lamp, valued for efficiency, must hang vertically, conflicting with most existing fixtures. An adaptor recently invented solves the orientation issue.
Professor Schiaparelli heads the Italy Egypt expedition at Azint with about 200 Egyptians uncovering numerous inscriptions and funeral objects. Each burying site yields a wooden effigy of the deceased. An Algerian inventor patents a ceramic air tube to feed tree roots, enabling faster plant growth as tested by Popular Mechanics.
Tests show red lights remain visible longer than green across clear nights. Distinguishable at one to five miles with increasing candle power. white light also detectable at three to five miles under ideal conditions. The blue sky appears as a vault due to air particles scattering blue light while other colors are largely absorbed.
A discussion explains that powerful explosives require appropriate mechanisms to detonate. Using coal as an illustration, it shows that explosion needs a sufficient oxygen supply. without it, rapid combustion and violent detonation cannot occur.
A tale from The Christian Advocate recounts Richard Brinsley Sheridan trading for a shot at ducks. He paid half a sovereign for a chance and killed a dozen or more, then quipped that the bargain may be bad, since the ducks were not the shooter’s.
A brief City Journal line describes a star complaining a glare hampers performance and an impresario offering a solution by placing another prima donna in the wings. The exchange notes stage lighting and positioning as the corrective measure.
In a Chicago News tale a quiet gallery hour becomes a talking statue scene. Venus confesses a mishap with her Merry Widow hatpin as Neptune’s daughter and others joke, Mars waking from a nap to seize a spear.
A passenger on a Grand Rapids train asked how long cars halted at Union station. The conductor said four minutes from two to two to two two, prompting the woman to joke whether he thinks he is the whistle on the engine.
Paris correspondence reports a court ruling that Dame Azenor, a premier dressmaker at a ladies' tailor, is legally an artist, not a mere workwoman. She designed and realized models, creating via invention and artistry, and earned one month’s notice and salary, set at £16.
The port of New York reports a sharp rise in emigrants over the last year, yet the overall effect shows the city expanding at roughly 32,000 people monthly due to immigration.
A reader recounts eczema relief after using Cuticura Ointment and Remedies. The testimony notes a brother’s three summers of symptoms and a Indiana mother’s success with her daughter and a coldwater Michigan reader, dated Aug 15 and Sept 2, 1907.
A London Light column notes remarks about the apparent decline of close personal friendship between men. It attributes part of the change to modern busy life and suggests changing interchanges between men and women as equals.
The Well informed demand a safe known laxative and the California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle prompt remedy. Buy the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. from leading druggists, at fifty cents per bottle.
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