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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1909
Page
3
South Carolina legislators clash over local option and statewide prohibition. House and Senate advance the two statewide prohibition bills and a medical sales measure, with amendments failing. Debate on railroad rate measures and mileage book rules dominates sessions, while bills for public service and judicial reforms progress to third reading.
Practical tips on cooking and cleaning note buckwheat cakes, grinding coffee, and cloth care. Advice covers keeping a griddled surface salt clean, wrapping fragile items, beating coffee when hard to grind, and hanging washing in cold weather. It also suggests breathing techniques to ease coughing and using warm saltwater gargles for throat tickle.
A fragmented note indicates the press venture began at Mervard during the yeast era, with sparse readable details about the startup and local involvement. The fragment hints at early manufacturing activity and community interest in a new publishing or press operation.
The House on Saturday passed on third reading Senator Weston’s measure to enlarge and define Commissioner Watson’s department. It adds annual statistical reports on labor, cost of living, hours, wages, and factory conditions, plus a manufacturing schedule detailing firms, capital, and employment. The inspectorate would have access to workplaces with five or more workers, with penalties for noncompliance and confidential data protections.
The commissioner's duties include investigations into child employment with measures for fresh drinking water in factories and penalties for violations. Section 16 prohibits any part of a machine age over 140 years. The bill's key feature is requiring firms employing children to keep detailed labor statistics.
Prominent figures including Lord Dalmeny and Miss Dorothy Grosvenor to wed. Dr Lovejoy Eliott of New York defended an ethical culture marriage. Secretary Garfeld to return to law after March 4. Booker T. Washington cites US right to Cuba like Liberia. Dr William T. Ball departs NYC for Temberly with medical team. Andrew Prara of A&F Pears, Ltd. dies in Tamworth. Dr Charles A. Raton preaches in NYC. President Roosevelt pleased with Lincoln birthplace trip. David Belasco visits San Francisco after thirteen years. Land transfer in West Point shows Jon G Cannon sold 1400 acres for 84000. Vice President Fairbanks buys 225 acres near Redlands, California. S. C. Darrow of Boardman Lake, Michigan uses ice-tipup to catch pike.
A series of new attacks by a stabber in Berlin targets women, prompting police to increase patrols. Dr James Ewing touts vivisection as vital to cancer research. Officials in St. Petersburg monitor possible Austrian aggression toward Servia amid diplomatic tension. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad raises 929,864,000 bonds sold to J P Morgan & Co. German American societies launch a crusade against the treating system in New York. Architect Russell Sturgis, famed writer, dies in New York at 72. Fordham students form a charity club in New York. Americans and Cubans in Havana mark the destruction of the Maine, eleven years past. Manley interests exit Colorado and Southern board to join Chesapeake and Ohio foray. An ice barrier forms on the Niagara River above the falls. Spain's Cortes passes government reform measures. U S State Department learns Commissioner Buchanan signed a protocol with Venezuela. Panama trip by engineers signals no change in Isthmian Canal plugs.
The Booby Gut sleigh, once scorned as unfeminine by Yankees, has been donated to the Ellsworth House of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. Over a century old, it belonged to the Alsop family of Middletown and is likely the only example remaining in New England. Crafted as a covered, auto-like sleigh with a high dash, iron reinforcements, narrow runners, and white blue upholstery, it features heavy front and rear straps and a rearward window with a shade. Windsor Times reports for the New York Sun.
The Cabin John Bridge near Washington extends to 420 feet with a 221 foot arch, reputed to be the largest stone arch in existence.
A Pittsburg Dispatch note explains glycerine can cleanse coffee stains and grease from fabric. Rinse the textile in lukewarm water and press from the wrong side to avoid setting the mark.
A Boston Post tip explains Javelle water to remove stains from linen and cotton. Mix one pound of salsada with five cents worth of chloride in an earthen bowl, add two quarts of boiling soft water, let settle, then pour off and store. Soak stained fabric until gone, then wash in water.
A Pennsylvanian dispatch piece surveys simple home comforts like a cooling pillow and stocking care, then offers velvet and satin cleaning methods. It notes a feather pillow size, a plan for long stockings, and practical cleaning steps for velvet fabrics and velveteen in a brisk domestic tips style.
A simple fig and shelled nut jelly prepared in a ring mold with warm jelly, then unmolded and filled with whipped cream. Includes notes on tomato risque and orangeade preparation and a molasses layer cake with brown sugar frosting.
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