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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1906
Page
4
The Garland Globe lists subscription terms offering one year for $1.50 six months for 75 cents and three months for 60 cents. Advertising rates are available on application. J A Wixom serves as editor and manager.
A playful set of lines hints at verse titled Directions To write a Quad Old Farmhouse and related parodies. It references Up Garret Down and The Rain Upon the Roof and notes a poem about The Garden Gate A Swing and The Oaken Bucket. The quip ends with a caution about mischief to avoid misfortune.
Mr E F Walsh of Arklow Wicklow died recently after a life spanning the Royal Irish Constabulary California gold fields Colorado silver mines with the Silver King O’Brien and others. He later joined the Federal army, saw Civil War action at Fredericksburg, where his division carved a path for retreating Irish Brigade, was wounded, lay among the slain, recovered, and served to the war’s end.
A Washington Star report describes six live eagles and six trained wild geese sent from North Carolina to a New York fish wharf. The geese were trained as decoys with a split foot and partial wing removal to circle back, attracting wild ducks and geese for hunting. The geese reportedly fetch high prices, up to $100 for a well trained decoy.
In Kroonstad Transvaal two schoolchildren digging in a churchyard unearthed a pile of gold and silver coins, including English sovereigns, valued at about £1000. The hoard, buried during wartime use of the church as a hospital and refugee housing, remains unclaimed as investigators seek a possible owner.
A historical passage explains Persian dining customs where guests sit around a leather sheet on the floor and share flat bread as a band plays. Servants bring several dishes arranged around the central sheet, the host recites the blessing Aismiliah, and then everyone begins to eat.
Grandjean, a Paris gunsmith, ordered his wife to leave and struck her with a crucifix that hid a spring-loaded stiletto handle. The weapon, a relic from South American revolutions, seriously injured the woman as she carried a portmanteau from their home.
A detailed retrospective on the Garland Utah Sugar Company plant opened 1903 near Garland, describing factory layout from beet storage to grinding and crystallization, the Bear River canal development, Japanese labor in fields, and the valley’s transformation with rising land values, population growth, and infrastructure.
The apple stands as a highly profitable crop requiring modest labor and cost. It enjoys steady demand and growing public appreciation for its health benefits and refreshing taste. The piece urges gratitude for the apple and its value to mankind.
A Portland Oregonian reflection contrasts etiquette as a mask from the head with courtesy arising from the heart. It argues etiquette is a pretense akin to law versus justice, medicine versus hygiene, theology versus sanctity, and questions their relation.
A timeless maxim attributes to Themistocles the preference for the industrious virtuous suitor over a wealthy idle one. He reportedly said he would rather his daughter wed a poor, diligent man than riches with a worthless partner, a saying cited as evidence of true wisdom.
The passage reflects that belief in a benevolent world enriches a person more than cynicism. It argues imagination shapes one’s experience, noting some view society as filled with royalty while others see crime and deprivation. The choice of perspective rests with each individual.
Among early wills are amusing bequests. A 1648 will from the widow of John Granger of Seliuate Masa grants her son John a broad axe and a barrow axe when he turns two. She also leaves Elizabeth a bed and bedding a heifer and a great mortar and pestle and a great kettle.
The London Book Monthly notes manuscripts by women are rarely as clean as those by men. Editors admit they would rather tackle two male manuscripts than one with a hand that should be fairer.
A Journal of Education quote recalls Judge Lindsey urging a student to cut out whispering as a test of self-control. He warns that failing a small act signals trouble in facing larger temptations, illustrating his steady injunctions to misbehaving youths.
A humorous exchange between water and coffee opens with sharp quips about mixing. The water scolds the coffee while the coffee fires back, the boil escalates into a heated retort until a friendly eye intervenes and removes the grounds of dispute.
A London Tit-Bits item recounts a German boot maker who doubts a gentleman’s integrity. When the client asks for the boots, the maker says the boots are not quite done but the beetle has been managed. The anecdote preserves a humorous tone about craft and honesty.
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