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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
2
A collage of short items: Pittsburg banks exceed Boston numbers, styles and manners jokes, Wu Ting Fang’s prison critique, revived bicycling, a New Jersey Bible incident, and a toast to bread reform. Also notes on LL D honor, a tramp’s raw potato fast, and comments on sandals and etiquette.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for year ending June 30 1908 show 122855 killed or injured on railroads. Revenue totaled 2 589 105 578 with net earnings 840 589 764 and dividends 308 137 924. Track mileage rose 10892 miles and 141 323 264 surplus remained. Freight and passenger traffic increased substantially.
Sullivan Indiana farmer Wills Pratt who dreamed a better churn three nights in a row built a model and secured a patent. A Chicago churn company then offered a price for the invention and Pratt’s asking figure was accepted, making him about $25,000 richer than a few days earlier.
Eighteen years after George Swanston completed a one year penitentiary term for violating pension laws, a full pardon signed by President Benjamin Harrison and acting Secretary William F. Wharton arrived at the institution. The pardon letter, dated September 3 1890 in Washington and stamped in Columbus September 4, was likely waiting in a post office for years.
A 700 pound cow moose wandered Bangor streets from Pine and Penobscot to State and Washington. It swam the Kenduskeag and dashed through Water Street, Pickering Square, and Haymarket. A patrolman mistook it for a mule and locals guided it away as it sped toward Union Street Hill.
In Marion Indiana inmates at the national military home witnessed a bees versus squirrels scene near the laundry. A maple tree housing a squirrel shelter box was swarmed by bees and converted into a honey store. The bees expanded their hive beneath the box as fields of clover nearby feed them, and the soldiers plan to relocate the swarm before winter.
Carrie Babcock Sher man, wife of congressman James Sherman, is celebrated in Washington as a brilliant conversationalist and keen intellect familiar with current legislation. Her Utica home and Genesee avenue garden reflect a refined social circle and strong hospitality.
In Bohemia the Philadelphia poet Thomas A. Daly spoke at a school breakfast about Bohemia being pleasant but noting a steady job is better. He recalled a rainstorm driving him to a Bohemian resort on Peanut Street where patrons drank beer as a waiter jotted odd slang on a slate.
Mexico advances irrigation under a new subsidy law with 25 million dollars to promote land under irrigation. A St Louis syndicate led by David R. Francis funds a major project around Lake Chapala to irrigate about 500000 acres, with water pumped by electric plants. Other concessions target 25000 acres in Sinaloa’s San Lorenzo valley. Traditional methods remain common in many regions, with water wheels still used beside gasoline engines.
Lorenzo Dow Harvey wins election as president in Menomonie Wisconsin, selected to lead the group amid local efforts and anticipated organizational changes.
LD Harvey, longtime superintendent and educator in Wisconsin, has led Me nomonie and Stout training schools since 1903 and taught or led schools since 1873. Born 1848 in New Hampshire and resident of Wisconsin 58 years, he has held presidencies in state and national teachers groups and heads the National Educational association superintendence department. He succeeds Edwin G. Cooley of Chicago as president of the association.
A plan urges creation of a U S national health department headed by a cabinet secretary. Proposed bureaus include infant hygiene education sanitation pure food and registration bodies for physicians drugs and institutions. Economic justifications claim large potential annual savings from reduced illness and death and lower crime costs.
A discussion on a rising global humanism that deepens understanding between individuals and nations. The speaker argues education should foster cross cultural understanding, world standards in culture and learning, and a humane aim promoting peaceful coexistence through mutual comprehension.
The speaker argues for an official outlet to support young American artists after conservatoire training. He cites Paris as a model where first prize winners gain positions in Opera or Opera Comique, suggesting stock companies could fill a gap between school and big opera, enriching American art through foreign experience.
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