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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
8
In this 1908 column, Ernest McGaffey describes how ward business leaders intersect with politics. Merchants from diverse trades influence campaigns, fund operations, and pressure officials while balancing patriotism with self interest.
Norman Duncan recounts a Turkish rider with a prized camel at Rafieh. The camel violently attacked the saddle, nearly killing its owner before being subdued. The Turk vows to place the beast in Beersheba’s bazar as fear and respect mingle.
Luncheon quarrel at the Astor House in New York pits an eastern man against a western man. They trade taunts on national superiority before a weighing scale stirs the crowd. An early 1900s automobile industry statistic follows, noting American car values and production shares.
The guide describes constructing a concrete cold storage space with carefully measured cement and sand, double board walls, one inch concrete floors, steel reinforcing rods, floor openings for air circulation, and pipe chases for drip drainage. It specifies mixing, placement, reinforcement spacing, and phased wall assembly for a durable ice storage area.
Instructions describe setting door frames and rods in concrete, spacing rods from wall faces, pouring and curing concrete, and building a temporary tee chamber floor with a false floor and temporary joists. Details cover ridge creation, air circulation openings, and maintaining cooling and ice-related aspects of the second floor chamber.
A garbled excerpt depicts a waiter presenting dishes described as thoroughly cooked or half done while a girl with dignity stacks peppers and crabs, attempting to appear unaware of the server. The tangled text hints at a dining room scene within a long-ago setting.
The article explains the South African horse trade, detailing how dealers arrive in native areas to select horses, pay inflated prices, and issue written orders. Horses are driven to markets, then modified by clipping and conditioning to form a large, unrecognizable troupe when delivered to their final destination.
The piece notes Pliny claimed Rome thrived 600 years without a physician and discusses scarce early Roman doctors. It observes rising civilization and disease bring more physicians, estimating at least 150 000 physicians in the United States today, with numbers growing annually. The article questions whether more doctors improves the world.
A lesson notes that glass exposed to ultraviolet rays alters color, turning old green bottles pale purple at high elevations. The effect also appears in glass insulators on mountain telegraph and telephone lines.
Fragmentary notes recall a controversial preacher whose awakening roused crowds in Edinburgh and The Hague. Officials and church members weigh influence, while critics label the message as risky and unwise amid a broader religious revival.
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