14 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
1
Poem fragment expresses bereavement and forgiveness as speaker foresees a lost child asking for a mother. Imagery searches for heavenly vision, loneliness, and final reunion, invoking F L Stanton via Atlanta Constitution publication.
A bitter quarrel between a man and a woman on a cycling ride leads to a sheltering church scene. The preacher's tale of the shucks shifts their mood as they sit together, hands joined, while rain batters the roof and the hymn roars. The moment becomes a quiet vow of reconciliation.
A critique explains that the fault lies in wasted words and redundant phrases. It cites examples like thought to himself and nodded his head, urging writers to be concise and to imitate the best authors rather than their careless errors.
A theatrical exchange erupts as characters clash over civility toward a stranger. Mockery and retorts fly between the speaker and a visitor, reinforcing old fashioned manners and wit in a playful give and take.
Blood poisoning covers pyemia and septicemia from pus microbes. Septicemia starts with a sudden chill and fever. pyemia brings gradual onset with abscess formation. Treatment centers on wound drainage and systemic support with stimulants tonics and nourishment.
A study notes white rats show less vigor than wild rats in cold or hunger yet retain keen senses and persistent rat traits. An escaped juvenile rat killed two chickens within minutes, indicating inherited predatory behavior learned via play, not training, given its brief exposure.
While riding through Beijing streets in August, the narrator notes a newly inscribed Buddhist temple plaque. Captain Munthe, with him, remarks on the Chinese penchant for paradoxical phrases as the inscription proclaims From ten thousand bitternesses wells the Eternal Peace.
The young Egyptian khedive owns a four-horse harness set described as the most expensive in the world. Made of black leather with chased gold buckles and gold-embroidered pad-cloths, it is said to cost £2000 and is used on all state occasions.
In Chickamauga the chaplain buys a horse via a wary ex trooper, learns a camouflaged truth about the deal, and later discovers the horse earned him praise in Manila lore. The rider Clifford becomes Archdeacon Brady’s best-kept secret and enduring memory.
A May Art Critic recalls a sister painter who turns dead game birds fruit and fish into wall art. Her brother humorously mocks her work by saying she is a peach on lobsters but a lobster on peaches. The anecdote comes from the Chicago Tribune.
A brief Chicago Daily News notice honors a small boy who politely declines a piece of pie when the dinner supply is short, praised as a true hero for thoughtful restraint.
An Irish soldier, bored with army life, shaved his mustache and wore a police uniform to stroll the town, eluding capture for weeks before being caught attempting to flee to Ireland. A second deserter posed as a lawman’s agent to coerce a bankrupt publican into shelter, living there for a week. William Conrad posed as a missing Australian son to ingratiate with a hopeful parent, only to be exposed when the real son returned after eighteen months.
The article warns that copper and zinc salts and aniline dyes adulterate vegetables and butter, while spices, coffee, jellies, and jams are often contaminated with fillers and imitation ingredients. It notes widespread market deception through clays, potato starch, condensed milk, apple pomace, glucose, gelatin, and flavor chemicals.
The Chicago Daily News argues cash is wiser than credit urging consumers to pay with cash rather than use credit. The note emphasizes prudence in spending and financial discipline.
The article describes aquatic insects that prey on baby fishes at night. Electric light bugs attack at night after emerging from larvae to winged form, using a stabbing proboscis. Diving beetles swarm Potomac ponds at night, grabbing fish and leaving skeletons within minutes, while backswimmers and other predators threaten fry alongside rats and birds.
William E. Curtis notes big Atlantic liners now offer sanitary ventilation, iron bunk beds, clean blankets and pillows, separate sexes, and on Red Star ships an amusement room with a piano and multilingual library. These reforms show competition and legislation elevating steerage conditions from the past.
A learned reviewer notes his study of ears from over 40 000 people including 800 criminals and 2 000 insane individuals plus 300 apes. He concludes ears reveal no personal traits. The observation is drawn from a Tribune summary.
A comic exchange shows a barber touting a tonic that will prevent hair loss, while a wary customer jokes that easier hair loss would spare him the pain. The scene captures a quirky moment in a local shop dialogue.
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