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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
8
Washington clears waste land along the Potomac frontage to create a verdant park with lawns trees shrubbery and seating. The project promises a pleasant summer retreat with shaded streets and river views, countering doubts about Washington as a summer destination.
A plan to honor Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee by transforming the Twilight Park chapel at Haines Falls into a stone church is moving forward. All Angels church, linked to Washington’s diocese, began in 1895 with Satterlee guiding summer services and the first regular service held June 16, 1895 in his family cottage.
A discussion recalls the long history of the Declaration of Independence on display and in storage. The 1903 Hay-era committee warned the parchment was creased ink faded and fragile yet free from mold and decay. The document has since been kept dark and dry, only shown by special request.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service reports a new distribution plan directing hundreds of aliens to farm labor and other employment across 26 nationalities. From February to June about 1,000 applicants were placed in states including New York 181, Vermont 227, Pennsylvania 65, and Illinois 23, with overall emphasis on farm work and labor positions nationwide.
The Chicago Daily News notes aging schooners once racing from Chicago to Michigan lumber ports are often docked and stripped for repair. Masters stay aboard, owners patch weak timbers with skilled artisans as rot and wear erode their decks and masts.
The Kansas City Star notes that Dickens popularized phrases now common in American speech, citing a line from The Tale of Two Cities describing Sidney Carton and a crowd ending with the exclamation "Twenty-three" to illustrate how current slang echoes the author.
The Philadelphia Record reports a Chinese American burial where cash and food were placed with Chin Ying. The modern rite substitutes United States dollars for traditional Chinese cash to aid the departed across the Confucian Styx, reflecting adaptation to American wealth and exchange in the afterlife.
The telegraph plant of India uses three leaflets per leaf. The large terminal leaflet rises to capture sun then bends down at night. The two smaller leaflets move in constant circular jerks day and night to expose all leaf parts to sunlight.
In the Valley of Couchs Valais hungry vultures attacked men and women. A bull was so seriously injured in a fight with them that it had to be killed. The incidents highlight dangerous predatory activity in the region.
The article notes only two naval works this season The Flag Lieutenant brought from London by Charles Frohman and Paul Armstrongs In Time of Peace It contrasts England and Americas sparse naval drama with the more prolific land war theater It cites The Fair Quaker of Deal and Nelson era works as rare naval successes The Flag Lieutenant is by an officer in the British marine service and is enjoying a successful run in London with Cyr Maude starring
Dr. Samuel P. Capen from Clark University reports findings on schoolchildren theater tastes. He notes girls prefer tragedies early, shift to comedies and society plays with age, and boys increasingly attend. He cites that about one fifth of girls aged eight to sixteen and nearly a third of boys in Worcester schools attend theaters weekly.
Eleanor Robson recalls preparation for Junet in an all star production. She describes nerves at the final rehearsal and the fear of living up to Shakespearean tradition. Mentors offered mixed guidance while insisting on faithful adherence to classic conventions.
The piece highlights Chicago Colonial reopening with Victor Moore in The Talk of New York and outlines various theater figures. It notes D Annunzio finishing Amaranta and Nero revisions, John Drew's strong self-identification with roles, and George Tyler’s bid for Eleanor Robson's hit with ten plays and a $100000 budget. Bruce Wallace works on PF dramatization of Frances Aymar Matthews novel.
A humorous slice of life unfolds with Dr Johnson coaxing Alex to eat apple pie while a joke is played with tobacco. The tale shifts to verse about a naiads and a cautionary poem, then short quips on skeeters and a punning note about a girl dying from tight lacing and a pun on staying.
A fragment discusses how women’s medical correspondence is kept private and controlled. It questions whether private letters between sick women are published and who edits and handles them.
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