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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
4
Dr. W C Woodward leads a push to regulate and register all paid laundering of clothing and household items in Ashington. The aim is to protect poorer households by ensuring cleaner facilities, proper washing and heating, and regular inspections, with licensing to come later.
The piece notes diplomats in Washington spend lavishly abroad yet appear frugal at home. It highlights James Bryce earning 50 000 dollars with 10 000 for expenses and Mrs Bryce. M Jusserand 42 500 plus 10 000. Italian envoy Des Planches, and remarks on Secretary Root seeking to use this contrast in diplomacy.
The preliminary report from the commissioner of internal revenue shows whisky and ardent spirits revenue down while beer revenue rises. It reports totals for the year ending June 30, including 131,789,242 dollars on spirits, 58,747,680 dollars on beer, ale, and related beverages, and overall internal revenue at 251,665,950 dollars, down from the prior year.
The report urges joint action by the United States and allied nations to study coal mining hazards and set safer practices. It notes 1906 and 1907 fatality rates, cites major disasters in Monongah and Darr, Naomi, Yolande mines, and lists British, German, and Belgian experts invited to aid US investigations and inform state legislation.
Frederick Bangerter demonstrated a powderless gun at the Standard Meter factory in Flatbush New York. The device fired 100 steel bullets per second into pine targets from a hidden muzzle using seven horsepower electric power. The test produced a rapid pattern of holes with only wheel noise audible.
The article advises on turning rough land into usable plots by burying rocks and blasting stumps and boulders. It details practical methods from field drilling and fusing to stumps burnt with saltpeter and kerosene, plus options for rock reuse in gates and foundations.
In a staged gunfire display a shielded setup used half inch pine panels with a five foot gap. After the first panel fell the bullets pierced the second and when lights failed the third was riddled, showing continued firing through the array.
The article notes two thirds of Ceylon undermined by white ants and details the vast predation on winged termites. It cites ecological enemies from ants to birds and mammals and records human consumption, including Tamil coolies and some Europeans who eat termites on toast.
Holidays have only recently become a national feature and new developments continually complicate social and business life. Large firms issue yearly bean feasts and railway and other workers’ week long leaves affect other community classes.
A Toledo Blade item reports a tongue in cheek exchange about an alleged confrontation at a butcher shop. The notes reference Longley and a dog seen near the shop as the origin of the rumor.
The article argues Peruna contains two classes of herbs both used as catarrh remedies and tonics. It notes chronic catarrh is widespread with nose throat and stomach involvement and claims Peruna's active constituents are listed on the label for public scrutiny.
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