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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
1
The piece notes American hard wheat powers bread supply for Britain and hints at a bumper U.S. crop. It also covers U S Army medical promotions and pay scales, German Emperor William’s castle restoration, fashion curiosities at a Luxembourg ball, and Dr. Wiley’s bread advice with a food‑safety quip.
A mid age pension rule bars pension if the laborer fails to work 48 or 49 weeks of a 62 week cycle, a provision noted as a strike deterrent. Japan advances locomotive program with Hyogo works building five engines, one complete and in use, showing progress.
A 1920s guidance piece urges girls with small noonday budgets to favor milk based lunches, combining solids and liquids with fruit. It warns against excessive sweets while recommending eggs, malted milk, cocoa, crackers, and simple meats or fish for digestion and complexion, plus pooling meals at restaurants.
The Chicago Tribune describes experiments in child training using small cottages where children cook, clean, and manage their living spaces with governesses. Examples include an English grandmother’s cottage for two grandchildren and the Countess of Essex’s country estate setup. Germany also features back lawns with child friendly rooms and dining areas.
A recipe lists ingredients for a fruit rice dish: rice sugar butter lemon juice apples milk and eggs. Prepare apples sliced and coated with eggs and sugar then set aside while cooking rice briefly in water, then combine with the apples and remaining ingredients.
A simple method to restore dull silver is to mix a teaspoon of ammonia with a cup of water to form a paste. Apply the paste with a soft cloth or chamois, then polish the item to a bright finish using another clean cloth.
Jack Dalton, self styled champion tramp printer of the world and Irish wanderer aged 47, extols the roaming life as noble and healthful. He describes decades of travel, lecturing, storytelling, drinking, and surviving across the globe from Birmingham to Chicago and beyond.
In Laporte Indiana Judge H Tuthill ruled a 16 year old girl placed with a pro bation officer need not buy a nightdress despite her taste for feminine fineries. The father sought control over earnings and argued for family support.
Instructions for making salt rising bread including milk water salt sugar and soda, warm fermentation in a kettle, and steps for preparing sponge, kneading, shaping loaves, baking temperatures, cooling on a wooden table, and storage in a tin box or stone jar.
Colorful streets, gowns with two skirts and horizon lace nets, amethyst tones, and modish leather blouses mark winter fashion. Velvet street gowns, bejeweled belts, and opera bags of black Irish crochet color a season noted for ermine, caracul, Angora, and white goatskin coats for children.
Peel five large sweet potatoes cut in halves lengthwise. Place in a deep dish cover with milk add salt butter sugar. Wet half cup bread crumbs with beaten egg cover potatoes and bake in moderate oven one hour.
Shell English walnuts and blanch them. Chop and mix with cream cheese. Spread on thin crustless white bread or grated bread and serve at table.
An optimistic speaker extols the United States as the world’s cynosure, calling for unwavering faith in enduring growth. He notes vast national demands across all states, strong mining, manufacturing, and agricultural activity, and predicts ten years of record prosperity.
The article explores somnambulism showing how subconscious brain centers can act while the conscious ego rests. It cites Hippocrates and a Euclid problem case to illustrate memory gaps and occasional full recall of night activity, arguing independence of brain regions even in sleep.
A Parisian observer praises New York and American women for beauty and style while joking about their intellect comparing unfavorably to pins. He notes conversations with Gen. Horace Porter and contrasts American charm with English reserve, admitting one English friend who does not “prick” him in discussion.
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