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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
2
A Daily Democrat column blames social lines in Protestant circles on women and argues fashion marks class. It quibbles over sausage definitions from an international food fraud congress, then recalls Elagabalus and crustacean sausages before praising traditional country sausage flavored with sage.
The first international road congress in Paris considers thrifty French road investment and new wear from pneumatic tires. It notes the costly push to create automobile proof roads and the shift in naming social aid institutions as hospitals and parental schools. A Missouri man jailed for four simultaneous marriages cites memory as excuse, while Marconi trims his mustache reflecting a shifting prejudice.
Mrs Brownlee accused the shop of selling worn gloves and blamed the clerk and floorwalker for a wrong size. The couple argued as the gloves proved to be an old pair cleaned with gasoline, revealed by Mrs Brownlee at the end.
The London Mail reports the 11 month tally of an egg laying contest by 20 pens of pure breeds in double grass runs. Top performer was first Plymouth Rock with 22 eggs in September, totaling 130 eggs across five months.
A 45 year old woman advises on preventing middle aged decline through cheerfulness, resolve, humor, and daily routines. She prescribes a cold tub each morning, daily walks, nightly cold cream massage, ten minutes of exercise on waking, and scalp friction to stimulate hair growth to maintain a youthful figure and prevent wrinkles.
An American visitor to Hongkong plans to buy souvenir spoons and has an inscription engraved on a bowl. He pays 75 cents as a deposit, notes this, and returns to find the spoon engraved with Hongkong 1906 paid 75 cents. The tale illustrates careful memory and wording.
A humorous exchange shows a couple trapped by debts. She laments tooth pain while admitting she owes a dentist, and he jokes that his car breaks down whenever he visits stores he owes money to, highlighting shared financial misfortune.
Mary Voorman an inmate of Stockton asylum aged over 70 faces a court fight over a $2,000,000 estate tied to her fortune. Judge Morgan will decide whether about $1,250,000 remains hers or is shared with six adult children, amid decades of unclear guardianship and merged holdings in Chinatown and local banks.
In Muskogee Oklahoma the Creek Nation lures Congress toward a $7 million settlement by an innocent clause admitting newborns to land allotment rolls. The plan expands surplus land use, with total wealth now pegged at $87 million for the Creek people, and prompts likely future action on Choctaw and Chickasaw allotments.
Government plans to convert fractional land allotments for Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians into cash payments. Land sales could raise substantial funds as appraisals undervalued land. Surplus and full-blood allotments would receive larger cash sums, reducing incentives for land fragmentation and improving prior inequities.
Washington reports Consul Stevens in Plymouth notes two parties claim a petrol air gas can cut gas bills by 50 to 75 percent. The gas, produced by carbureting air with petrol vapor, is highly illuminating, nonexplosive, odorless, and safe to inhale. It powers burners for cooking and heating at low cost, with a 125 candle power burner costing one tenth of a penny per hour to run. A penny buys eight hours of light for a radiator. a small plant for 25 lights costs about £20.
Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Bartonville dedicates two new cottages costing 100000 dollars, each housing 150 patients and featuring eight phototherapy solariums. Zeller oversees the program with ruby red and violet blue rooms to alter moods, and opal rooms offering antiseptic aid. The method, rare in public or private care, has attracted international interest including a Munich inquiry.
A provocative essay argues that men are inherently more sensitive than women, citing youth, temperament, and refined perception. It contrasts masculine delicacy with feminine stolidity, noting exceptions like Harry De Windt and the endurance of women in hardship. It ends by asserting the不可避免 nature of a woman as she is.
Reverend Thomas Edward Barr argues that godliness does not shield believers from drought, sickness, or loss. The godly pursue honest use of talents, endure earthly ills, and seek meaning beyond wealth. Their discipline steadies society and calms restless spirits through faithful, patient service.
The article argues for prudence in consuming natural resources and promotes exporting finished goods rather than raw materials. It contends that as population grows, labor should be exported by producing highly finished products domestically. It cites German economic thought on buying raw materials abroad and exporting finished goods to avoid depleting natural stores while raising living standards.
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