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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
6
A collage of witticisms and brief observations from Goshen Daily Democrat notes. Items reference Mrs Langtry aging, Rockville arresting an airship, sea serpent rumors off Newport, a Chicago court order, and varied cultural quips from literature to politics.
Frank steak onions tomatoes and potatoes form a Hungarian dish. Cube two pounds of meat and layer in a flat kettle with onion. Cover with water boil then add tomatoes, simmer two hours. Add uniform small potatoes and cook until tender before serving.
A vintage kitchen note outlines making mince meat with beef suet raisins currants apples brown sugar and citrus plus spice and alcohol. It then details a jellied meat process using pigs feet beef shank stock and pork liquor for rich cold meat molds with optional boiled egg slices.
A collection of old fashioned kitchen instructions describes Snowballs made from eggs, sugar, wine or citrus substitute, flour, and deep fried rounds dusted with sugar. Hunter's Pudding uses suet, molasses, milk, flour, baking powder, spices, and raisins steamed in a mold. English Mottled Meat blends minced beef with gelatine, stock, and herbs, set in molds and served with garnish and savory jelly.
A recipe instruction to mix cold cooked lamb with a batter of one egg two thirds cup milk one quarter teaspoon salt and one and one third cups flour with baking powder. Stir in lamb and drop by spoon into hot lard to fry a brown. Ideal for supper on a cold night.
A simple baked pudding mixing cooked oatmeal sugar eggs salt butter chopped raisins cinnamon and milk. Bake until golden brown and serve with lemon sauce.
Wash two tablespoons rice. Add two tablespoons sugar and one quart sweet milk. Stir in aving and cook slowly for two hours. Add avoring if desired.
Bill Settles, famed barehanded turtle chaser, traps and sells river turtles to Kansas City restaurants and private families from a pushcart. He claims to have caught four hundred this season, earning enough to last through winter as the Blue River grows scarce.
New York Professor Francis M Burdick of Columbia Law School discussed St Luke’s portrayal of the trial of Paul as a legal narrative worthy of praise. He praised Luke’s accurate depiction of procedures and substantive law, noting coolness and calm throughout the report and a serene confidence in Paul’s ultimate victory.
Washington reports that the Smithsonian Institution releases Dr. Theodore Gill findings on the devilfish. The creature feeds mainly on small crustaceans and young fishes, rarely preying on large ones. Gill notes nursing behavior and a single offspring at birth, sometimes up to five feet broad and over 20 pounds.
Mrs George H Beckwith of Catonsville Md proposes to gift to the U S government two land tracts for sanitaria and hospitals for tubercular victims. One at Saranac Lake New York covers 50 acres and the other at Aiken District of Colombia 400 acres. Value estimated between seventy five thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. President Roosevelt has promised support.
Four sea going navy tugs built in a Jersey City shipyard will start a 14000 mile voyage along the fleet route to Pacific coast aims. Capt. F. K. Ferguson prescribes mine planting instruction to army and navy officers. They will reach San Francisco on April 30 before visiting coast points and continuing to the Philippines.
In Moultrie Georgia the Dry lake near Pidcock is receding through a bottom opening. The slow drop may last a week to ten days, allowing fishermen to net large quantities of fish once the water is low enough. Similar drying lakes exist in south Georgia and Florida, affecting surrounding lands.
A collection of rare autographs will be sold at Andersons featuring a two page 1808 license signed by George II to protect an American ship from molestation during wartime. The catalog includes a letter by Donald G. Mitchell dated 1886 and several letters by E C Stedman defending Byron amid Swinburne controversy in reviews and critiques.
A jumbled excerpt from a Standard and Times item hints at a remark about whisky noticed by a bartender. The passage centers on a sharper sense of smell and a domestic aside, framed in a playful dialogue between Joakley and Coakley.
An essay laments the American obsession with wealth and material comfort. It argues that money defines success, shapes a wife’s purpose, and leaves her without meaningful fulfillment. The piece critiques marriages centered on wealth and calls for shifting focus to companionship over money.
The article outlines four motive power methods for aerial craft. It argues wireless power from distant sources is superior to carried fuels or batteries, but notes air as a viscous, dense medium with high friction, limiting speed on land or water.
An excerpt debates why women outnumber men in some cases and whether nature intended more men or women. It notes early research in France, Germany, and England, finding male to female ratios around 103 to 100 with cases suggesting males slightly exceed females, though casualty factors are unadjusted.
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