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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
6
In Goshen, Dr. Lyman Abbott argues education should form a woman as a person rather than prepare her as a wife or mother. The Baltimore American notes Abbott excludes professors and writers when he says We. The piece contrasts views on women’s higher education and aims to redefine its purpose.
The International Bureau of the Five Republics aims to unify civil, commercial, and criminal law, create a common customs and monetary system, and promote commerce and industry. U S and Mexico back the effort to curb turmoil in Central America with mutual and moral support.
A discussion on the power of a friendly mindset to improve character and social relations, contrasting a worldly selfish attitude with benevolence. The piece cites sources noting navy demoralization in France after the Iena disaster and a Detroit tip on floor polish from soap, ending with a quip on wealth and frugality.
The piece notes 41 men have managed in 16 clubs over six seasons from 1903 to 1909, with only four persisting continuously: John McGraw, Connie Mack, Fred Clarke, and Jimmy McAleer. It highlights McAleer’s unsettled path in St. Louis and his persistence with the Browns, while detailing frequent managerial changes across Boston, St. Louis, Washington, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Chicago, with many moves among clubs in both leagues.
Clark Griffith, who has managed the New York Highlanders for six years, has been hired by George Tebeau to lead the Kansas City American Association club. He receives one of the highest salaries for a minor league manager and will share profits if the club earns money next season. He turned down two major league offers to take the Kansas City job.
Crias to be tried at first base by the Browns with hope to boost the club's hitting power if he proves effective.
Crowds watched as workers exhumed bodies from St Patrick's Cathedral cemetery between East Eleventh and Twelfth streets and Avenue A. The plot, opened 1833, held 41 016 burials until 1848, with 32 153 in Mott Street cemetery, totaling 74 169. The site will be cleared for new buildings and bones moved to Calvary cemetery, including Lorenzo da Ponte and Joseph Bonfanti among the notable interred.
United States apple harvest targets 25 million barrels with a 62.5 million bushel yield. 15,000 growers report droughts pests and weather but overall crop matches 1907 levels and is well distributed. Exports drive higher prices and smaller domestic supply since 1895.
Two men named George W. Anthony from Burlington New Jersey and Burlington North Carolina share uncanny life parallels. A misaddressed postal letter sparked their meeting and revealed both men served as drummer boys in opposing Civil War regiments. Each returned home to business success and widowhood, with new marriages and shared misfortunes widening their bond.
Mrs. Mary E. Hart, once of Los Angeles and now back in Seattle after Alaska travel, becomes the first person to stake a mining claim on a moving glacier at Muir Glacier near Skagway. Sidney Morse aboard the Seattle notes rare Klondike landing. moraine ore deposits solidify as adventure draws other claim seekers. Mrs. Hart has long Alaska experience and once supervised claims work.
New York reports Mrs. William B. Leeds widow of the tinplate magnate, heir to a large estate after his Paris death, is engaged to James DeWolf Cutting of Newport. The marriage, likely private, follows Leeds’s death and ties Mrs. Leeds to one of Newport’s leading social circles.
The St. Regis Hotel enforces a twelve inch maximum for dogs. C A Tilles of St. Louis faced a tape measure when his pedigree collie exceeded the limit, and was told to remove it. A toy spaniel later passed inspection with a measure just under twelve inches.
The Broadway and New York Realty Company proposes a 43 story building at 50 Broadway with six basement levels rented for 1 million dollars. It will cost 3.876 million, use white enamel brick and terra cotta, rise 556 feet six inches, and be the tallest compact structure in the city.
James J Pierpont Morgan paid about 75009 for a 28 by 25 foot imperial Chinese rug from Ames estate Boston. The textile features portal yellow and blue, a royal dragon, and an eclipse motif. The piece, believed to be destined for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, marks a record price for a rug in the United States.
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