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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
2
The article reflects on remembered Christmas charity in Goshen and compares local efforts to Great Britain where many unemployed linger without aid. It questions whether some men would work if given a chance while urging continued support from better-off citizens and organizations to aid the poor at Christmas.
A powerful earthquake devastates Calabria and parts of Sicily with a tidal wave and fires. Messina suffers massive destruction with two thirds of the city ruined and several thousand homeless. Catania and Reggio Calabria report severe damage. a flying squadron is ordered to Messina.
Reports from Hopkinsville say a ball of ore appeared in the town and seismic shocks followed in Hopkinsville and surrounding counties. Other quakes were felt in France at Bigorre and Oloron with no damage reported.
Three bodies have been recovered and seven more are believed buried after a trench collapse at the Ensley blast furnace plant in Birmingham. A gas main shattered by a beam caused fumes to sweep the entombed workers as dirt was moved away with mechanical carriers.
President Taft will attend a banquet in Atlanta on January 15 with about 160 Southerners invited representing all sections. He will visit the Gatun dam site for a week on the Isthmus of Panama with Mrs Taft and six civil engineers to assess the dam foundations.
Officials of the Isthmian Canal Commission announce the labor issue in the zone is settled. They order Leroy E. Parks the European labor agent to close his Paris office and return to the United States. Only New York and Bermuda offices will remain open as more laborers arrive than depart each month.
A circuit court decision makes a twelve mile by two mile strip near Fort Smith Arkansas a no man s land. The land once belonged to the Choctaw nation and was ceded to Arkansas to permit police jurisdiction but Arkansas did not accept the land by constitutional amendment. The property is valued at about two million dollars.
In Springfield on December 29, Abraham Raymer, alleged leader of the race riot mob, had a new trial motion overruled. He was sentenced to thirty days in jail and a $25 fine for larceny in the theft of Major Otis Duncan's sword during the looting and burning of Duncan's house. Major Dewitt Clinton Smith dies at 79 in Kansas City.
Goshen sees rapid lot sales by the Automatic Roller Bearing Co. Prospective buyers include Mayor Charles Kohler and Orville L. Simmons among about 50 named and many more expected. The plan sells without money until 250 pledges, then funds go to land and factory costs. buyers receive $160 stock, first 300 pledges, with 12 months no-interest option and guaranteed factory location in the subdivision.
Grand-Otis Skinner appears in The Honor of the Family under Charles Frohman's direction at the Rand Opera House Chicago this fortnight. The drama centers on provincial life in France after the Empire's fall with Philippe Bridau a daring Bonapartist role for Skinner. Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday announced by IXL Furniture Co. delivery.
A terse note asserts a simple mixture is fine for everyone to know about. It emphasizes universal approval without providing specifics or instructions.
A brief item promotes a home made remedy claimed to act promptly on the kidneys and Sladder. The note presents the product as a simple cure without medical endorsement or detailed ingredients.
A home remedy claims to ease bladder troubles rheumatism and kidney issues using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with dosing after meals and at night. The passage then promotes The Witching Hour at Jefferson Theatre with Augustus Thomas play details and a list of cast members. It closes with a Pazo Ointment claim for piles cured in 6 to 14 days.
The Goshen City Board of Finance invites written proposals from Indiana banks and trust companies for depositing public funds of Goshen, with a January 11, 1908, deadline between 2 and 3 pm at the city clerk office. Proposals must follow state statute forms and include bonds or collateral as security.
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