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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
4
A humorous dialogue about a talking jackass and a weather weary fakir, recounting tales of Balaam, lightning strikes, ottermobiles and a slow post office. Cap and Postmaster debate belief, prosperity and politics while mocking coastal life and 19th century rural institutions.
Harlan I Smith of the American Museum of Natural History closes a season of field work in eastern Wyoming uncovering quarries vast in area, stone circles and cave dwellings. He notes the horse's arrival altered Plains culture and records eight boxes of plains artifacts, negatives, and field notes. Comstock donates $10,000 to the National Academy of Sciences to fund magnetism electricity and radiant energy research.
A New York artist applies an imperishable color method claiming Michelangelo used it in St. Peter's frescoes. German student Max Friederang, studying in Rome, found Michelangelo's diary with color recipes in the Vatican Library. A theft at the Tiber ended the manuscript’s journey, yet Friederang preserved notes. The tale follows rediscovery and today’s use in Washington decorations.
A veteran recalls Gen Robert H Lee's noble kindness during a Gettysburg march from Chambersburg. A young girl waved a Federal flag. Lee paused, saluted, and said All honor to the old flag Wave it on, daughter, no one shall disturb you, proving war cannot brutalize true nobility.
In a car a trio discusses aphorisms and epigrams with a sanitary officer posting a red card reading Epigrams Within. The odd stranger broaches euphemisms as pulchritude, prompting suspicion and the butter in to depart.
An Idaho venture by two eastern men grows affluent until the head stockman McIntyre suffers a likely internal injury after a bucking colt incident. The younger partner asks for guidance from the east. the reply instructs withholding wages from the date of accident. This tale reflects sharp business pragmatism amid a risky ranch operation.
The Earl of Kingston discovers a thief in his town house aided by the butler and calls for police. A servant reports no policemen on the premises provoking incredulity at the kitchen scene. The master orders the prisoner released as a miracle.
In an exchange at St Francis Jim and Tommy Keating debate flea powder use. Clerks McCullough insists applying externally works best and Tommy admits he took the can full but nearly choked. Chronicle quotes unusual misprint style from San Francisco.
The tale portrays Squire Briggs furious as Lizy Skips with Heiney Brush after a hasty wedding that provokes gossip in Baltuff. Izory Jink’s love for Briggs’s bride claims retribution and hints at a forgotten affinity stirring old promises and wealth.
In a country town a Harvest Home supper tale becomes a comic disaster as a youth narrator crashes a stage fire scene. A deputy’s misplaced fireplace and a red lantern erupt in chaos injuring none but triggering a lifelong distaste for acting in the speaker.
The Post chronicles a writer famed for verses celebrating joy who relied on his wife for postage money, highlighting a frugal domestic struggle and his literary labor.
The piece reflects on fair love and war and a last year's car in Belling. It notes that self‑importance grows as one climbs, and true lovers overlook costs of gifts. It observes that those who urge others to worry often remain anxious themselves. It argues few men do what they believe suits them best. Riches bring many curses.
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