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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
1
Goshen daily column warns readers that Confederate bills are worthless paper. It cites examples of counterfeit passes, notes passage by unaware buyers, and recalls that after Appomattox thousands circulated as keepsakes. The piece urges scrutiny of inscriptions stating the Confederacy could pay.
The U S attorney general names Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos as special assistant at 5000 dollars. An expert on peonage abuses she has exposed wrongs, aided prosecutions, and demonstrated the value of a capable woman in enforcing justice and humanity.
An article notes Esperanto may become a business and international communication medium though its literary prospects are doubtful. Health officials praise New York milk territory care, while Troy Times highlights farmer integrity amid challenges. A French scientist creates stomachless sea urchins, suggesting cost savings for families. Baroness Goto visits Washington and will return home after three months. A Long Island City policeman attacked an editor, signaling continuing press tensions.
Cincinnati dominates three lines of printing posters labels and playing cards. The city handles most poster work for major circuses and 75 percent of theatrical printing. It prints and ships more labels globally than any other firm, dominates playing card production with over 20 million packs annually, and is a top flag printer with orders for European governments including Great Britain. Only two U S cities outproduce Cincinnati in flag printing.
Arthur Capper of Topeka announced a corn growing contest with prizes including 100 dollars for the best ear by a rider under 18. More than 3,000 young readers entered. nearly 5,000 visitors viewed the exhibit as Prof. A M Ten Eyck of Kansas State Agricultural College awarded prizes. Archie Riebel of near Arbola Missouri won first prize.
John Bigelow of New York recently reached ninety and long aided William Cullen Bryant at the New York Evening Post. He began in the forties writing for several papers, helped found the Post with Bryant, and boosted its fortunes before selling to Parke Godwin in 1860. He later served as consul at Paris and minister to France under Lincoln.
Official tests of western Australia native yate wood reveal a tensile strength around 24000 psi equal to cast iron, with some specimens reaching 17 tons per square inch. The sawn timber is likely the strongest in the world as the tree grows to about 100 feet tall and up to three feet in diameter.
The Exeter Flying Post reprints an old column with an advertisement from October 15, 1807, offering positions to moulders and joiners. A few days after printing, the same Dartmouth applicant sought one of the advertised posts.
A craft note by David Webster describes a kitchen food closet that doubles as a folding table. It details end piece design with cleats, partitioning options, and storage for cooked foods, bread, and utensils using pine or whitewood.
A showman uses taps on the floor to spell vowels while a confederate guesser remains outside. The audience thinks the trick deceives them as the guesser is cued by the first word of the showman’s sentence. Consonants are hinted in spicy sentences to complete the word.
A boy argues with a wise doctor about a strict eating rule. He notes there are seven siblings at home, so chewing each mouthful thirty times would leave nothing for him to eat. The exchange highlights family humor and practical resistance to odd rules.
The exchange shows Harold being praised for good behavior by a parent or guardian who remarks on his consistent bedtime routine. Harold explains he obeys because he is always put to bed when naughty, highlighting a routine disciplinary dynamic.
Ulysses S. Grant began formal education in Port Pleasant Ohio, attending a crude winter school only when farm work allowed. The young student learned in a limited, irregular schedule as his father farmed nearby.
A compact hairpin case idea from Philadelphia Ledger. Cut linen and coarse cotton wash net into 18 by 4 inch strips, embroider with leaves or flowers, form a pointed flap, sew edges, and stitch a three inch deep pocket. Slide hairpins through net, fill, and tie with baby ribbon for a neat portable accessory.
In Lorraine Germany a 12 year old boy and his father were taken to court after the boy called his father pop at a rail depot. The station master criticized the familiarity and the father was fined 60 cents while the boy served three days in jail for too familiar conduct. If the boy had used a harsher term like governor or old man, authorities warned, the outcome might have been worse.
A whimsical tale of a wise man who builds a balloon to reach the moon but awakens to its disappearance at dawn, prompting a cautious descent before the world shifts into a puzzled dawn.
Readable directions show rostbraten using sirloin and a Delmonico slice with onions, mushrooms, sardellen butter, and dumplings in a rich gravy. Veal goulash halves onions browned in beef drippings, adds paprika, simmered two hours, with optional thickened gravy.
The article explains versatile uses of tissue paper in packing glass hats silk items and ribbons to prevent damage while packing and storing it also suggests polishing and buffing with tissue pads treated with methylated spirits for mirrors crystal steel and silver.
A vintage biscuit method lists two and a half cups sugar two cups sweet milk two eggs a pinch of salt one cup butter and lard mixed five cents baking ammonia five cents lemon of notes pound the ammonia fine soak in half the milk overnight combine ingredients flour to form stiff dough roll thin prick bake quickly and rest forty minutes before eating
Riverside drive extensions under five contracts will produce a 60 foot wide dual roadway with a 22 foot bridle path over eight miles from Harlem to the Bronx. The project will feature granite walls bridges and monuments along the Hudson Palisades and will cost over 25 million dollars including right of way, making it the most expensive street ever built. The plan includes extending the drive across the Dyckman valley and may connect to Spuyten Duyvil and possibly Yonkers after completion.
An article argues that in New York a person of appearance and nerve can live free each day by exploiting free services. They describe free shaves, boot cleanings, meals at department stores, hotel lobby amenities, test samples from shops, free music, and easily obtained transportation, plus a nightly municipal lodging house, with repetition to avoid detection.
The Blackwell prison tale centers on violinist Miss Josephine Brown and Dr. Philip B. Matz, assistant prison physician. Their engagement grew from her supportive visits to attorney Abraham Hummel, a friend of Matz and a benefactor in her early rise to fame.
A vintage recipe for apple custard pie combines sour apple sauce with sugar and egg yolks. Bake in a deep pie plate, then frost with whipped egg whites and extra sugar for a sweet finish.
To Extract a Needle apply a magnet immediately the flesh closes rapidly over a needle which soon takes it out of sight A magnet stops the penetrating movement of the needle and in a short time draws It free from the flesh without pain Fig Pudding Four eggs beaten well one pound of figs two cups of sugar a little salt one pint cracker crumbs chop figs well and mix all together steam one hour and serve with hard sauce
New York's Baxter Street fades from Park Row to Mulberry as shops decline yet Seventh Avenue from Twenty eighth to Fortieth thrives with secondhand clothing and the famed puller in trade. Dealers tout high cash offers and a vast stock of gowns and suits, drawing actors and well dressed women alike to buy offbeat stage wardrobes and “handed down” finery.
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