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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
3
Cecile endures harsh farm life and a cold marriage as she confronts shame and a secret love, while Mephisto plots a socially dangerous ruse. Paul races to rescue Cecile as a storm brews and the crossroads to her fate looms at Stonycliff and The Maples.
The redpoll, a rare New England bird in the junco family, is seen as a harbinger of a cold winter. Observers in the Fells watch the flocks closely as ice hints at a harsh season ahead. Boston Record.
In Waterbury Connecticut four tramps snatched beef from a child named Margaret Fairclough. A mob of about twelve farmers surrounded the tramps with horse whips, forced them to strip, then whipped their backs as snow covered the ground. The men clothed themselves and left after ten minutes.
Arthur Kehr a Chicago musician sues Mary Rogers a young widow for divorce claiming excessive affection and possessive behavior. He says she kept him home prevented him from working earned only 4.20 in a week and demanded constant kissing and attention prompting him to run away forever.
Ernest Kohler of Cranford New Jersey confronted his wife Christina and neighbor Alexander Bergner in a Pittsburg police court. Kohler claimed he could not afford to lose his $20,000 worth of property held in his wife's name and said Bergner should be charged. Bergner remained jailed while Kohler pressed for charges and sought to have Bergner extradited.
Beaux Chene estate owner John A. Roebling deeded his $500,000 property to the Northern Presbyterian home mission board and will return to Trenton after ten years in Asheville. He states his move is a principled stand against prohibition, not personal. Roebling was a leading anti prohibition voice, delivering hundreds of speeches during the campaign.
Miss Myra Silvernail of Norfolk recalls licking 80 postage stamps three years ago in Winsted Conn. Her tongue aches most of the time. Treated in Hartford and at St Vincent's in New York, she remains troubled. Physicians consider surgery as a possible remedy. The condition has harmed her general health.
Olga Sjostedt a trained nurse was held twelve days at T E Penders plantation ten miles from Halifax North Carolina. She was lured to preside over a mansion but found a two room shack and a barred window. Pender forced labor and attempted advances before rescue by Thomas Broderick and local officers. Sjostedt plans to press charges. Pender accused of false pretenses and abuse.
In Glenside the Wannemacher residence was occupied by two trespassers who drank the host’s wine wore his silk underwear slept in his bed and used the larder. They damaged rooms stole clothing and firearms totaling $200 in goods and more than $2,500 in damage. Police expect a statewide roundup to capture the suspected tramps.
Moorcroft sheep herder Charles Friend and his dog encountered a bobcat devouring a lamb in a steep ravine. The cat fought the dog, tore clothes from Friend, and lunged at his chest before Friend choked the feline to death to save his pet.
Herbert Hoadley formerly of Port Huron died recently in Alpena with a second wife and family. Thirteen years earlier he disappeared from Port Huron leaving a wife and five children. His first wife was buried at Lakeside Cemetery near his grave. His second wife attended the funeral thinking he was single.
William Neidfeld of Onalaska was 13 feet underground when a cavern collapsed at the Onalaska power house. He lifted his arm and remained partially exposed, his sleeve allowing air to reach him. For eight hours workers dug him out, and his life was saved by that momentary movement.
The Erie Railroad reports a year of major fleet expansion including 3,000 box cars and 3,000 steel hopper gondolas, nearly 30,000 of each type added in five years, plus 27 express cars and 35 Consolidation locomotives. Sixty new passenger coaches, the first all steel steam coach in trial, and two additional all steel postal cars slated for early next year accompany trials of a Ganz motor car on the Newburg branch.
A light dialogue features a governess asking who was the wisest man and woman. Tommy replies Solomon or the wisest woman, humorously admitting indecision between the two. The exchange evokes a witty, period tone.
A Montreal woman recalls a twenty five year eczema ordeal ending after two months with Cuticura Remedies, saying doctors doubted cure but she recovered and has remained symptom free for seven years. The ad also presents assorted short clippings on manners and products.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota recounts five months in a hospital ending with diagnosis incurable and six months to live. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills his health improved and he has felt well since. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Henry Clews calls a financier the most careful suspicious man he knows. A Staffordshire farmer checked every sheep for cotton. Judge Boyd kept pizen in an inkstand and sipped through a quill pen, asking a witness if they were sober.
Four latest music successes arrive at Capital Music on 22 Quest N. W. Washington DC. Titles include Clementine a serenade a catchy Ivah waltz Wapi ta march Reuben Brown a comic piece Gingerine two step and a foot warmer. Bert S. Eilott offers lic. for one song.
A collage from a bygone page blends quips about kindness and umbrellas with quacky medicine pitches. It cites Brom Quinines as laxative and touts a “One Day Cure a Cold” claim, while noting social snubs and a steady job for the self-contained man.
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