08 Jan 1918
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1918
Page
1
Goshen Democrat reports a home remedy to kill worms in potted plants. Place a dozen horse chestnuts in two quarts of hot water, let stand overnight, then saturate the soil in the jars. The solution harms the soil without injuring the plants, and worms die within hours.
The average human body consists chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen and contains specific amounts of minerals. It notes 3% lime, 1 pound 41 ounces phosphorus, 223 ounces potash, 214 ounces sodium, 135 ounces each magnesium sulphur and silica, and about one-sixth ounce iron.
Mrs Budd Pettyjohn insisted a bear or T W W lurked in their cellar one day recently so the family ventured with arms to probe the scene but only a calf among the fruit jars was found.
Drink buttermilk freely as a habit in the South where cities consume nearly as much buttermilk as sweet milk. The challenge of keeping milk fresh has helped drive its popularity as a beverage.
A simple adhesive plaster fixes label peeling by sticking to cans and bottles. It ensures labels remain in place, ending the annoyance of labels falling off during storage or handling.
Paraguay contains some of the best cattle lands in the world though not yet adequately developed. The republic now contains about 4,000,000 head of cattle.
A sentimental speaker muses on why old songs linger in memory. A working listener counters that rarity fuels affection, suggesting fatigue dampens appeal when songs are overplayed.
A proverb quoted by the Exchange notes that money may spark action but the average farmer seeks ongoing usefulness from the mare to sustain earnings. The comment implies practical farming priorities over immediate profits.
A brief note from the New York Sun reflects on a recurring idea of alternatives to gasoline, likening it to past perpetual motion notions and framing it as a familiar, periodic discovery. The item emphasizes the enduring search for fuel substitutes and the familiar pattern of novelty ideas resurfacing.
An underwater swimmer story notes a beaver can dive and swim 200 yards underwater without surfacing. It claims a female beaver can stay submerged from five to ten minutes, illustrating surprising aquatic endurance claims.
A Cairo museum houses the oldest known fan dating from the seventeenth century BCE. The artifact draws interest as a rare example of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship and daily life. The exhibit highlights how cooling devices evolved in the ancient world.
A brief exchange notes that depth of thought contrasts with a narrow mindset, calling out the oddity of linking narrow thinking to strangeness. The remark highlights value in expansive, open-minded thinking for meaningful understanding.
A prose advertisement warns that many deaths result from slow internal poisoning due to failing gland function. It outlines common symptoms and promotes GLANDO glandular remedy from the Glando Aid Co. Ft Wayne Ind via Dwight D Hawks.
The United States employment service will mobilize 3 000 000 workers for agriculture shipbuilding and war contract plants under the department of labor. J B Densmore named national director with Robert Watson and Charles T Clayton as assistants, Gompers son to be chief clerk.
News reached owners that the Harry Luckenbach was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel while requisitioned by General Pershing for use as a supply vessel. Eight crewmen are missing, out of a 30 man complement, plus a naval guard. Commanded by Captain F. S. Jones, the ship had been in France October 15 and was the fourth Luckenbach line loss since the war began.
Amsterdam reports Emperor William awarded the Pour Le Merite to submarine commander Krophamel after a Cayser Verde Islands cruise. He claims to have sunk an American destroyer and 14 merchant ships, mostly bound from the United States to Italy or France, and to have brought back 22 tons of copper.
Washington reports the deaths of Lieut. Williams Ely and Sergt. George T E Houdek in an airfield accident in France as announced by General Pershing. Ely resided at 501 East Avenue Rochester N Y and Houdek at 1118 Monticello Avenue Chicago.
Paul Hennig a naturalized German foreman at E W Bliss Torpedo works is jailed on treason indictment. He allegedly mutilated gyroscopic steering parts to render torpedoes useless and cause them to veer and hit the firing ship. Photo from federal court in Brooklyn shows his arraignment.
A northwesterly wind drove a two foot to fifteen foot snow cover over Chicago and surrounding regions. Suburban and through trains halted, fuel shortages slowed service, milk deliveries failed, and two people died as the city dug out after the historic blizzard. New York also faced a glaze storm causing ice covered streets, suspended traffic, and coal and vessel transport adjustments.
London obituary notes the death of poet Dora Shorter, credited as Foet, with brief details of her passing on January 8 in London.
In Atlantic Monthly, Tagore argues that even fine flowers serve a purpose in Nature’s vast economy. Each bloom labors to produce fruit and seeds, its beauty a mere instrument. the plant endures sun and rain, with strict accountability and no leisure, as life cycles continue relentlessly.
A mail clerk, whose hands show scars from pins, protests the habit of mailing letters with pins sticking out. He notes about a hundred pin digs daily from people who use pins to hold items, observes women often add dress goods samples or cuttings, and suspects some writers mail manuscripts with malicious intent toward postal workers.
A New York diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church proposes to promote marriage by guiding young couples and offering instruction for married life. The board agreed that health certificates should be required for marriage, and the social service commission was tasked to develop methods to bring couples together and foster lasting happiness in marriage.
An English critic condemns an athletic girl for lacking manners but a Baltimore girl’s quick rescue of several children from a burning house proves athletic training aids brave action. Manners can be learned, yet require swift lifesaving ability, critics say the old link between gentleness and weakness is obsolete.
The article states British fisheries yield about 2.5 billion pounds yearly with ultimate consumers paying at least 125 million dollars. It suggests herring and small fishes form a large share and estimates UK fish catches at two billion or more annually, possibly tripling or quadrupling when considering Europe.
A Holland correspondent notes the Dutch construction of a 14 000 ton floating dock for Soerabaya harbor in the Dutch Indies. The piece highlights the Dutch invention of floating dry docks and that many such docks are built in Dutch yards and towed abroad. Dutch tugs tow many foreign built docks to their destination, with towing a special type.
The El Paso Times notes the question has long puzzled generations and humorously suggests that if she greets him at the door instead of rushing to the kitchen and gossiping with a neighbor, the sentiment might not be prolonged.
The article notes long standing use of surnames as Christian names, cites Harrison and Mr Holden, and observes a three century history. It discusses baptismal practice of using the mother’s surname as a middle name and the resulting trend toward using family names as given names, while most people remain Johns, Henrys, and Smiths.
The telephone harbors many germs and is rarely sterilized. Wash it with alcohol as needed and protect the transmitter with a round cover of soft leather or heavy cloth, edged with a broad ribbon and a drawstring or elastic to keep dust out.
Paper clothing has existed long but a new method to waterproof wood pulp fabric greatly extends garment life. Some paper cloth is brittle yet a Japanese variety reportedly withstood 387,500 foldings without breaking.
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