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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
1
A varied column highlights trade notes from ships and lard, comments on beets and sugar, student strikes in Kentucky, a wildcat capture in Ontario, and a call to better dress. It also references Manchuria, anarchists, and a Durham style critique of public figures. Literature figures and censorship debates are noted with Barrie leading a petition to abolish dramatic censorship.
Jersey City preacher Rev. Dr. J. L. Scudder outlines marital guidelines in a sermon on how wives should behave after marriage. He urges temper control, dignity, and avoiding tyrannical Hanoverian airs while mocking nagging and petty grievances.
Miss Gwendolin Brooks of Cen wal Park West plans to raise ruby-breasted hummingbirds on a Central Islip farm. She has aviary plans from W Albert Swassey and aims to sell the tiny birds, already drawing commissions. Brooks notes they are easy to keep if given space, honey and insects, and she has experimented in the south and west. The birds migrate from South America to the area in hot weather to nest and return to the tropics in August.
London reports plan for an English daily that will publish unrestrained commentary on individuals and society, name all parties, discuss court cases, and criticize judges. To avoid prosecution it may print in Belgium or France and mail to subscribers, with no English offices and wrappers used for distribution.
John Lyle seaman aboard the destroyer Whipple visited Jim Jeffries in Los Angeles and asked for a single eye cut, claiming Philadelphia friends urged him to bring back a souvenir. Jeffries refused the unusual request.
Harrisburg report: Harry Stahler, owner of a Rockville country store, captured a full grown deer after it swam a mile across the Cumberland. He drove off pursuing dogs and led the animal to his stable. State Game Commissioner Kalofuse will send the deer to Pine Grove game reservation.
Philadelphia man Robert Blanken has spent eight years decorating three pieces of furniture with United States stamps. The bed, bureau, and table are valued around $4,375 in wood and related items, while the stamp-covered art represents a $5,000 project using 75,500 stamps dating from 1850 to today.
James Blanken, draftsman for J G Brill, fills his Arch Street room with 46 000 stamps on a bed 23 000 on a bureau 6 500 on a table among 35 designs. A 5 revenue stamp from the civil war is the most valuable. He values the set at about 5000 while keeping the bed made daily for safety and sleeping only by himself.
George Hellen, a prominent member of the Metropolitan and Alibi clubs in Washington, is noted for an unusual habit of strolling the streets attended by a goose. The 40 year old is a popular figure in the capital’s smart set and has previously claimed odd feats such as taking possession of an organ grinder by the Metropolitan club.
In Garden City Long Island officials uncovered 11,395.70 dollars in gold coins and cash from bags hidden inside the rafters of Jaynes ten acre farm. The recluse who died at 89 left more than 12,000 found by relatives and administrators believes total estate may reach fifty thousand dollars with five heirs named and more anticipated.
Theodore Dent of Buckhorn mourns ten prized chickens stolen by a thief who fled in fright. The culprit reportedly left behind false teeth and gloves in the pen, securing the thief’s dental mishap as a surprising comeuppance in nearby Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
A rattlesnake bite to M. N. McCloud at Imperial Junction despatched venom through his blood as a switch engine speed rivaled the poison. He reached Dr. Cooke in Brawley in a night of agony and began recovery the next day with the hand and arm swollen but improving. Diamondback and sidewinder snakes have lately been captured in large numbers. McCloud, an Imperial Junction hotel worker, was the earliest bitten this season.
The passage describes vegetables as a recent dietetic fad claiming they greatly affect physical and moral well being and can cure many maladies. It notes support for this view and presents vegetables as curative for various ailments.
The piece argues that conscious use of will power, via autosuggestion, can delay aging and prevent early death. It cites Goethe on mind over body and warns sedentary life at age 60 accelerates decline, urging reflective, purposeful self guidance to avoid the germ of dissolution.
A historical discussion traces electrocution starting in New York in 1888, detailing current, duration, and post mortem changes. The author notes rapid loss of consciousness, rare respiratory effort, and high body temperature, plus dark blood and chemical changes. It also compares hangings at Moriah Prison, noting rapid preparations but continued heartbeat and a lingering spasmodic reaction after the drop.
A reflective piece on women's power to captivate men and the masculine roots of this drive. It argues nature designs relations of the sexes to place men as lords and masters, while noting aging does not diminish a woman's ability to fascinate and coquetry as a social illusion maintained by women themselves.
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