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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
1
An examination of water power ownership shows the old dam centered view is insufficient. Experts argue ownership may rest with the state or government’s navigation rights, while the land and headwater developments create power anew. A revised legal framework is urged to define river rights amid growing river development.
Educators and parents press a thorough revision of high school curriculum guided by the maxim a place for everything and everything in its place. The piece warns against misfit courses shrinking city high schools and urges dropping unnecessary subjects to keep colleges realistic. It also discusses benefits of prudent fasting to improve appetite, digestion, and mental work, urging balance amid rising living standards. It touches on economic ideas about living costs, suggests new attitudes toward necessities, and ends with brief notes on Portuguese royal jewels and international affairs.
The article advises experienced cooks and outlines practical limits for serving menus at home. It warns that a single person as cook and waitress is hard, suggests limiting to three courses for guests, favors hot dishes that stay warm, and recommends a neat kitchen and simple attire. It also warns against trying unfamiliar dishes and urges testing on family first.
A Harper's Bazaar style slice offers home cooking basics for noodles and slaw. It describes making thin round noodle sheets, drying them, and cutting into fine strands, plus a cabbage slaw with a rich vinegar butter dressing and a simple chalk cleaning method for embroidered fabric gifts.
Instructions describe cutting bacon and liver into matching pieces, skewering alternately, and broiling over clear flame. The method emphasizes securing each liver slice to a bacon slice with a wooden skewer and cooking until done.
Instructions advise reviving worn brushes by dipping in boiling water then cold water to restore shape. White ribbons are cleaned by washing in gasoline to prevent yellowing or staining.
An English author R C Auld proposes scientific soul affinity to match mates. He claims each person has fixed masculine and feminine percentages and that happiness depends on balancing these traits. He offers a Schedule of Erogenic Values to guide marriages and warns against ignorance of these requirements.
Chicago report details Tou Tou a Spitz dog owned by Baroness A Saint Laurent who received a free two dollar license under a 1853 US France treaty. Mayor Husse issued the license without formal approval amid skeptical notes from officials and mention of a brass figure 8 tag for Tou Tou.
Gerald K. Smith recalls a tale from Washington involving Quentin Roosevelt and Taft Jr. The young Roosevelt dragged Taft Jr toward joining the Y M C A, insisting he would become a member to prove the future president would join as well.
Anecdotal Hampstead tale recalls Mark Twain era site near the river in Hannibal Missouri. Residents recount how the “Huck Finn” cottage was razed by owner R H Coons to build modern flats. Stories note a visiting easterner seeking Twain lore and a hospitable local aunt guiding him to a surprising infant fan.
Ottawa votes approval to build a railway line west of Hudson Bay to Fort Churchill unlocking swift access to northern fur wealth and wheat exports. The project challenges Hudson Bay Company monopoly, enabling inland canoes and steamers to penetrate 800 miles. The Arctic region hosts musk ox, polar bear, walrus, brown bear, caribou and moose.
Within two years after the great earthquake that undid San Francisco, the city has invested about 100 million dollars in building operations, with all but 4 million coming from local sources according to trustworthy statements.
Vienna faces a mounting public debt and proposes financing a large expansion by acquiring Moravian coal mines. The plan aims to extend municipal borrowing to fund the land purchase, signaling heightened fiscal risk and scrutiny by residents and officials.
Washington dispatch notes Wallace W. Atwood has been appointed to estimate Alaska coal value and report on the best location for a coaling station, outlining potential sites and economic implications for federal guidance.
In the territory for the United States geological survey, an instructor in geology and physiography at the University of Chicago spent two years examining Alaska mineral deposits and mines. Mr. Atwood graduated from the University of Chicago in 1897 and has held posts in the USGS and state surveys of New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Illinois.
Since the federal government began supporting expositions from the Jamestown fair to today Congress has appropriated 28,762,201 dollars for world fairs. Only 485,000 dollars has been spent west of the Rocky Mountains at the Lewis and Clark exposition.
Sugar circles estimate Cuban production this season will not exceed 900000 tons, a shortfall of about 600000 tons from last year due to drought affecting fields and freight.
A weary gentleman offers to escort a distressed woman home after a tiff with her lover, stepping in to ease the moment and ensure safe passage through the street. The scene carries a formal note of courtesy befitting a daily city column.
Six months after birth a girl suffered severe eczema with skin loss and oozing. Two doctors attended as the child wore silk and a pillow for ten weeks. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, she nearly three years old and free of symptoms. James J. Smith Darmid Va Oct 1906. George Eliot quote follows. Shakespeare quote.
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