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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
6
Poetic reminiscence by James Rhoades from the London Daily News narrates a rider and his horse enduring rain and hail through a day of combat. The charger finally collapses, the rider mourns the beast, and bids farewell to loyal, silent animals left behind in bivouac.
In a brutal battlefield tent Cory, initially paralyzed by fear, regains nerve after a doctor’s guidance. He seizes a burning bomb to save comrades, runs through shelling, and his act earns a rare moment of applause before he dies from the explosion.
A wealthy man shows a 500 year old table to a younger guest. The visitor boasts a 3000 year old table, claiming it was made in India. The host questions the claim and learns the joke: the stranger refers to a multiplication table.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece profiles a white-haired shoemaker in an old quarter wing of a cottage. He has served a small, loyal client base since 1852, preserves antique lasts, and grieves the decline of his trade as modern methods prevail. His work remains meticulous, including calfskin boots from before the war, while his patrons fade with time.
A Lewiston columnist recalls rough communal roughhousing where men are kicked and chased as a sport. A Greenville resident, returning intoxicated, defeats the gang with fists and a chair, ending the spree after two hours in the snow. The tale closes with a quip about paying 75 cents for a puncher’s ego.
Dr. Vanhotfen in Zoologischer Anzeiger argues whales and dolphins are primarily shore-hunting animals, with plankton expeditions showing high surface abundance near shores and currents bringing shore plankton to high seas. The article also notes a decline in French language usage since the end of the last century, with English, Russian, and German leading.
A comedian asks if his act is funny and a blunt manager replies it is the limit. The exchange appears in a Philadelphia North Americas section, signaling a humorous or editorial blurb.
A humorous column surveys cockroach traps from molasses boards to beer bowls and sulfur fumes. It quotes Harvey Sutherland and notes various methods, skeptical tricks, and a final quip that a three credo cure is not believed.
An ornithologist reports the sudden extinction of a common bronze-green humming bird in St. Vincent after the 1898 hurricane. Despite over a year of searching and inquiry, T Digby Pigot states no specimens remain, indicating the species has been wiped out.
Notes of the fashions describe old rose and coppery dyes revived in cashmeres silks and crepes for spring and summer. The article highlights how these shades suit brunettes and fair women, with vests linings and trims brightening gowns in tweed whip cord and camels-hair suiting. It discusses tailoring trends, fabrics, and a model featuring box pleats and delicate vine appliques in old rose tones.
A Boston window on evening life with Back Bay lights and the state house glow. A New York mail train, Beacon Hill, and a Washington, D. C. missive arrive to a society scene. The letter from a capital winter sparks whimsy and a schooling quip. Apple Crackers recipe ends the vignette.
A collage of quips and cartoons from crime to romance appears with jokes and one liners. The selections include exchanges about matrimony money lost and memory tests, with humorous asides from newspapers like the Atch ison Globe Chicago Daily News Syracuse Herald and others.
The London Mail predicts Boer tobacco will rise in popularity in the United Kingdom as war ends. It notes Transvaal crops near Rustenburg, with brands Hartley & Co. and Van Erkom known for quality, and mentions Pondo and Fingo tobaccos. Cape Colony yields and future growth across Natal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland are discussed.
In the Bestea Transcript Flyside jokes that women adore him while Hicks and See exchange chatter with a crowd of young ladies. The playful scene shows Flyside’s humorous self confidence amid a lively audience.
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