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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
1
The piece notes unemployment and mood shifts as the nation faces a tough period while crops remain strong and manufacturing holds steady. It argues prosperity will return, with savings rising and luxury spending falling, forecasting a recovery after the current low mood.
George S. Baker honors the Thirtieth United States Colored Troops at Petersburg. The poem portrays a disciplined Black Regiment advancing under fire, crying for freedom and sacrifice, with vivid battle imagery and reverence for those who fought for liberty.
An unnamed Union narrator recalls rain at an outpost on the Opequan before meeting a Confederate Johnny by a large tree. They share a dry spot, sparring humor away from firing lines, then part as friends, later encountering the dead enemy at Perryville a week after the battle.
Mrs. Caroline Williams, 80, claims her likeness appears on Uncle Sam's silver dollars but says she never earned a cent and has been robbed of the honor she says is hers. A Binghamton correspondent reports she has been taken to the Broome county almshouse.
Evansville Indiana veteran Charles H Myerhoff writes to the National Tribune recounting his capture and view of the Antietam fight. He details French division and Kimball brigade actions near the Sunken Road, the Roulette house, and the arrival of Richardson’s division shaping the battle.
A man enthusiastically praises a restaurant calling it the best he has eaten in months. His friend asks if he was very hungry and cautions trying it again when not ravenous to avoid biased judgment.
A ten acre tract in Davison county owned by Jo E Hanson yields a freak artesian well with a 4 inch diameter that whistles and vents gas after hitting 80 feet. Water carries sand, a copper cap leaks gas, and observers compare the phenomenon to oil or gas fields in Pennsylvania and Texas, suggesting a potential underlying field.
In a divorce case Mrs. Kittie Silvers versus Louis Silvers Judge Ball ordered the removal of facial veils for petitioners seeking decrees. The plaintiff initially testified behind a large dotted veil and a Merry Widow hat, but the judge demanded the veil be lifted above the hat.
A black mice plague devastates alfalfa fields and potato crops in the Carson river valley causing $250000 in damage. Government workers deploy field ex officio to exterminate using strychnine. Plague spread from Humboldt county last fall to Genoa area.
In New York a municipal court ruled no payment due to a gown not fitting actress Louise Dresser. The dressmaker Mme Prudhomme argued the gown failed to fit and Dresser had become slimmer. the judge found the actress need not pay the $500 claim. Also reported a Pittsburgh man found $135 in gold 24 years after losing it while plowing a Fayette County field.
Fourteen year old Miss Helen Brown of Kansas City challenges Montgomery champion Gill to prove he can eat 42 boiled or fried eggs in one sitting for a $50 wager. Gill, who has records of three dozen, faces competition from a Kansas City girl boasting 45 eggs.
Detectives Miely and Carrette uncovered an art of repainting stolen horses and wagons. Guiseppe Clementi and Guiseppi Capalo were caught painting a stolen wagon from Sales Zahn & Co. on Tenth Street and Sixth Avenue. They admitted repainting a horse tied to the wagon, its tail clipped and mane shortened, with painted white spots on a body that now resembled a cayuse pony.
Springfield mail service resumes stage coaches in many Connecticut and Massachusetts towns after the Central New England railroad trims Springfield Hartford passenger service to one daily train. Railroad commissioners of both states will be asked to act.
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