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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
A collage of columns notes oddities and witticisms from various cities. Items include tasteless tipping anecdotes in Brooklyn, a zany remark on Mme Anna Gould, and quips about Turkey's Hope diamond, Japan and Russia diplomacy, and English synonyms. The piece mirrors satirical and topical riffs from early 20th century press.
Waterbury Connecticut reports Dwight Wheeler of Middlebury, a potato expert, has created a spud that grows on a vine like a tomato and needs no cooking. He describes it as a plural potato made from three plants including Irish potato, with possibilities for army rations and field feeding. Wheeler plans to showcase potato vines to local farmers as blossoms approach.
A church Sunday story recounts Mrs McIntosh misplacing her umbrella during the flood tale. Her dog causes a ruckus, a hymn-book toss injures a sexton, and Deacon Jones wrestles the dog while Dr Potts pauses the sermon. A bonnet is damaged and Mrs Butterwick vents fury. Mrs McIntosh withdraws, rejoining a different denomination.
The piece analyzes William K. Vanderbilt's seven week coaching voyage across England, detailing about 15,000 dollars in expenses for 70 horses and attendants plus stable costs, voyage logistics, and porters. It argues the journey’s value lies in sport and society rather than profit, noting potential horse sales may recoup costs.
A large group of beggars and injured travelers was captured near Chalons after crossing from the Pyrenees. Police tracked the troupe to Vicente Rubio y Alvarez, a Spaniard who organized pilgrimages and collected daily takings for himself. The wagon HQ contained over 1000 francs and bank receipts linked to Rubio and others he organized across southern Europe.
Spokane financier Nathan Haas buys six mining claims in the Oro Grande district near Santa Ana creek for 60000 from pioneer prospector Peter Proulx. J D Maxwell, a partner since 1905, held a third of three claims. Proulx started in 1898 and drilled a 250 foot tunnel reaching ore at 120 feet. Ore is free milling with high gold values. first payment received, rest due over 18 months.
Rachel Gray daughter of Rev. J T Gray married William P Gray a Bangor lawyer in the first wedding at the new Methodist church. She taught in Philadelphia schools and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. Her twin sister Iona was maid of honor in a colored dress with pink roses.
Dr Carroll Rogers and Miss Alice Weatherby of Woodbury New Jersey wed recently. The marriage shrinks the local bachelors club to three members who vow to stay single despite a past club rule offering a fine supper to any member who married.
Lisbon reports a humorous tax on royal finances as a young king seeks immediate position to fund the royal family. The note mocks the stalled civil list after the assassination of King Carlos and his son, with officials hinting at regicide plots and political indictments amid a $300,000 deficit.
J. A. Randall and his wife in Kankakee County have been married 21 years and are parents of 19 children, ten boys and nine girls. All are living. The mother of Mrs Randall had 28 children, and Mrs Randall has a sister in Chicago with 16 children. The oldest son is 21 next birthday and the youngest is a few weeks old.
Chicago reports Rockwell Sayre offering bounties on cats. Ten cents per cat for the first hundred, one dollar for the largest number, another dollar for the second largest, with the scheme valid until December. Sayre, a farm land dealer and robin admirer, says robins are easiest prey.
The article describes St Marys Hospital in Chichester as the most curious almshouse in England. Eight elderly ladies live in two small rooms along the church walls within the 1580 building that was once a monastery. Queen Elizabeth established the almshouse to endure, with daily chapel services and original monk choir stalls.
Miss Gull puzzles over a city directory seeking a fortune teller named Bradstreet, naming Mr. Kidder as the source. Miss Chamley notes Bradstreet the best and purest in town, but she cannot locate her there. The exchange suggests a local search for a mysterious fortune teller.
An art photographer visited a farm seeking to conduct an exhaustive study of a landscape area. He asks the farmer to keep his hired man on the fence and remain in his position for days to observe.
The piece argues wealth comes from labor and ability, not goods. It traces shifts from leather to mills, notes steam and electricity shrinking space, and urges shorter workdays. It cites Franklin and envisions five days per week and five hours per day with five dollars pay as the future.
Philosopher Thomas Ribot discusses pure intellectual passion among scholars. He cites Mentelli a Hungarian philologist and mathematician who lived frugally for 30 years chasing learning and drowned at 60. He contrasts anonymous monastic scholars like Mabillon whose zeal fueled exhaustive historical gathering.
The brain may develop a malformation by age fifty that destroys reasoning and triggers lying. Lying is not limited to any gender, can arise in mature adults, and ranges from harmless to malicious, linked to hysteria. Health authorities should note such individuals as they can be easily influenced and their testimony may be legally unreliable.
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