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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
1
A column mixing gossip and commentary on fashion trends, celebrities, and public figures. Notes on Merry Widow hats, Anna Gould, Wu Ting Fang, and Roosevelt abroad, with reflections on gender roles, modernity, and cultural shifts in society.
Old cookbook style directions describe almond soup from knuckle of veal with stock and cream, and a green spinach soup with lemon and butter. Also includes a peanut soup base strained and mixed into a white sauce with milk and stock for a delicate taste.
A recipe lists kidney and tomato as the main ingredients with parsley salt pepper onions flour dripping and optional canned tomatoes. Kidney is seasoned and fried then simmered with tomato puree and vinegar finished with mashed potatoes as a border.
Recipe for a vanilla ice cream using two quarts whipped cream four eggs sugar and water with hot syrup folded into stiffly beaten whites and yolks. After cooking in a hot water bath cool and fold in vanilla then freeze in a mold packed with ice and salt. Optional substitute four tablespoons sherry in place of vanilla.
Mash strawberries with sugar to pair with oats. Mold leftover oatmeal into small biscuits, cool, slice, and layer in berry dishes with fruit. Dust with sugar, add cream, and serve. A quick, palatable dessert suitable for busy households. For hot dessert, toast sliced oatmeal in butter, top with strawberries and serve.
Instructions describe harvesting elderberry blossoms with stems removed, mixing with boiling water, adding brown sugar, simmering briefly, transferring to jars, adding yeast, and allowing fermentation for a week before straining, then adding raisins per gallon and aging six weeks with gauze over the jug mouths, finally filtering and bottling.
After dough is prepared, roll into a five inch thick log on a bread board. Slice into half inch pieces and place in pans with space to swell. Bake to shape, offering a faster method than using cutters.
The report outlines experiments on energy from coal in steam engines, gas producers, and briquetting, aiming to burn fuel smokelessly with high efficiency. It details plant relocations to Norfolk and Denver, lab moves to Pittsburgh and Norfolk, and plans for smoke abatement tests at public buildings and naval use of briquetted coal.
The United States Geological Survey releases a report on fuel testing from Forest Park St Louis covering January 1906 to June 1907. It details comparative tests on bituminous coals and lignites from various fields, with chemical analyses of mine samples and boilers, briquettes, and coke, plus steam tests to determine calorific value and related metrics.
Washington crowds hear Roosevelt urge Forneciari to win the Olympic lightweight title. The Chicago amateur champion, 132 to 134 pounds, receives ten minutes of talk and photos with the president who praises his boxing spirit. A possible pre London exhibition bout is suggested.
New York reports Oyster Bay will be free of stray dogs for President Roosevelt's summer outing. The village moves to cover 14 election districts to keep dogs from nearby villages out. The town offers 2 dollars for each dog killed and appoints a dogcatcher in every district as locals rush for the jobs.
John Sharp of East Fourth Street Wilmington was bitten by a hawk while visiting Centerville area. After killing a hawk that seized a Maguire barnyard chicken Sharp was bitten again as he tended the bird. His hand swelled and he suffers blood poisoning.
Burlington woman Mrs B H Bristow Draper, once Queens Sanford of New York’s Casino, tells reporters she is perfectly happy with her husband Eben Draper Jr and their two month old in a simple cottage. He quit stage life for a mill job earning about 1.25 a day and vows to work up in life.
The Flemish population in Belgium guards its language and racial identity. Its representatives in the country’s bilingual parliament appear to press aggressively for their native tongue.
The article argues giving is a duty not a privilege and contrasts property and personality. It critiques modern philanthropy for elevating property over personhood, cites Jewish land redemption, and warns against reducing humanity to statistics while losing religious elements. It imagines future air and water as property.
A scholarly discussion outlines heredity as the transmission of parental traits and departures from the parental type. It contrasts Darwinian and Lamarckian views with Weismann’s germ plasm theory, and proposes a middle view where inheritance favors developmental tendencies over exact replays, with environment shaping outcomes.
Francis H. McLean argues for stronger investigation and after care methods in charity work. He urges complete start up record cards and a treatment and diagnosis card to accurately portray each family member’s need, reducing wasted effort and increasing efficiency.
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