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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
6
A collage of short items notes coal output, college expenses, and New Zealand wealth, plus a survey of global issues. It cites reforms in Louisiana drainage, anarchist naturalization revocations in Chicago, and optimism about aeroplanes and Bell's flying machines entering widespread use, with predictions of mail carried by air.
Thomas C. Rice of Worcester aged eighty three, after retirement, creates three plays two biblical and one Hindu legend. He dramatizes Absalom in four acts with fourteen characters, Esther with twelve leads, and Savitri's Choice in three acts about the king of Kekarpa his daughter the banished Chalva king’s son the sage and Yama.
In Victoria 300 tons of predigested breakfast cereal sat on a dock after a voyage that rivaled a battleship fleet trip. Shipped from Montreal to England then around Cape Horn, the cargo was saved from duty by delivery to Seattle area ships via the Eir voyage.
Smithsonian study led by Prof. Albert M. Reese reports the American alligator in Florida and southern Georgia is docile, not voracious as legends claim. The report notes possible domestication in some southern towns and cites threat to the species from hunting for hides. An associate in Florida aided egg hunting.
Girls pledge five dollars to the church at the dedication of the Methodist church in New Cumberland Pa. Reverend Dr John Krantz of Iowa offers to perform the marriage ceremony free for any girl who donates five dollars. Thirty young women accept and now propose leap year marriages seeking similar terms.
Frederick Alexander of Seattle plans a 25 000 mile trip around the world with his wife's embalmed body in a metal casket. They saved $30 000 over 30 years of toil, and after her death he vows to fulfill the journey they mapped together from Chicago to Europe Asia Africa Australia and the Holy Land.
Eva Johnson assistant post mistress at Vining Otter Tail county walked twenty miles through eight and one half miles of the north country bogs to Fram post office to answer a claim contest. Her 50 pound grips slowed her but she arrived just before the hearing and prevailed with Crookston attorney N B Moran guiding the case. The road to Middle River was nearly impassable for horses as bogs and muskeg blocked the route.
Pullman Nebraska tale of Minnie Turner a cowpuncher who worked in northwestern Nebraska for nearly two years. After revealing she is a woman she married Jim Spearman the cowboy with whom she spent eight to ten months. They rode off toward a Pacific coast wedding journey and plan to settle in Montana on return.
A hobo known as Springfield Mike Rolland spotted a broken rail on the Dutchman's curve near Torrington and waved a bandanna to stop a New York & New Haven Express from wrecking. Conductor Dailey and many passengers publicly thanked him for averting disaster. Snake in Nest Bites Girl.
A historic discussion argues for sewage farming as economical sanitary practice to prevent typhoid and other waterborne diseases. It cites census figures, notes successful implementations in Berlin and multiple American cities, and calls for proper sewage disposal including industrial waste management.
The piece argues for a woman president or a coed cabinet with men and women governing together. It highlights humane laws like ending child labor and improving tenements, notes exceptional individuals are rare, and asserts women understand equality while men often do not.
The piece argues for broader social and moral education beyond manual training. It warns against relying on technical skills to shape character and urges a shift toward fostering conscience, shared stewardship, and engagement with national and global causes to prepare youth for a complex society.
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