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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
1
The item surveys water's role in life as essential across planets, cites Etruscan history from cemeteries, notes Icelanders’ longevity and pneumonia resistance, mentions Sabine Lake canal with initial lumber shipment, and references Claridge's hotel centenary and Mivart’s early bathroom innovation.
Judge John T. Burris recalls his service in the Frontier Guards organized by James H. Lane and Cassius Clay in April 1861. The unit mustered April 18 1861 discharged May 3 1861, acted at the White House with fresh arms but no uniforms, stationed at Willard House, amid wartime Washington fears and political aims.
The narrative recalls the first day at Gettysburg and the scene along the line of Union dead near the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania. Many fallen soldiers were youths, including dozens from a county academy whose teachers and students enlisted for nine months. The unit suffered 237 losses of 467 engaged, highlighting the war's grim cost.
The article recalls Company D of the One Hundred Fifty-first Regiment formed from McAllisterville Academy in Juniata County Pennsylvania led by George F. McFarland. It notes heavy losses at Gettysburg with McFarland losing a leg and only a few scholars surviving. Major Owens and Corporal Bratton are named as two living former students.
The article urges exhausted working women to adopt a simple, natural exercise routine. It describes two movements to boost circulation, strengthen the arms shoulders back and abdomen, and combat lassitude, stressing ventilation and relaxed clothing.
The piece highlights new hat pins crafted from platinum with brilliant stones, detachable for watch chains, and contrasts them with heavier amber and tortoise shell styles. It notes clever pins to secure lace veils on straw hats, jewel bar pins for hair, and the use of movable diamond slides on ribbon for collar adornment.
Excerpt from Worth in Harper's Bazar argues against fixed color rules for hair shades. It dismisses strict color lore, notes dye nuances, and suggests women judge color choices themselves. It advises white works for all ages, and warns pink can age older-looking women, urging circumspection.
The essay argues that true worth lies in fine souls who serve others rather than societal status. It frames virtue as practical compassion, challenging emphasis on prestige or fame and urging personal conduct aligned with service.
A home method suggests using the white of an egg with rose water and perfume to treat straight hair. The mixture is applied before drying and curling, then brushed to produce wavy hair with a soft sheen that supposedly lasts through rain and fog.
Two rogues cheat a poultry shop by placing whistles in geese to claim a rare whistling variety. A geese seller sells one to a professor, then the crook offers to supply more for a high price. The ruse collapses when the fraud is uncovered.
A young girl Mary mourns after a neighbor boy is struck by a trolley car. The incident shocks the town. Mary expresses a child’s fear of dying and a longing that death come by illness, not damage, amid family grief and public mourning.
A Philadelphia physician relates a humorous exchange between two Irish domestic workers on the Atlantic City boardwalk. They discuss new medicines and liver trouble, joking about how slugs might enter the liver while noting elder family history and skepticism about new cures.
A speaker recalls quitting smoking after being asked to stop but faces refusal. The remark notes washing the face for a full week and expresses surprise at the reaction, stating honesty about the disappointment.
Anson P Morrill of Maine faced a campaign quip from an opponent s henchman who questioned his religious views The old minister replied he might vote for Morrill because he has timber The minister joked that Morrill would prove his hell belief after two years in Washington if not served as expected
Bruges churches marshal guards and dogs after a Van Dyck robbery at Courtrai. Notre Dame and the Cathedral of St. Saviour deploy watchmen, perambulators, and dogs to deter future thefts amid rich church treasuries.
The quote argues ideals must be practical to shape beliefs and actions. It asserts that while we may not realize ideals, we should idealize realities and live by them to form a usable creed.
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