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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
1
Goshen Daily Democrat muses on global politics and social quirks with wry commentary. It cites Japan, France, Germany, Cuba, Ireland, and the US in a brisk column filled with pointed humor about graft, coinage, revolts, and public virtue. The piece also jokes about editors, scientists, and the costs of public service.
Advice on bright light to reveal dust and improve mood, with cautions on carpet choices. Recommends avoiding blue shades, using carpet squares or parquet linoleum, plain linoleum, and preserving floor boards with proper staining and oiling by a skilled tradesman.
Useful tips cover pie crust prep with paraffin paper and rice filling, cleaning burned enameled ware with salt and vinegar, making boiled rice white and separate, boiling eggs start to keep yolks pale, repairing curtains with cloth patches, preserving green vegetables by wrapping in damp paper, reducing coal and gas waste by using dampers, and reviving stiff veils by steaming on a pasteboard roll.
The guide advises not to pull off clothing from a burn and to cut around cloth if needed. Remove remaining fabric carefully, wet the area, and apply linseed oil and lime water as a soothing dressing. If linseed oil is unavailable, substitute table oil vaseline or egg white and keep the area wet with fresh cloths as needed.
The article argues woodwork must be cleaned weekly with a soft damp cloth to prevent drying and shrinking. It compares wood care to maintaining carriages and stresses moisture is essential to keep wood in good condition.
A French secret for serving eggs prevents catastrophe. Stir a teaspoon of vinegar into the boiling water, drop eggs into deep water, and they emerge with whites surrounding a yolk, resembling a covered yellow ball. Serve perched on buttered toast spears for a dainty dish.
The text advises avoiding direct light on mirrors to prevent spots and blurs. It recommends hanging mirrors so they receive light from the sides, preserving clarity and protecting the glass, a practical guideline for better self-viewing and mirror longevity.
Stew the apples and strain them using same spices and vegetables. Use the strained juice as tomato substitute with onions celery cinnamon red pepper cloves and salt plus vinegar. In making ketchup use every bit of jelly or preserves and avoid allspice which darkens the mix.
Advice describes tying a baby to a chair using a ribbon in a method to keep the child seated. It instructs placing the ribbon around the back of the neck and under the arms before tying to the chair, with a loose fit to avoid injury.
The American Bison Society based in Meriden New Hampshire urges a national program to perpetuate the buffalo. With the US president as honorary president and Earl Grey as honorary vice president, the group calls for government auspices to establish herds on suitable ranges and preserve the species for future generations. The society emphasizes extinction risk and private ownership limits, urging public action.
The American Bison Society organized in New York seeks federal aid to establish multiple buffalo herds on government land across the United States and Canada. It urges public support and funding through memberships to prevent extinction of the nation’s buffalo and atone for past massacres.
Clayton New Jersey ex-Sheriff Wilson T Jones purchased the Franklinville Presbyterian church to preserve it. He plans to remodel remove old benches and furnish the interior for town fairs suppers and events. The B G T society will oversee the building and meet there. the 1850 church sits on land once owned by Lawrence Cake.
Amos McIfttish, a 90 year old miser, died at Springfield West Virginia leaving an estate of 250000 dollars with timber lands and farms across Maryland and West Virginia. He would attend sales dressed shabbily and bid wildly to drive prices down, then reveal he could pay and claim the property. He never married. heirs are scattered in various parts of the country.
Kansas City recruiting sergeant notes a family showing strong patriotism as all five Adams brothers and the father serve in the military. Benjamin Harrison Adams of near Joplin Mo enters the navy while three brothers have naval service and two are in the army. the father also served. The youngest Adams has just reached adulthood.
A dramatic moment recounts Hetle David knocking out Wieg-Old Goliath with a stone, an event described as shocking to Wazu-Well and possibly unprecedented in their long rivalry.
An editorial argues domestic service is a burdensome feudal system and predicts its collapse without public action. It stresses women desire home life, calls for simplified households and humane treatment, and insists real change must empower maids to own a home and family life.
The piece argues women lie from loyalty or motherhood and hold higher moral ground, while men lie for self gain. It claims women are evasive yet truthful about self, and that in court women outperform male lawyers in evading questions.
Rostand reflects on failure across history from Socrates to Jesus and Judas, Aurelius and Attila, St Francis and the Borgias. He questions if any life is a total failure and suggests nature uses failed attempts to reach a final aim. The piece favors Pope and Tennyson’s harmonizing view of universal good.
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