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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
8
In a humorous memoir the narrator details starting a half acre garden near a farmhouse. He clashes with weeds and pests, attempts odd seed-planting tales, combats cabbage worms with a club, and learns that steady hoeing and stubborn labor yield steady progress despite misadventures.
A夫ractical garden tale recounts a husband wife duo tending a farm plot. They boast shared labor and savor fresh produce while battling rabbits mole damage and seasonal frosts. Birds, quail, and pests shape their modest harvest ending with a frosty sunset over bare stakes. ERNEST W. McGAFFEY
The article advises timeless dressing suited to time and age, favors simpler outfits for modest budgets, and highlights a coming yellow apricot shade with white braid. It discusses footwear trends from dark green to woven gold and silver, the shift from stripes to checks, and outlines preferred colors and fabrics for spring, including mohairs, surahs, and traveling morning wear.
United States targets real estate to cover a $16 633 80 claim against John Vohr East End grocer convicted of violating the oleomargarine law. Federal raid on his Hamilton avenue plant led to seizure of stock and property held in wife Bessie Vohr name. Vohr appeals a $500 fine and 18 months in the Allegheny county workhouse awaiting circuit court ruling.
John and Stephen Tunstall twins, born in Peekskill, marked their eighty fifth birthday. They learned the same trade, married sisters, and have lived in Scranton since 1855. Each lives with family. both are teetotal, rarely ill, and active Elm Park church members.
Colorado Springs reports the discovery of Gen. Zebu lon M. Pike’s 1806 exploration manuscripts by Herbert E. Bolton. The papers, seized by Spaniards in Chihuahua after Pike’s capture, may illuminate early American history and address Pike’s link to the Burr conspiracy.
In Lenox Michigan Father Schraader leads a heated church dispute as parishioners clash over replacing the damaged church with a new building. Backed by Bishop Foley he refuses heat in the old house while two stoves are finally installed. Ground breaks for the new church in spring.
Miss Mary Aylesworth a Providence native born 1818 served as nurse to Rev William Hague’s family from 1837 to 1873 then cared for Mrs Joseph Campbell and her eight children until her death in Orange New Jersey. She fractured her hips last fall and was largely confined to her home before passing.
Local reminiscences recall The Home Minstrels at Hinckley’s Opry House. The act featured Sigbee’s Cornet band and Mandy Hicks, with jokey gags about chickens and fences. Mentions of past shows in various towns and light magazine humor punctuate a stream of nostalgic vignettes.
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