12 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
1
Goshen announces early start on war gardens with the slogan No vacant lots Everyone a Food Producer. Citizens may seek or assign lots, priority given to those from Pirse Industrial Rotter Bearing Addition. requests due by March 25th. Saturdays offered for assistance. contact Chas W Foules at Hawks-Gortner Place.
A line from the Richmond Times Dispatch counsels lovers to express feelings openly instead of harboring them when in love. The quip suggests that declaring affection, even if awkward, is preferable to self restraint that risks an emotional explosion.
Tillie Clinger jokes that her new boss is hard to dictate to because he cannot think when chewing tobacco and cannot talk when not chewing. The remark appears in the Galveston News.
A proposed device combines horse blinders with golf gear to help players focus. A punchable bit forewarns against profanity by prompting controlled jaw movement.
In Nottingham England a village once called Wise Merfs Town was linked to the original Gotham. The saying ties the area to the famed wise men reputedly from Gotham.
In a voiced musing, Uncle Eben says he sees little hardship in food regulations urging people to eat cornbread and chicken, framing dietary limits in a folksy, humorous tone. The line reflects everyday attitudes toward government rules amid scarcity or cultural preferences.
A Public Ledger quotation cites a mob of unprincipled persons in the motorcar game, implying widespread corruption and manipulation through accessories. The remark questions motive and explains the influence of illicit elements on car-related schemes.
Quote from Charles Dickens in Dom by and Son notes hope as a buoy that floats but cannot steer, illustrating a restrained, metaphoric view of optimism and agency.
A traditional note explains that producing about 130 gallons of cider requires a ton of apples, illustrating the scale of apple use in cider making.
An old tobacco era warning notes tuberculosis risk from persistent coughing and urges rapid action before lung decay. It cites a statistic of a death every three minutes from tuberculosis and promotes a home cough syrup recipe sold by Dwight H. Hawks, druggist.
Tokyo pledges financial support and mobilizes for expeditions in Siberia and Manchuria. China agrees to cooperate with Japan to protect allied interests in the Far East while a U S loan is arranged. Japan moves to mobilize war industries and conscripts as Sino Russian tensions rise.
New York court clears Mrs. Tilanea Prraviz de Sanalles in the murder case of her former husband John DL. de Siaffes. The decision follows a long dispute over custody of their son Jack, with tensions tied to previous family conflicts and competing claims.
Governor Nurbeck ordered a special session of the South Dakota legislature to convene Monday March 18. The session will consider granting franchise to soldiers serving in Europe.
Newton D. Baker arrives in Paris with a seven member staff aboard an American carrier cruiser. He is received by General Pershing, General Bliss, French officers, and Ambassador Sharp, then escorted to the Hotel Crillon for a brief stay before continuing to Paris. Submarine sighting none. voyage weather mostly fine with two stormy days.
London reports Leon Trotzky was dismissed as Bolshevik foreign minister by Premier Lenin over a quarrel on German peace terms. Trotzky argued the treaty was extorted under duress and Russia must resist. Lenin insisted the treaty be ratified and implemented despite its perceived flaws.
London reports German raids along the Ypres sector near Armentières and Puisselient as British lines hold with exchanges of fire. Opposing forces reportedly repulsed at multiple points with some prisoners taken, and Allied aircraft claim several enemy air blows while suffering no major losses.
Workers at the Atmeean shipyard line: hundred employees walked out Sunday. By Monday all but ten returned to work as the strike ended.
March 12 dispatch says the Bolshevik government orders a Moscow shift to organize resistance on all fronts against Germany and Japan. Reports describe suppression of newspapers, dispersal of organizations, executions, and harsh German pressurized control in Riga Smolensk and near Novozibkell as forces concentrate on the Orsha front and defense plans.
Troops pushed about a mile and three quarters in one front of 12 miles near Jerusalem and Nimrod. The British secured ridges along the north bank of the Wadi Eldeh and repelled three counterattacks while operations continue. A Turkish garrison retreated toward the Euphrates, suffering in the retreat as British forces press forward.
A damaged OCR note from the era reports Mrs. Wilson regrets not attending a White House ceremony for Governor Whittar of New Sap. It mentions a meeting requested by Mrs Geathena in New York, with references to a signal corps test and a five year old daughter of a secretary.
A Kansas City Star quip treats a fictional, notably wicked man in Arkansas, listing his absurd talents and misdeeds as a satire of sensational advice columns. It questions his willingness to share opinions via open letters and parodies public curiosity.
A humorous survey notes that Germans call a thimble a finger hat and a grasshopper a hay horse while naming oxygen sour stuff and hydrogen water stuff. It adds quirks about French lacking stand and kick terms and Hindu lacking friend words, with Italians lacking humility.
A ship cargo of 400 rare tropical fish suffers heavy losses with more than 100 dying en route from seasickness. The survivors arrive in dire need of care, prompting explanation that tanked water and pre voyage starvation are used to reduce stress.
A historical note on how dress laws during the French Revolution targeted trousers. German rulers banned or discouraged the garment to signal revolutionary leanings. The Elector of Hesse-Cassel forced convicts to wear pants to mock sansculotte fashion, while Prussia limited officials to knee breeches up to 1798.
A traveling narrator to London's Royal Society describes Australian shore spiders that live between high and low water. When tides rise they flood their rock crevices, yet the spiders survive by weaving silk sheets over the entrances, trapping air to stay alive while submerged.
An Italian chemist states that one square yard of earth receives six hours of sun daily, equaling 1.8 pounds of coal. At this rate, about 1200 miles of area yearly would yield energy equivalent to 1.1 billion tons of coal mined annually in Europe and the United States.
Louis F. Phillips as administrator of John A. Miller's estate will offer at the Miller residence six miles southeast of Goshen and one mile east of Berkey church on March 13 at 12:30 PM an assortment of farm implements, livestock, tools, and household goods including chickens hay corn plows wagons harness stove dining furniture sewing machine beds and many other items with terms to be announced sale day. D. G. Lehman, auctioneer.
Chinese gardeners plant statuette figurines in pots and train live evergreens to grow up around them. The vines cover the figures like robes, with white faces and hands peeking through the green leaves.
A reflection on how acts of kindness and courage inspire others and how a life truly succeeds when it spreads inspiration. The message emphasizes that right actions lift others and empower bravery across communities.
When children cry out feverish and sleepless, Mothers find relief with Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children. Easy to give, they cleanse the stomach and bowels, ease colds, headaches, and teething. Ten thousand testimonials back the remedy at 25 cents.
Louis I. Miller administrator of the Miller estate schedules a sale Friday March 15 starting 10:00 a.m. at the old Neidig farm location 13a miles south and 1 mile west of Goshen. Items include five head horses seven head cattle one sow with pigs 60 Plymouth Rock chickens farming tools a 5 passenger auto and more plus household goods. TD G Lehman acts. Also advertising paint wall paper and rental listings with a local contact at 815 South 6th St and phone S08R.
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