Have Peopled the Island Dutch Colony of Timor Descendants
A 1917 Goshen Democrat note recounts eight Dutch soldiers marooned on Kissa island near Timor in 1865. Their descendants grew from 16 to about 300 over two and a half centuries, maintaining European features despite intermarriage, and producing many children. Also notices Machinists Wanted by Studebaker Corp. South Bend. IND.
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Netherlands East India Company
Kissa
Timor
J. Macmillan Brown
Kaffyn
Dutch East India Company
Glande Tunic touted to fight colds and throat troubles
An old advertisement claims Glande Tunic, from Cland-Aid Co Port 7 pists, quickly breaks up colds grip and tonsillitis. It credits Dwight TH Hawks as a droggist endorsement and suggests using it with other remedies.
Secretary Baker Praises Flyers at French Aviation Center
Secretary Baker and General Pershing toured France’s largest aviation camp where 100 planes steamed overhead and pilots demonstrated daring nose dives. Baker praised supply and repair order while the visit highlighted training, nurses at Red Cross barracks, and a training accident prompting medical care for a student pilot.
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Pershing
Red Cross
Baker
France
General Pershing
Miss Given Wilson
New York
General Perishing
Mr. Baker
Ble
Bombs Kill Eight in England and London Attack
Eight people died and twenty two were injured in a German raid over Gladepool as Lord French announced the defense forces chief. The report cites a powerful bombing campaign affecting England and London with casualties and damage.
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England
London
Gladepool
Lord French
Haue Defense Forces
First Case Laugh In Court As Young Lawyer Misfires
In a superior civil court, a novice asked a witness to produce an oral contract with the plaintiff. Laughter erupted as everyone waited for the contract, the attorney requesting extra time until two o'clock. The judge and crowd shared the humor at the young lawyer’s misstep.
Indian Name for Whisky and Trade Tactics
The Huden's Bay Trading Company sought to induce Indigenous trade by selling liquor. Early spirits were imported and diluted to increase furs, but Indians learned that burning whisky on a fire separated impurities, giving rise to the term fire water. A chief claimed the whisky came from wildcat hearts and women's tongues, a grim folk etymology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huden’s Bay Trading Company
England
America
Women and humanness across the bridge of life
The speaker contrasts life as a masculine world of war commerce and art with a separate home realm. Crossing the bridge, women are seen as threatening, prompting a call that women must become more human to soften men and foster humane childrearing for racial development.
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Shime
Humen
Eels Strive to Climb Falls Draw Willamette Report
Far from sea monkeys, Willamette and Columbia River salmon fishermen near Portland report eels attempting waterfalls at The Dalles. Eels die attempting the climb, crushed by water as they fail to reach upper currents. Over sixty tons of eels were gathered last month at The Dates.
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Willamette
Columbia Rivers
Portland
Ore
Dalles
Columbia River
Ashby Questions Pielding’s Value Against Batting
The young Mr. Ashby asks about Pielding and calls it important but says it gains little without strong batting. He emphasizes that skill at the plate remains essential.
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Mr. Ashby
Verdun Front Battles Report From March War Office
Berlin reports a Breeneh attack on a wide Verdun sector repelled. Artillery duels and hand to hand fighting noted east of the Meuse near Sumnagneux and Degonvaux. Seventeen enemy aircraft shot down, French prisoners taken, including a battalion commander. London says night raids near Epeby and Gaviette succeeded with some prisoners captured. Front activity includes artillery along the Scarpe and regions south of Lens. Paris notes heavy shelling on the Meuse west bank.
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Berlin
London
Verdun
War Office
Ime
Mirnders
Wildnore
Barry- McRae
Cashire
Avecourt
Meuse
Tressin
Waldeek
Sumnagneux
Degonvaux
Marel
Epeby
Gaviette
Lens
Scarpe Valley
Polygon Wood
Sat Basse Canal
Tas
Conbhiana
la Basse
Monta Ranch
Paris
Official
Roport
Verdun Front
Seize 15 Russian Warships Reported by Berlin Telegram
An ISA telegram from Berlin to Koelnische Volks claims Russian warships were captured. The account lists 15 ships seized near Jassy Routninia and mentions General Miifardedt planning actions to prevent further ships, with a proposed prize of 2,600,000 pubtos by the Japanese.
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Amsterdan
Maaeh
Isa
Berlin
Koelnische Volks
Russia
Han Borat Oalessi
Jassy
Ostenmers Tapsoe Iistandl
Teaving
FCE Seizes Swedish Ships Amid Nordic tangle
A report from the Gothenburg Shipping Gazette states that Swedish steamers Tage Swetish and Gothenhugg were intercepted by Chenin schillines off Ska, northern Denmark, and forced to travel to Germany. The incident, narrated by Capon Dagen, notes the seizure and custody actions.
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London
Mavel
Tage Swetish
Hargest Gothenhugg
Chenin Schillines
Ska
Juthend
Denmark
Geriny
Gothenbarg Shippiag
Caszette
Fow
Fran Capon Dagen
Othertiwehagen Pelegriph CO Rady
A Man Uses Postcards To Himself For Memory Aid
Mr. Spiegelhausen devises a system of writing postal cards to himself from either home or the office to jog memory for tasks and appointments. He sends reminders about dinners, tickets, and errands, but over time his planning becomes overbearing and he forgets to check the cards.
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Mr. Spiegelhausen
Record of Criminal Lives in 18th Century Auction
The New England New York Mail notes a scarce volume titled The Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Condemned and Executed for Murder and Burglary From 1720 to 1735. It describes notorious figures Jack Sheppard Kennedy the Pirate Jonathan Wild Mrs Griffin Edward Burnsworth William Barwick and others. The era saw widespread reading of sensational crime narratives in libraries and by clerics and ladies alike.
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Jack Sheppard
Kennedy
Pirate
Jonathan Wild
Mrs. Griffin
Edward Burnsworth
William Barwick
New England
New York Mail
Belgian Baby Fund Seeks Subscriptions for Rohingya Children
The Belgian Baby Fund, a Red Cross branch led by Mrs. G. G. Baridis, appeals for subscriptions to buy materials for clothing and layettes for destitute Rohingya children. Red Cross funds do not cover materials, so donations support ongoing work. Subscriptions may be mailed to the Goshen Democrat or directly to Mrs. Lanilis.
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Red Cross
G. G. Baridis
Coutine
Lee
Goshen Dammocrat
Mas
Lanilis
Muscles and Brain: Mosso Recommends Balanced Exercise
Mosso of Turin argues physical education builds brains as well as muscles and that reading should start after age nine. He notes muscular fatigue mirrors intellectual fatigue, neurons rest about every ten seconds, and active brain parts alternate. More mobile limbs imply greater intelligence given other factors.
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Mosso
Turin
Harper's Weekly
Tea in 1753 London Household Described
The London World cites a model rector's home where tea is the sole luxury and would be banned if wife could forget London schooling. The Female Spectator blamed the tea table for excessive cost, arguing it upsets household economy and breeds idleness, referencing earlier views.
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London World
Blind Potatoes Said to Suffer Eye Loss in Seed Tubers
An English agricultural authority reports some potatoes are afflicted with blindness, a disease that destroys the eyes of tubers and makes them worthless for seed. The publication notes types of potatoes and the impact on seed quality.
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Goshen Democrat
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Dwight TH. Hawks
Shookman Grocery
Shookman
Jacobs & Hoth Sanitary Grocery and Merket
Atc
Mie. Baker
Philadelphia
Imake
Fiyer
Agin
Metipittis
Sonat
Baker's Pantry
Othe Plaza News
Caip
Mas Baker
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Tinebeath
Dently
Hunan
Camp Fremont
Cal
John &. Morrison
Eiath
Leitch
Eygard
Odessa
FCE
Skaw
Lydia E. Pinkham
West Philadelphia
Ydia
Itzgerald
N. 41St Street
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
the Comfort Powder Co
Boston
Mass
Books ON Reserve
Goshen Electric Wiaterial Co
Jefferson Theater
Apex Electric Vacuum Cleaners
Furniture Exchange
H. L. Schlabaugh Cero
The
Bembufsky Seed Co
Main St
Goshen, Ind
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