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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
8
Albert Payson Terhune urges boys to learn proper walking and stair climbing to build breathing, leg strength, and posture. He advocates boxing, fencing, bag punching, and careful football, stressing self control, safety, and athletic discipline for mental and physical development.
The article describes preparations by Detroit naval interests for the Lake freighters and passenger steamers as they ready for a busy sailing period. About 180 vessels are registered from Detroit with 25 passenger steamers carrying thousands of travelers, requiring extensive outfitting costing around 175000 dollars for the fleet. The program includes scrubbing, painting, upholstering, carpentry, and restocking, with meticulous attention to bedding, silver, china, glassware, carpets, linens, towels, and napkins.
A philosopher ponders the idea that writers are not workers. He claims a callus on his right hand from banging on the table edge to ink the page, a vivid image of the toil behind authorship. The fragment ends with a stray phrase about a potato thief.
The narrator mocks stale greetings and shares anecdotes about captious critics and overbright responses. He recalls a pianist, a typewriter named Miss Jones, and a New Thought disciple, all illustrating odd variants of the standard hello. He extols a rugged Texas version of how do you do as refreshingly sincere.
A young man in a merchant's office defends his center parting against an older bald clerk who mocks him. The reply points out the clerk’s own midline part and quips that his is wider, prompting a sharp, humorous exchange in front of others.
The House of Commons offers a special vegetarian table d hote in the members dining rooms. A small number of MPs strictly avoid flesh and fish while many others are now adopting vegetarian options.
Hivling’s temper over a smudge on his shirt front leads to a comic quarrel with Mrs. Hiving. He daubs two broad lines creating a cross while arguing about missing the party. He ultimately skips the event, returns later, and tries to downplay the fiasco among friends.
A London society writer notes Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wife of the American ambassador, avoids ostentatious dressing yet shines in fur display at the Bourbon wedding. Her Russian sable set surpasses royal furs, while her diamonds show restraint. The contrast highlights wealth without vulgarity.
A young Alexander the Great avoided fatal harm at a Macedonian banquet when his father King Philip, furious at a toast deemed offensive, lunged with a sword but collapsed drunk before reaching him. Alexander quips about crossing from Europe to Asia and remaining steady between couches.
A railroader voices awe and fear at steam engines and electrics, recalling a Delaware & Hudson locomotive that jumped back on the track and praising the living drive of machines. He compares throttle feels, warns of whims, and recalls yard work skill with old rails and third rails.
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