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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
1
A column ridicules a Boston gambling raid on a Chinese run school using chips as pretend learning aids. It mocks a Celestial interpreter and a stern school treasurer, claiming the sessions occur after midnight to aid memory, ending with harsh racial insinuations.
The piece praises reinforced concrete viaducts across salt water linking Florida to Key West, likening them to Roman arches and highlighting beauty and strength. It then argues political results are not fate, noting cycles of elections and shifting fortunes in England and the US, with socialist setbacks and eventual recoveries.
Reported death toll includes an officer and 35 men after a British cruiser collided with a torpedo-boat destroyer at Portmouth. The disaster is described as one of the worst of its kind. The text also notes King Alfonso ordering a chicken meal from an American firm amid ongoing financial strains.
A vintage fashion overview discusses transforming winter pieces for spring, prioritizing house dresses and light outerwear over coats. It highlights a chic seven gores skirt for rain and walking, pairing with tailored jackets, rough straw hats, and versatile fabrics like pongee, linen, and lace trims.
The piece notes brown shoes to pair with Cuban or high heels and fancy-tipped toes, while conservative women favor dull black calf walking boots. Silk parasols feature lace Dresden embroidery and white linen needlework with Valenciennes ruchings. Coachings use rich borders. sleeves become three quarter length. 16-button gloves are common. High collared dresses require boning.
The article introduces mulberry as a fresh color, a blend of crushed strawberry and raspberry, close to old rose. It suits linen suits with white cuffs, often trimmed with white cotton or soutache braid. Mirage silk also comes in mulberry for house dresses and dancing frocks.
The article advises cleansing with hot water and soap to clear pores and treats pimples as superficial issues. It recommends a camel hair brush with care, alternate hot and cold cloths for ten minutes, and night adhesive plasters with cold cream in the morning. It also mentions lemon juice lightening hair and parsley on scalp with tartar salts in rainwater for dandruff.
The article outlines a shirt case measuring about 21 by 11 inches when closed designed to hold shirts, handkerchiefs, ties, collars and gloves. It folds with flaps and pockets, fastened by ribbons, and keeps garments organized both on trips and at home, reducing wrinkles and forgotten items.
A vintage fashion snippet notes droopy hats with leghorns in medium size and small hats with inverted bowl shapes. Sweet peas in vivid color cluster around the crown and a velvet wired bowknot rises at the left, marking a stylish, easily made accessory trend.
A man recalls his boyhood with a grindstone in the yard. He notes two neighboring boys turning it to sharpen knives, a playful contrast to his harsher, stricter tutelage and the discipline of older, weapon sharpener work. He reflects on character formed by such work and the absence of oversight today.
A Philadelphia wedding story recounts a prank at a downtown hotel dinner. A father-in-law, honored as godfather to a business associate’s baby, sent his daughter-in-law to buy a fine gift. She bought a ten dollar baby carriage claiming it was a sale because it wasn’t the person. Laughter followed.
The prince of Wales walks in St James Park when two boys follow him. One boy declares his friend is French and bets that Edward is heir to England. The prince asks what the other boy bet, and the first answers that the friend bet Edward is a Parisian. The prince smiles and says he has won both bets.
Prince Demidoff aged 23 has departed Khartum for a six month southern hunting excursion. He travels with a doctor a chef and a cinematograph operator to document lion hunts. A private steamer costs about £26 daily and the party plans to enter the French Congo then reach the Atlantic coast.
Albert, five, with grandma, searches for a birthday present for his mother. After many rejections he suggests "button boots" saying opera slippers are already too many and they can't be taken or go away.
A discussion of ambassadorial salaries and the expense of maintaining a grand post overseas. The piece cites figures for London Paris Berlin and St. Petersburg and compares the lavish spending of great diplomats like Whitelaw Reid and Charlemagne Tower with more modest offices.
A French woman inventor claims a military corset can slim soldiers and keep officers athletic. Surgeon General O'Reilly is hesitant to consider the idea despite support from certain officials, while officers on Governors Island and in Washington mock or debate the proposal.
A government report shows that more than 1,260,000 people in India are receiving state relief. The figure highlights the scale of poverty and relief measures during the period.
A multi millionaire reclines for a shave as bystanders guess at his thoughts. He reveals he is studying two files doing handsprings on the ceiling, ending their futile speculation with a quick, humorous twist.
Mrs William Geeding of Attica Indiana reports a long lasting recovery from scratching sores in her baby using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After three applications the eruptions healed without scarring and sores never returned or polluted the blood.
A penniless loafer picked up a glittering object then pinned it to his coat and walked toward railroad yards. He collided with a slow freight train and was tossed against a post. The train dispatcher had Patrick Doyle search, and he was identified only by a badge on his coat as a Lady Maccabee.
The article explains methods to detect adulterants in linseed oil used for painting. It advises testing kerosene adulteration with a drop on black paint to reveal iridescence, smelling corn and fish oils, and using a blow pipe provided by National Lead Company to test white lead adulteration, with free instructions from the Woodbridge Building, New York.
A famous English barrister once defended a cook accused of poisoning his master. After a brilliant defense the cook was acquitted. The cook asked how to repay him, and the barrister replied do anything you can, but never cook for me.
Fragmented OCR text suggests humorous remarks about tea remedies and police in plain clothes. It mentions a woman consulting her husband about police pay and wives, with a Philadelphia Ledger quote. The fragment ends with a pun about hugging and squeezing by another name.
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