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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
7
In a windswept seaside house, a narrator and Monica uncover ghostly visitors. A child named Nancy haunts a hidden panel and room, guiding discovery of a stepmother’s crime, a murdered girl, and a wooden doll buried with her last wishes.
A historical note traces how general advertising emerged from a New York newspaper full page misprint and grew into a trusted standard for products. It argues advertising saved time for households, built consumer confidence, and shaped shopping habits through repeated, reliable exposure and the spread of information via magazines.
The article describes a gold enameled oudji worn by Alice Harriman on a Tuscan chain. A gold square features Horus's eye and a river motif of emeralds, symbolizing constancy and eternal love. The charm, once popular with Belles of ancient Egypt, is now imitated by others.
In a cordial exchange a Cornell co-ed debater Miss Elizabeth Cook reflects that a capable woman earns respect yet faces bias. She recalls a maid’s story of a salesman who must handle 15 sample cases, only to be countered by his insistence that he travels with his wife.
A London man boasts of skyscrapers so tall that cupolas are banned. A Cork cabby jokes that clouds would be punctured spraying rain out. He adds buildings over here bend tin roofs to avoid shaving the moon.
Anachronistic vignette shows J Pierpont Morgan in Paris at the Bristol sharing an art anecdote with an art critic about his London collection. He recounts a story of two men exiting a shop with a Raphael priced at 500 francs and signed, sparking talk of a rare bargain and the Battle of Waterloo as the subject.
In a humor sketch Pete protest he is willing to work but suffers stage fright. He claims conscientiousness keeps him from fitting a job well and eagerly desires to work despite his fear, joking about his reluctance.
Bur roughs says he has a great chance to make big money on certain investments. Wise interrupts, remarking the goat had to borrow himself this men.
Franklin W. Smith, a Boston hardware merchant and founder of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, faced a 1864 court martial and five year sentence for alleged contract fraud after clashing with wartime contractors. President Lincoln intervened after Sumner's briefing, halting the sentence and overturning the verdict, an act hailed as a major postwar injustice corrected before Lincoln’s assassination.
Gen. O O Howard recounts a Washington scene in the White House where Lincoln's integrity and faith impressed officers and civilians. A prominent senator speaks of right leads to success, and Lincoln responds with a sharp retort asserting his own steadfast faith amid the crowd.
Dr Robert Koch, after studying Africa's sleeping sickness in Uganda and the Congo, warns the disease, carried by the tsetse fly and spread by tropic commerce, may transmit like other infections. He questions eradicating crocodiles as a control and notes historical cases aboard slave ships and varying regional spread.
The appointee, 41, a Ohio native and University of Minnesota graduate, has served as assistant to General Bonaparte and led key Sherman and interstate commerce cases for the government. He argued before the Supreme Court, helped shape Interstate Commerce Act principles, investigated the Brownsville riots, and was United States attorney for Minnesota before his district judge appointment.
The At lant ic squadron heads toward Puget Sound in June as the battleship or first class cruiser with the top tar get practice score at Magdalena Bay earns Spokane a solid silver trophy worth 1500 dollars. The prize will be competed for annually among American navy battleships and cruisers, with Washington Governor Albert E Mead to attend the fleet reception. Spokane plans a special train and expects many attendees from the region.
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