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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
3
Advice urges wives to raise their husbands and children to higher social levels. It recommends education in manners, even resolving forks usage, and promoting continual self-improvement with the motto Ever upward.
A critical monologue on middle class families raising children to climb social ladders. The speaker notes Chinese ancestry as a marker of restraint yet highlights mothers shaping futures, comparing past dangers of rail lines to current push for higher social status and mobility. The piece critiques snobbery and national identity amid changing American norms.
A reflective essay argues that rapid machines like steam cars electric cars and gasoline motors speed through daily life near children. Mothers adapt teaching balance between danger and living, predicting future nimble children who will dodge hazards and drive a faster, improved human race. It concludes with a quotation about fidelity and business success.
In a quiet autumn setting Lim Jacklin wrestles with past sins as a fiery preacher leads a stern sermon. The crowd reacts with mix of fear and flirtation as old scandals surface, ending with Jacklin seeking a private talk about repentance and truth.
An old man argues with Jacklin about theology and progress. He argues that fear destroys faith and cites the Bible as love and hope, while Jacklin clings to hell and warns of danger. The exchange covers modernity, printing, and the church’s role among the young.
Quote by John A Howland on self assessment over public opinion urging personal integrity and honest self regard.
An observing woman notes trends in social dining with rock candy crystals served in coffee and red plus white crystal mixes for sweetness. She describes bonbon dishes and spoons, minimal sugar amounts, and notes pepper and onion sprinkles on salads plus a flaming rum omelet as a dramatic finish with sugar heaps around the platter.
Practical tips cover book repair shelfing and cleaning methods. Advice includes lining shabby books with tan moire paper, using lemon juice or apple peel for stains, rinsing rings in water, scrubbing cups and jugs, avoiding near heat sources, dampening oven care, baking tips for gas ovens, boot leather cleaning with soda and potato, and stain removal for Vaseline on linen with kerosene or alcohol prior to washing.
A recipe enables boiling tongue then baking in a tomato sauce with butter flour and water. An odd note describes making a baby cage from a barrel for keeping a child busy while mother works, using staves oil cloth and suspension from hoops.
A recipe for ribbon cake lists ingredients: sugar, butter, eggs, milk, flour, cream tartar, soda and salt, with vanilla. Suggests 3 to 4 layers and flavoring. A split batter variant adds molasses, raisins, citron and spices with jelly to seal layers.
Cabbage is shaved fine and cooked in milk for about 20 minutes until tender and odorless. Spaghetti and beef recipe browns one pound chopped beef with onions, then adds broken spaghetti, tomatoes, red pepper, and salt and simmers about half an hour.
On the Statendam voyage from Rotterdam to New York a mother, Mrs Bertha Byzlik, tossed her infant Elsa into the sea amid steerage chaos and superstition. She is held at Ellis Island as authorities assess her mental state and possible responsibility.
Arthur Griever walked his dog in South Bethlehem when the animal attacked a six foot water snake. The dog fought the reptile, biting the snake’s head and ending the struggle as the snake clamped around the dog briefly before the bite.
District Engineer John Smith of Engine No. 1 raced from Fifteenth and Christian to Howard Hospital to save four year old Rosalie McTague after a Christian Street home fire. She died soon after admission. her parents were badly burned. Fire origin unknown but believed caused by children playing with matches.
A collection of humorous vignettes and anecdotes including a Kansas farmer Thomas Catt killed by a mule’s piledriver attachment, stray reflections on Roosevelt and fashion, a dog pedigree joke, and a rustic tale of burrs, misfortune, and misadventure.
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