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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
1
A farmer's daughter argues for living among beauty while a city friend grooms him with photos and books. Youth's Companion notes the craving for real ownership of beauty, saying civilization must learn from the East that beauty is a life necessity and quotes Mohammed on buying flowers for the soul.
A collection of brief incidents shows calm, ordered responses to fires and dangers. A Long Island Sound steamer avoids tragedy with 600 passengers saved, a New York church event ends without panic, and Guayaquil recalls plague fears guiding safer construction while immigrants face probation rules.
Horace L. Seaver, veteran Illinois Central engineer, says a long‑deceased specter sits beside him in the cab guiding the Big Four fast express. In 1890 the ghost warned of a burned bridge, saving 1,000 soldiers en route to Champaign, Illinois, and again saved a collision at Grand Crossing by ordering a reverse move.
Miss Edna Laemmermann an ironer at a Fort Wayne steam laundry suffered scalp torn off when her hair looped around a shaft above her work station and pulled her onto the shaft. She was taken to hospital after a temporary skull dressing and doctors replaced the scalp in the hope of healing though recovery is uncertain. The injury left her skull exposed from brow to neck.
Francis Carnahan of North Braddock was injured when he stepped on his cat on the stairs. The cat remained uninjured and later sat under the kitchen stove purring. Carnahan will be confined in a hospital for several days after the fall.
Reader guidance from William A Radford on roof styles especially gambrel or curb roofs and hip roofs. Notes on terminology misuse and architectural language, urging accuracy and proper curves for visually pleasing eaves.
A descriptive note on a six room house design emphasizing sunlight and stair placement plus humorous vignettes about local characters. The writer critiques the plan’s layout for lighting and convenience while offering homebuilding ideas and small town anecdotes.
The New York World notes bootblacking has become long term rental business in Hudson terminal buildings with rates totaling 124000 dollars, needing 24800000 five cent shines to cover rent. It highlights shift from boy bootblacks to Italian operators, rising earnings in City Hall Park protests, and the presence of organized groups and women entering the trade.
Gossiping readers remark on a tall dog seen by Mrs Mouldy and Mr Neyer, noting surprise at its height and humor in the moment.
Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St Denver Colorado writes that after six years of female trouble and an unsuccessful operation she regained health with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the remedy for displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, backache and period pain and invites other ill women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A religious minded woman signals her first child with a telegram reading Tgalah 9 6, interpreted as For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given. A friend jokingly asks why Isaiah and notes the baby weighs nine pounds six ounces.
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