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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
1
A study from the New York Weekly argues graceful poise beats raw beauty. An erect carriage and smooth manners improve charm more than clothing, with gradual self observation and avoidance of awkward poses guiding natural grace.
Andrew Carnegie pledges 3 million dollars to Carnegie technical schools in Pittsburg on condition of acquiring additional grounds. This adds to 6 million from prior gifts while the Carnegie Institute is set to benefit up to 25 million. He also earmarks 5 million for Carnegie Steel employees and funds libraries and other institutions in the area.
The piece stresses the importance of fresh air in sleeping rooms with at least one slightly open window to ensure a continual air change. It notes that pure air and sunlit rooms improve health and recommends airing bedclothes daily. It also comments on Russian civilization and a public duel, contrasting open sanction with outlawed private duels and a judge’s ruling on a wife’s right to play games.
A New York Telegraph note describes uptown hotel rules forcing tenants to dine in restaurant areas, forbidding cooking in rooms. Managers enforce provisions, with recent incidents including a milk bottle ban and a complaints chase revealing a man cooking sausages on an oil stove, amid sleuthing and clashes with tenants.
Dr Winn promotes a permanganate and formaldehyde gas method as a quick disinfectant. In minutes it destroys tuberculosis typhoid and other microbes in a room with an iron bucket and heated formaldehyde, enabling laymen to fumigate spaces suspected of contagion.
In a London Tit-Bits excerpt a minister repeats a sermon tale about two sparrows for three pence. A South Africa bound youth reappears after three years and notes a change in the place, joking that the sparrow price has stayed the same while many things have not.
Dr W B Winn assistant health commissioner promotes a home pest killer in St Louis using five ounces of permanganate of potash and ten ounces of formaldehyde. He claims the fumes can choke millions of bacilli and kill pests quietly without harm to people in the home.
Prof McGoozle, presenting under the Society of Social Uplifters on The Flexibility of Our Mother Tongue, rebuked a heckler with a sharp remark about self pursuit. The interruption ended as the scholar resumed the talk with a note of triumph.
German papers focus on Gabrile D'Annunzio's wardrobe detailing 72 day shirts 12 dozen silk socks and vast hat collection. His Rome and Paris made evening clothes and undergarments of fine silk cost £800, with a wardrobe described as more extensive and costly than any living millionaire.
A brief exchange with Mr Gil and Mrs Gib debating a scientist’s claim that great talkers risk insanity. The light chat hints at skepticism and social curiosity about bold communication.
Fragmentary dialogue references a sharp retort from a wife during a visit to a tank. The text is garbled and provides little context about people, place, or event, leaving the core incident unclear.
A Muskogee Oklahoma report details a small Seneca band on a reservation performing the Wood Face ritual. Masks carved of wood painted red and black with silver eyes, turtle shell rattles, and horsehair hairpieces are worn as they dance and chant to drive out evil spirits from the sick. The ceremony is said to both aid the patient and unsettle observers.
The article notes a long standing organization in the tribe with generations of presence. It details varied procedures yet a consistent character and guarded signs and symbols rivaling Freemasonry. It claims spiritual benefits believed by adherents akin to religious faith.
Two-year span saw Pittsburgh institutions lose 1.591 million dollars to dishonest staff. Edward Cun Iliffe stole 101000 en route to a Cincinnati bank and served time. Hixson and Wray stole 385000 from Union Trust in speculative bets. Reiber linked to earlier bank scandal and later tied to attempts to control Pittsburg Lead and Zinc with 170800 shares in hand.
James Wall, a Toledo machine molder, procured a probate court license to wed Mary Bishop on July 13, 1903. This week a Dayton justice of the peace certified that the bonds were tied, nearly five years after the license was issued.
A dated essay counsels wives on controlling husbands through subtle tactics and authority. It advocates plotting to curb male vanity, enforcing domestic rules, and using finances to maintain power, concluding with a sharp tableau of a servant dismissed over conflict.
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis argues the Christian ethic explains historical growth of Christianity and influences modern business. He cites railroad directors choosing lower dividends to avoid wage cuts, contrasting past greed with a rising Christian regime guided by moral leadership.
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