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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
4
The narrator recounts a prank filled adventure at an orphanage, detailing a boy’s mischief with a milk squeezing device, a failed strike, hunger, a balloon ruse, and a late night rescue by kind townsfolk. The tale blends humor with harsh hues of hardship and unlikely shelter.
A heavy stainless water glass in the hospital receiving ward cracks three times before the telegraph announces four child ward deaths in succession. Attendant Archie Miller witnesses the warnings and exclaims at the strangeness as Joseph Manning dies next.
The forest service outlines six regional field headquarters modeled on the Washington office to be located at Portland San Francisco Albuquerque Salt Lake Denver and Missoula Montana Six district foresters will lead the offices with experts in grazing silviculture operations lands and other lines of work Each district will employ about 50 foresters and clerks to bring forestry administration closer to the public while continuing investigative work in Washington Mr Pinchot will appoint the district heads in the near future
In a Kansas City drug store a three year old boy, calling himself Willie or John, is cared for by Sgt. Larrabee after a frantic call from a distressed woman at 2316 Charlotte. The mother, Mrs Miller, reports Leo is lost and may be hurt and asks officers to search immediately. The boy wears a white scarf and blue coat and seems unsettled, with no clear name given.
Burton H Moore of Winsted arranged a match to seal a farm sale by promising to find a farmer’s wife for James Clayton. The Claytons looked at Mrs Tibball’s 30 acre Winchester property and bought the farm with cash, while Moore kept the details of the matching woman secret.
Mrs. Della Williams of Muncie underwent a second operation in which a ten inch gauze sponge left in her pelvic cavity during the Fort Wayne hospital procedure was removed. The sponge caused inflammation and nearly proved fatal if not for swift relief, but she is now recovering and expected to be completely well.
Mitchell South Dakota reports a practical joke at a wedding trip when Lollie Nolt was chained with a cowbell and padlock by friends near Mount Vernon. After release by blacksmiths at the Mitchell roundhouse the groom continued toward Ethan where he and Vera Shane will reside.
In Philadelphia secreted notes found on 12 year old Andrew known as Slippery Stein list 132 houses for gas and water pipe raids. His 10 year old brother Francis and other youths are in juvenile court after police caught them in a vacant residence. Police say the pair are trained thieves who steal lead pipe in large quantities and haul it away. They expect more arrests involving older accomplices.
Police court records at Central Station show Bill the parrot charged with drunken and disorderly behavior. The bird swore fiercely during the arrest alongside Charles Busey, a local resident.
The excerpt outlines core Christian foundations: repentance as divine life, faith toward God for salvation and power, the meaning of baptism as obedience, belief in the resurrection of the dead, laying on of hands as Holy Spirit impartation, and the concept of eternal judgment. It contrasts dead works with genuine faith and emphasizes proper grounds for salvation and worship.
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