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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
1
A miscellany of notes mentions Dutch wooden shoes and Castro, a Boston bank enforcing daily drills, a vacationing preacher sending weekly sermons by post, and a mail order church. It highlights a Pittsburg woman's $450 marriage bid, cheap wedding goods, longevity claims, and shifts in Norway’s pay equality. It also covers engagement bracelets, France marriage certificates cost, and a surge in marriages after a simplifying law.
Practical instructions for home canning of peas corn tomatoes beets and berries. Details cover rinsing methods heating times jar handling pulp removal and sealing plus notes on preservatives sanitation ripeness and storage. Includes cautions about borax boric acid and safe heat processing and jelly making with grapes and gelatin.
A compact recipe note describes sour cream dressing. Mix one cupful fresh sour cream with salt sugar pepper and mustard, beat well, chill two hours. Includes a butter egg yolk onion juice base and a cucumber serving variation with cayenne and additional seasonings.
Julia Bolton aged 12 and Etta Bolton aged 14, daughters of H. H. Bolton, saved a drowning companion and rescued a mail carrier during separate incidents near Hatttiesburg and Purvis Creek in Mississippi. Both girls are potential recipients of Carnegie hero medals as officials review their acts of courage with families and local authorities.
A polished Oxford graduate and Boer War veteran named Lambart told Mayor Markbreit he has only 15 cents and needs any job, even dishwashing, after claiming past wealth of 25,000 with losses to dissipation. He said he was best man at the duke of Manchester's wedding in 1900.
In Columbus Indiana John Hendricks six son of Capt William Hendricks is called the states youngest fireman. He loves sleeping at the firehouse with his father and practices sliding the pole. One night he awoke at headquarters and cried I am the first man ready and slid to the fire ahead of the crew.
The steamer Sarah arriving from St Michaels may be the first stern wheel river craft to use wireless. It communicates with Circle City and St Michaels while navigating upriver and downstream. Circle City has been sending wireless to Fairbanks but cannot receive replies due to equipment limits. Plum pudding shortages loom as Smyrna box makers strike delaying Christmas fruit cake supplies.
Samuel Leff recounts a 1906 Siberian prison escape aided by Mary Rittinger, detailing torture, a wall breach, a perilous journey through Minsk and Austria, and a final safe passage to New York aboard a ship with two Russian spies aboard, trusting the American flag.
Earl R. Hunt of Indianapolis, a 1905 DePauw alum, lost a Sigma Chi badge on a Greencastle to Cloverdale drive in Putnam County. The opal set pin turned up among baled old papers at Marion paper mills and was sold to a jeweler at a small price. A fraternity member later spotted the pin and identified the owner by the chapter markings.
The geographical commission, appointed seven years ago to map all towns, reports discovering 7,679 towns not previously officially known and lacking federal control. Many towns have populations from 6,000 to 15,000 and lie in remote Sierra Madre regions far from travel routes.
A cloudburst above Buffalo Park Colorado caused Buffalo Creek to overflow flooding the canyon. Trout were stranded on land as waters receded and many were picked off by people for an evening meal along the river banks.
The text argues flirtation marks youth rather than adult behavior. It claims adult flirtation shows arrested development or lack of personal growth, while youth expresses playful experimentation and exploration before mature mating. It condemns persistent adult flirtation as abnormal and insulting to civilization.
A reflection on changing gender roles with the rise of the new man who cooks, cares for children, and embraces gentler traits. The piece links this shift to democracy, noting men gain feminine qualities while women adopt new expressions of independence.
The article notes rising interest in road improvement across the nation with both parties paying attention. It argues roads are national in scope, requiring complete plans, expert leadership, proper grading and drainage, and suitable equipment to advance quality road material and construction.
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