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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
1
The Daily Democrat reviews the fading popularity of luxury fans. Paris elites close their shops while a leading maker notes German copies undermine modern styles. Antiques attract the rich, and even Japanes e fans rival French craftsmanship, yet many women abandon fans except on state occasions.
A Boston Herald writer denounces civilized society for craving brutal spectacles from pigeon shoots to arena fights. The piece notes Marseilles police halting such “sport,” questions Primrose Day in England, and jokes about primroses on Disraeli’s coffin, while quoting Henry W. Lucy. It ends with stray reflections on hat use and Wright brothers aviation.
Washington consul Henry Morgan reports on the polishing of the Cullinan diamond in Amsterdam. The stone, weighing 3027 carats rough, will yield a 500 to 600 carat gem, likely pear shaped, with an estimated final value around 2.5 million dollars. The process runs daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. for ten to eleven months, and secrecy surrounds its progress as experts acknowledge the risks of cleaving and shaping such a historic jewel.
French scientists Prof. Deprez and Dr. Rene Quinton test wind lift with simple aluminum models. Two apparatuses show how an inclined aluminum sheet can ascend a plane under a rising air current, balancing gravity and wind pressure to hover or move against the wind.
A sketch details a lawn-mower like device for planing floors. It sits on a thick roller and uses two plane like blades, one straight and one V shaped, to adjust cuts. Operators push it across floors allowing control of depth and grain direction while staying upright rather than crawling.
A harsh critique portrays American women as fuel for excessive spending and luxury. It blames fashionable dress and credit access for hard times, arguing fathers and husbands bear the cost while a few thrifty individuals may eventually master the spendthrifts.
A reader explains a method to determine south by aligning the sun with the hour hand on a watch. The midpoint between the hour hand and 12 indicates south, with north shown from 6 PM to 6 AM. In the southern hemisphere the rule is reversed.
Houston reports E G Atley a seven year old boy of Russian parentage and American birth is believed to be a living human battery. Medical experts electricians and physicians conducted tests after a metal filling in a tooth sparked fan operation a light bulb and buzzing. The boy’s touch shocked observers and a steel thimble magnetized his finger end. He held iron and nails show magnetic effects and a flatiron pulled nails and sent shocks to passersby.
In Bucyrus Ohio William Kranich painter faces suit by William Klein for sixty dollars after finishing farm building painting the cow ate leftover paint from the storage and died. The case centers on alleged negligent interior decoration of the casualty scene and the contract to paint Kleip’s farm buildings.
The Andromeda Nebula appears as a misty speck and challenges astronomers with a continuous solar-like spectrum and ringed structure. Parallax studies place it nearer than capella, arguing against it as an external universe and suggesting it is part of our Milky Way.
Hon R J Strutt spoke on radioactive change in the earth noting pitchblende, radium source, lies in Cornwall and in granite and slate. He suggested radium derives from surrounding granite which contains radium one part in a million million, enough to power earth’s internal heat to 40 or 50 miles deep.
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette urges use of anthracite coal ash as a cheap absorbent wound dressing. Dr W Irving Clark Jr notes ash is neutral sterile and non irritating, can be dusted through flour sieve to make a soft powder that absorbs pus and stabilizes tissue, potentially superior to gauze for varicose ulcers discharging sinuses and abscesses.
A Russian inventor arrives in America to exhibit a motor boat claiming to reach 81 miles per hour with only a 12 horsepower engine. The demonstration spotlights advanced propulsion and compact power for high speed watercraft.
A professor recounts Jones, a bright but egotistical student whose reliance on flattery derailed his career. He rejected valuable offers, followed a basking in praise path, and landed only scraps, illustrating why self awareness and criticism are essential for success.
The religious enthusiasm of past years is waning and young people tire of routine worship. Regular attendants go through forms, worshiping a past rather than the present God. The tie to church life is broken, yet a remedy is to persevere in worship to revive spiritual life and achieve a second wind.
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