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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
1
The article recalls Ira D. Sankey as a prominent hymn writer whose voice and belief shaped revival songs. It notes his collaboration with Moody began after Moody heard him lead a revival hymn, and it mentions Sankey's early service in Lincoln's era, later blindness and ill health, and the charitable flow of his hymn earnings to religious institutions.
A jumble of anecdotes critiques worry and advance. A Cincinnati man prepaid a coffin but died too large to fit it. The piece warns against fear of future disasters and notes rising costs of warships, a British admiralty despairing at progress, and a New York charity gown donation. It references Nelson, the wooden walls, and a Dutch ultimatum to Castro with stray comments on piracy and charitable giving.
The article notes that consular appointments no longer hinge on political influence but require linguists with commercial experience who can pass a strict competitive exam. It profiles editors Samuel C. Root, Edwin N. Gunsaulus, Wallace C. Bond, and Douglas Jenkins heading to various posts in Mauritius, Johannesburg, Karachi, and St Pierre Island respectively.
A letter from a small Indiana union delegate to the International Typographical Union committee on hotel accommodations requests a room at the Quincy House for one dollar. The writer, a rural Hoosier, jokes about a cheap “dollar outfit,” a crowded pipe, and staying near headquarters while noting wary travelers from the Hoosier state.
A memorial committee of Minnesota newspaper editors is formed to honor the late H. P. Hall. Members include David Ramaley of St Paul C. C. Whitney of Marshall and C. P. McDonald of St Paul for expressing appreciation of his long service and character.
Gov Fort names William Cloke of the New York Herald as state commissioner of reports with a $2000 salary. The role, created by the last legislature on Fort’s recommendation, aims to prune excess material from department reports and reduce the state’s printing costs.
A London Telegraph cartoon portrays two burglars on a house to house canvass. One boasts the scheme to stop doors from squeaking as a sales pitch, reflecting a humorous take on crime and persuasion.
The Augusta Herald published a complete, albeit abridged, newspaper after days of flood disruption. The office endured water, mud, and power loss while moving machinery and rebuilding, yet Saturday and Sunday issues appeared nearly perfect.
Bernardaville editor L B Trumbull 70 denounces his daughter Florence elopement with Frederick W Compton as a coarse act and a loss not a gain. He calls for moral standards and vows to defend the right in court or on the street.
The Congressional Record feature from Troy bitterly laments the newsroom drought. The editor laments lacking policy beats, local news, weddings, crimes, sports, ads, and even a copy boy, wondering how a sheet can achieve journalistic glory.
Jinks claims he is naturally timid and faced trouble in both dairy farming and finance. Binks asks for clarification as Jinks jokes about being bullied by cows in the country and bulls on Wall Street.
King Alfonso changes court etiquette to be an obedient husband after a domestic dispute with Queen Victoria. The queen returned to England saying she would come back only if reforms end the fussy surveillance and sacred precedents. Alfonso removes many court attaches and vows a more democratic royal establishment while arguing with old grandees.
Miss Vera P. Gilbert daughter of C. P. H. Gilbert swam Spouting Rock Beach to Hazard's Beach a distance of one mile three quarters in one hour and ten seconds using the side stroke. She was accompanied by lifeboat swimmer Joe Boyer. The wind was offshore and she remained unexhausted after the feat surpassing fellow society girls and other notable swimmers.
William Hewlett, a fisherman, caught a rare sea bat in a Masonboro sound seine. The fifteen inch fish resembles a leather wing bat with gloved trailing feet and a fingered tail, slate top and white underside. It may go to the Raleigh state museum for study.
Joseph Mortimer a Belgian cook seized control of an American built schooner the Neuvre Tigre with aid from cabin boy George Jackson. He forced the captain and mate to walk the plank then steered toward an Australian port. The ship wrecked on Gilbert Islands reefs and both officers died or were lost as Mortimer and Jackson were arrested for trial.
In Nice a German musician is jailed on charges of criminal neglect and ill treatment after keeping his wife for six months in a dark room. Neighbors noticed the isolation as investigators found a emaciated, skeletal woman in a shuttered room with no air or furniture.
Frank Daly describes killing a three foot venomous snake on a road near Friendswood. He claims the creature released fifty young snakes when stepped on, totaling sixty newborns, a claim supported by nearby residents in this truth loving town.
A cow owned by Reuben Lod of Plymouth slipped into a sink during a cave-in at the No. 2 Delaware and Hudson colliery in Wilkes-Barre PA. Workers James Wolfe and Frank Krause heard a bellows from deep underground as they found the animal 70 feet below the surface amid the sinking earth.
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