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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1908
Page
1
A discussion on dirt as matter out of place expands to dirt’s economic value and social impact. The piece notes extensive cleaning labor worldwide and highlights Holland as a model of relentless cleanliness benefiting workers and society.
An extended editorial warns of a widespread self destruction trend across classes and nations, arguing laws cannot fully prevent it. It also praises a new phase of women’s industrial progress and political agency, highlighting Edith Abbott and the reform voice. The piece mentions a wealthy heiress’s marriage dispute and critiques emulous titles in American society. It ends with a remark on fashion and women’s attire.
A Western fort bound march wife reassures a tavern landlord amid threats from a rowdy drunk and a looming altercation. The host boasts he will act as a gentleman while threatening violence to protect her, offering a grim glimpse of frontier manners and danger.
A motorist defines the road angel as one who slows for pedestrians and spares them dust, contrasted with the road hog who chokes travelers. The speaker urges thanking the road angel and condemning the dusting road hog for selfish conduct on busy highways.
The essay about Irving Bacheller recalls a NY newspaper prank that backfired when the novelist, then a reporter, was tasked to write a tale of job seekers in a big city. By noon he reported three jobs secured and two promises, leaving the editor crestfallen.
A fragment describes the Malacca wildcat found in Malacca forests and Indian Ocean islands. It notes yellow upper parts with black spots, white underparts with spots, back spots forming lines, body length about two feet, tail nine inches, height 12 inches at the shoulder, and a mild playful temper similar to a kitten.
A brief quotation about childrearing and social acceptance contrasts a mother’s dread of spoiling her son with a stranger’s view that life may embitter a child who feels different from peers. The exchange underscores conflicting attitudes toward conformity and individuality in American society.
A Kansas City Journal quote contrasts childhood pretenses with grand opera. The line suggests ongoing pretense as a life pattern. The remark links early habits to later dramatic pursuits in a compact editorial snapshot.
Count Leo Tolstoi celebrated his 80th birthday in the family home at Yasnaya Polyana where he was born in 1828. A photograph shows him on his favorite horse with a green branch, dressed in a simple white shirt and linen cap.
American Bible Society reports broad reach with full Bible in 152 languages and New Testament or portions in over 480. It notes a 100 year history, nonprofit mission, low-cost Bibles, and special 16 volume edition for the blind weighing 100 pounds priced at about one third of cost.
Hartford reports the last orthodox Mormons who did not follow Brigham Young to Utah hold a Sunday service in Silvermine Fairfield County. The 44 members of the Reconstructed Church of Christ of the Latter Day Saints meet in a bare barnlike hall from Norwalk to Danbury and even York state. Elder Ernest Buttry and pastor Jonathan Edwards Comstock discuss Nephthi and Nephthalites, linking lost tribes to American history while neighbors express wary silence.
Village lore recalls a 44 member Mormon group securing a small chapel in Silvermine after earlier bids to use Wilton's Methodist church failed. Swedes from a nearby mill struck, then donated their Swedish church to the Mormons, completing the parish’s first meeting house.
J Mackenzie reports from Burmah on meeting the Sawbwa of Chentung, four feet nine inches tall, who lives in a thatched hut near the Salween river. The king, surrounded by twenty four armed retainers, welcomed the visitor with courtesy and offered a coconut before accepting a corkscrew knife gift.
Washington reports the United States produced 60 percent more coal than Great Britain and over 100 percent more than Germany in 1907. The Geological Survey estimates world coal at 1,209,184,109 short tons, with the U.S. contributing nearly 40 percent. North of the equator accounts for over 93 percent of production, while the U.S. share rose from 14.32 to 39.73 percent in 40 years, keeping first place since 1899.
Fred E. Kemfer a 20 year Spokane resident surveyor brewer printer and politician widower seeks a wife aged 25 to 50 with good housekeeping neatness Kemfer at Washington street and Cataldo avenue Spokane offers a comfortable home stock cellar and wood shed and a well funded bank account and works for the traction company but is too busy to search himself.
Advocates argue ending beer sales at post exchanges improves discipline and temperance. A former commander recalls beer sales at Fort Monroe and other posts with mixed results, noting smuggling and weak punishments deter discipline but praising the canteen for preventing long duty absences.
The author argues that the soul cannot perish, only change form, citing physical science's view of matter and energy. They compare coal burning to a form of resurrection, discuss material and spiritual values, and reference Haeckel on consciousness, claiming nothing of value is lost in the universe.
A quotation on American citizenship and upbringing stresses that boys should be raised to work, face obstacles, and support a future family. It warns against soft education and argues fathers bear responsibility while mothers who shield children from hardship may hinder their resilience.
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