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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
1
A collage of disjointed items from Chicago and beyond touches on ambassadors, language satire, air travel, pies and dill, manners and meat, railroads and roads, insurance, aviation, marriages, molasses road plans, and flower displays. It sketches cultural bits from various cities, noting portraits of public figures, curiosities, and social trends.
A historic recipe describes selecting small golden pumpkins, cooking the pulp slowly, draining excess liquid, and flavoring with salt nutmeg mace ginger sugar and a dairy blend. Bake in deep pastry for three quarters of an hour until rich gold brown, served with American cheese.
Winter guidance offers a barley soup recipe noted as cooling and nourishing in heat and beneficial in cold weather. The method uses beef skin water, pearl barley, onions, parsley, potatoes, thyme, pepper, and salt simmered gently for hours without boiling. It also advises airing winter garments, repairing buttons, trimming frayed sleeves, pressing with a damp cloth, and using black knitting silk for buttons.
Wash and peel six potatoes. Die them in cold water. Cut into ribbons round and round like an apple, all strips same width. Fry in hot fat until lightly browned about eight minutes. Drain on a wire sieve and season with pepper and salt. Serve very hot.
Tear and simmer codfish in water to refresh it then boil five minutes. Fry fat salt pork cubes slowly, mix three sixes fish two sixes potatoes and one sixth beets into a hash with the pork fat, fry brown. Serve with boiled onions as a side dish.
Half fill a deep dish with quartered sour apples then boil tender in water before a biscuit crust is baked over. A maple mace sauce is stirred with butter and flour until smooth. Mint leaves are chopped and stored in a jar with cold water for fresh use.
A reader reports burning vegetables and refuse with a handful of salt in a stove or furnace produces an unpleasant odor and asks for explanation.
The Census Bureau releases a volume listing heads of families from the 1790 census, chosen for publication due to budget limits. Marshals collected names of free white males 16 and over, heads of families, plus counts of free white females, other free persons, and slaves in each district.
The 1790 census lists heads of families across states like Connecticut Delaware Georgia Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Vermont and Virginia. Many records were lost in fires and entries vary in completeness as people distrusted enumeration and some opposed counting for religious reasons.
William Waugh of Canton and James Waugh of Johnstown aged 80 and 84 respectively, met in New Cumberland at nephew George W. Butorff’s home after 72 years apart. Their families recall a Civil War era estrangement sparked by emigration and lack of contact. They plan to tour local sites and attend family receptions in their honor.
City of Mexico reports Maj Luis G Pa drillo obtained war department permission for gendarmeria squadron to wear new gala uniforms for the independence parade. The design closely mirrors the German Imperial Guards diana uniform with black pointed cap bearing a silver Mexican eagle and silver ornamentation on shoulders and front.
Mrs. Julia Goldzier proposes establishing a Bayonne women police corps and will ask the city council for permission to speak. She has prepared a uniform design with dark blue broadcloth, knee-length coat, bloomers, light leather leggings, gauntlets and a military cap. She seeks ready recruitment, possibly with Salvation Army aid, to shield children on streets and during school commutes. She urges women clubs to unite and quotes eternal vigilance as citizenship's price.
The author argues that public taste often misses true musical cultivation yet shows a strong, natural affinity for good tunes. He notes everyday scraps of melody heard in streets and parks and contends that bright themes from Beethoven and other masters can provoke joyful recognition when channels for music are open.
A columnist argues that harsh criticism weakens children and harms the home. Constructive praise fuels growth, while suggestion of positive traits strengthens family life and personal resolve. The piece urges mothers and educators to replace paralyzing fault finding with gentle guidance and hopeful instruction.
A dated prose piece argues that women have entered all sectors of life and must be granted voting rights. It asserts parity with men in politics and society, urging suffrage support by highlighting taxpayers and fellow citizens as the basis for enfranchisement.
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