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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
6
A discussion on whether publishers must publish popular lower quality works to survive or push for high quality literature. The Youths' Companion notes two sides: readers demand good books, yet democracy allows profit from popular trash. consequences for writers, publishers, and taste are debated.
The piece argues that business leaders should enter public life to improve policy on industry and finance. It notes their experience reduces demagoguery, emphasizes conservatism, and warns against boasted political panaceas. It contrasts army testing with practical fitness and critiques titles for sale in Anglomaniac circles.
Bran is described as a versatile cleaner for painted and varnished wood, colorful fabrics, and hair. It suggests bran water for washing, dust-free bed linens, and preventing yellow floor mats. Additional tips include cleaning a shawl with cold water and soap, making trap water with bran, and decorative place cards with small forget-me-nots.
Ingredients include 12 green apples 2 green peppers 6 green tomatoes four onions raisins elder vinegar mustard seed galt powdered sugar brown sugar ground mustard and ginger. Seed peppers and tomatoes chop fine then boil vinegar sugar and spices, add chopped mix simmer an hour add apples cook until soft seal in cans or bottles.
Six onions and three peppers with half gallon vinegar and quarter gallon cabbage chopped with ground mustard celery seed pepper whole cloves allspice turmeric sugar and salt to taste. Chop vegetables then salt and let stand overnight. Pack into stone jars and cook 45 minutes after boiling to yield about five quarts.
A fragmentary note describes a method to fix or improve an iron handle by adding a cork slit on one end to create a finger grip. It mentions a person named Pete Litt. Hat and uses antiquated phrasing.
William A. Cake of Trenton New Jersey repeatedly sheds his skin in a rare condition diagnosed as Dermitosis Exfoliatina Doctors from across the country examined the patient while noting the non contagious nature of the disease The report highlights a potential link to grafting skin procedures in medical science and the possible saving of lives through such transplants
A steamboat six years old, built at Red Wing, arrives in Brainerd on two flat cars bound for International Falls to be launched on Rainy river. Once carried overland from Mille Lacs, it failed as a creamery venture and sank due to a cock left open, later raised and stored at Midland. Now owned by Aberdeen men, it will be shipped to International Falls. length about 650 feet and well equipped.
The Dressmakers' league in Brooklyn passes rule No. 11 forbidding gossip about customers and tales of woe. The first regu lar meeting for day-sewing dressmakers was held recently at 246 Macon Street to pursue mutual benefit and advancement. 13 rules govern the organization.
New Jersey dealer C F Engatrom held one of four largest world coins minted in 1659 for King Charles X. The bronze oblong piece weighs 31 pounds and measures 20 by 18 inches. It bears royal marks at corners and trades at eight Swedish thalers in 1859, with antique value around 500 dollars.
Jackson Miss alderman proposes a ten dollar fine for any woman seen in a sheath gown on city streets. The ordinance targeted police officers who fail to enforce the measure amid lively debate before it was laid on the table.
Attleboro officials vowed to sue the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad over air space above Oak Street tracks after wires for an electric fire alarm hung over the line. Officials estimated two wires worth one dollar a year would justify a seven to seven thousand six hundred dollar air rent, settling on a two year charge of five dollars annually. The shack and track embankment encroached on city air, and the shanty has since been removed.
Washington report from Consul General West of Vancouver states the 1908 sockeye salmon catch totaled 3,338,000 cases with most surplus from Fraser and Skeena canneries and a marked drop on Rivers Inlet. The provincial fisheries inspector notes spawning-season returns at least triple those of several prior years.
The passage envisions a future where coal is replaced by storage batteries and solar energy for electric power. It notes research on helium and radium as potential energy sources, suggesting breakthroughs could end coal dependence and transform energy use worldwide.
A discussion on weight gain through appetite and exercise, arguing that increasing appetite and targeted exercise can build muscle and flesh. It explains that simply eating more without activity yields less result, while exercising especially upper body muscles promotes growth and higher body weight.
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