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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
5
A jumble of archived items recalls past forestry excesses and public concerns. Foresters warn that deforestation nears nationwide baldness. a Danish minister’s bank collapse devastates small savers. Darwinian plant intelligence and Lords reform spark debate, while fashion pace in New York hints at evolving styles.
A Century writer recalls the first school city organized by Wilson L. Gill in Boston where 700 girl pupils voted to adopt the Golden Rule as the law. The student government, led by a 12-year-old mayor and a 10-year-old judge, runs discipline and policy, improving conduct and scholarship.
The piece describes harsh winter restrictions on sledging and mountain travel, with trails kept open by labor in cold seasons. It portrays the teamster battling elements, while spring thaws threaten with sudden termination.
The article describes St Marys Hospital in Chester as Englands most curious almshouse. Eight elderly ladies live within the church building dating from 1680, once a monastery, converted by Queen Elizabeth to a lasting almshouse. Each room faces the garden with coal supply kitchen range water and gas. A chapel ends the church with carved oak choir stalls from the monks era.
Isabel Boyle, sole woman steward of the Hoffman House in New York, runs the hotel from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. handles buying, stock, and guest needs, and is described as the proprietor’s right hand. Her career began when manager Mr. Caddagan hired her as assistant steward after meeting at a Virginia convent friend’s home.
A Montezuma princess Mme Guadalupe de Haro travels to New York to study domestic science at night and day. She has spent a year and a half in the city and now attends the University of New York summer school. Her husband lost his fortune before death, and she seeks to apply this training to return home and advance Mexican household economy.
A West Virginia laborer rose to wealth by cultivating watercress in swamp ground near a railroad. He bought five dollars an acre land, built a siding for freight cars, and shipped carloads to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. He expanded to a 20 acre bed and beyond.
Two young men in sway backed overcoats flirt with two young women as a stern man with an iron-gray goatee realizes the danger. He warns the pair that the women are his daughters and orders them off at the next corner, then smiles at his private suspicion afterward.
A new volume narrates frontier courage of Captain Whiteside and 14 settlers who fought an Indian camp. Whiteside was wounded in the side and arm yet extracted the bullet to save his father, prompting renewed battle and famed frontier daring.
An applicant protests a unit’s “fearfully small” size asking if life could be sustained there. The agent assures discovery that it is “thoroughly provided with compressed air,” as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
This piece recounts the Bastille as a tool of wrongful imprisonment under royal power. It notes letters de cachet used to detain many innocents and explains how Paris freed prisoners in 1789. It mentions Lafayette presenting the key to Washington, where it hangs at Mount Vernon.
An American wallpaper man explains how England and Germany publish many yearly styles while the U S releases almost all new designs each season. He notes dealers demand freshness, the July stock clearout, and designers who work year round, producing hundreds of new styles and vast sample books sent to salons and dealers for ordering the next season.
A pupil who trained under John L Sullivan, former heavyweight champion, quits after ten lessons claiming he learned nothing. He admits he arranged the course to defeat an enemy and plans to have the rival take the remaining sessions.
Ten years of effort by foreign women in Shanghai through the Natural Feet society changed practice in China. The empress dowager issued an edict and viceroys proclaimed against binding. Reports from the East say young women now commonly have unbound feet.
Ernest Drewitz sues his wife in Cincinnati for alimony claiming her temper caused him nervous prostration and inability to work. Mrs Drewitz also seeks divorce from him in the same suit.
A humorous note describes an intercity signaling system between Tottenville and Perth Amboy using a white tablecloth, a red banner, and a red flannel petticoat as signals. Three Tottenville women and a Perth Amboy admirer participate, interpreting signals to arrange or cancel plans for visits and theater trips.
A Turkish noblewoman who escaped a harem now dedicates her life to freeing sister women in Turkey from haremlife.
Article explains common ignorance about snake reproduction. It notes snakes may lay eggs or give birth to live young, with viviparous and oviparous species. Mentions many harmless varieties and poleonous snakes as examples of live-bearing species.
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