05 Apr 1900
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
1
A Philadelphia Chronicle recounts a humorous Angora car ride with medical students and a skeleton, then shifts to The Glass of Fashion from New York Sun detailing spring style trends. The piece blends a light anecdote with fashion reportage on gowns, hats, fabrics, and accessories.
An odd Bern rule bars anyone who has not paid the military exemption tax from entering beer gardens and taverns. The wirtshous ver bot requires payment before social access, while exemptions and how funds are spent are explained by officials. The law targets debt to the state and reflects compulsory service norms in Switzerland.
The Trotting Record notes Neeretta 2:11 with a $4,500 offer refused. Holdig Lockwood, a 2:13 filly by St Vincent, is said to have run an eighth in 10.14 seconds. Lucile 230954 and Abbot 2004 are highlighted for rival world-record potential. Rockport Ohio debuts $300 and $000 purses at August meeting. Joe Patchen 2004 to race at Combina tion Park, Toston, 2:0414 mile mark set earlier. Dr C L Barber of Lansing owns an Online colt 2:04, and Darel 20714 is billed as first 2:10 mile pace on half mile Pennsylvania course. Baron Sidney bought for 6000 by Herbert Gray. Baron Wilkes 2:18 and Baron Sidney descend from Penny Valley’s Oakland Baron line.
A jeweler explains diamonds can break under rare, sudden blows with two famous cases, one in Chattanooga and one in New Orleans. The piece then shifts to novelist Alexander MacArthur, who reveals he writes as Li Wan MacArthur, causing a dinner mix up in Chicago.
A Pittsburg Dispatch excerpt discusses consuls focusing on fees over salaries, citing Liverpool as highly profitable and noting a shift away from fees. It also profiles Kentucky mountaineers, their stubborn frontier culture, speech, and enduring ballads preserved through generations in the Appalachians.
A Russian psychologist notes that people born without limbs often dream of having them, while amputees report dreams of walking with feet that gradually shorten. He links these dreams to the strength of impression and healing pain. Also included is a Somerset rooster tale where a boy calls a rooster Brother Little, triggering a humorous domestic misunderstanding.
In a fog bound dawn voyage the steamer scraped the rocks off Fastnet but saved all aboard. Huey slept through the alarm until awakened for a praise service. The crowd then cheered the captain, with Old Hoss declaring the feat as the captain alone could have struck the rock without a fight.
A collection of aphorisms and maxims from Emerson Hood St. Pierre Confucius Whately Goldsmith Ballou Richter Plautus and others. The passage critiques thoughtfulness, self reliance, courage and moral excellence, urging reflection and higher aims amid worldly concerns.
At a women’s euchre party a player halted play with a puzzle asking the English term for a black cat. Several members, having been in England, gave up, as the riddle maker grinned and declared, “kitty, kitty,” the same as elsewhere.
A historical note describes the Klamath Indians using vegetables as a reserve food supply. It mentions processing the yellow water lily pulp into a farinaceous food, using goosefoot with a black seed for leaven and baking, and harvesting arrowhead tubers in fall as starch sources.
During a legislative investigating committee session the chairman questions a witness about bribery claims in the campaign. The witness hedges on bribery and references cigar boxes, insisting the cigars were not bribes. The exchange underscores uncertainty and tension in the inquiry.
A fragmentary مجagement of humorous theater gossip and stage life recalls a dancer in a comic opera praying in the wings before a cue, then reappearing with a worldly wink. The excerpt blends satirical notes from Washington Post and Chicago Post with quips on speech and left-handedness.
A column notes elite church soloists earning from 800 to 2500 dollars with double salaries in temples, plus many concert and oratorio engagements. It also recalls jokes about counterfeit money arrests, travelers with snakes, and stray quips from various papers, reflecting a bustling cultural and humorous scene.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece describes a late night sighting at the North Eastern fruit wharf where a crowd gathered around a wagon selling hot loaves of bread filled with molasses. The account notes the local phrase hot slash and portrays the scene with vivid but non-graphic detail.
A fragmentary survey of Long Island Sound oyster culture notes the Blue Point as a coveted product from Great South Bay, with Norwalk and Bridgeport beds contributing seed oysters. It contrasts market esteem with the fame of the Blue Point as a premier oyster, and references regional oyster cultivation practices and nomenclature.
An unnamed testimonial extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a physician designed remedy for pregnancy ailments. It claims the medicine strengthens the body, aids fetal health, and facilitates easier birth. The user also praises Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for obstinate constipation and prompt relief.
A mile south of Atchison Kansas a quarter mile long avalanche of mud and rock creeps toward the Missouri River endangering the railroad line. The moving mass shifts 2 to 6 feet during thaw periods and requires 20 to 50 workers seasonally to reset and monitor the track.
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