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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
1
A reflective poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar laments late learning and the ache of memory. The speaker confesses unhearing the word forever and longs for relief through forgetfulness as time and dreams intertwine.
The old veterans of Wayne county and their families plan an all day picnic at Jackson Park on Thursday August 10 with a still undecided program. All soldiers are welcome to join the day of fellowship and recreation.
A rapid collection notes diverse figures: President Roosevelt as a taxidermist and hunter’s trophies, Charles M Bailey a Maine oilcloth magnate who began in 1847 in a barn, Ariando Dalton owning a 266 year old book, Dr W B Wherry resigning as bacteriologist in Manila and rejoining Bush Medical College, James J Hill buying modest summer home in Lenox, President Diaz of Mexico planning Europe trip with wife, Thomas Edison at 17 inventing an early signaling device and now 35 years since his first patent, Uncle Sam’s long serving naval observatory accountant Thomas Harrison, Baptist meeting attendees including converted Crow chiefs in uniform, Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre celebrated as elder statesman and premier cultural figure on his 70th birthday.
A Greenland whale is valued over fifteen thousand dollars. A Chinaman joins New York police as a detective. No senator sat between March 4 ISS7 and March 4 1801. An owl at Biddeford Maine refuses beef and eats lamb. Vermont farmers note high wool prices as spring cuts sell up to 33 cents a pound. Alaska ships 3128 sealskins last season. The Pribilof islands seal industry breeds blue fox for its pelts and keeps them domesticated.
A medley of quips and observations from multiple papers contrasts calm Philadelphia appeals with New York Tribune humor about ambassadors and salaries. The column jokes about Captain Mahan adding a chapter, Dalrymple’s discontent seed sown in Glasgow, and a London fare seat guarantee. It notes an automobile street sweeper proposal and cites hospital and police court stats on urban impact.
The Abbe, brother to The Abbot, races in 2 03 14 for his latest time as Ben White clocks 374 seconds for a quarter. Granite State park at Dover NH adds 58 stalls with 275 first class stalls planned. The yearling half brother to Country Jay and Nella Jay, by Todd, touted as the fastest trotter on Lexington track. W P Maloney runs trotters at Renesselaer Park Troy NY including Adrose owned by Joseph Leggit. Peter Sterling from Lexington Kentucky has reportedly gone wrong and out of training. Futurity winner likely to retire from racing.
The London M A P recounts Mr Choate’s Hertfordshire trip with Mrs Choate and a chauffeur. A roadside tramp offers directions and asks for a lift. Choate agrees and the tramp sits beside Mrs Choate in the car, easing to the destination.
A beach show handler and judge reports dogs reach better condition on corn bread than any other food after testing various blends. An experienced fox hound man agrees, noting stronger vigor and endurance with corn bread, preferring it over oatmeal biscuits meat and vegetables. He feeds mature dogs meat twice weekly and corn bread the other days, with puppies raised on corn mush and milk.
Red Wing Minnesota with about 8000 residents takes a first step toward an endowed theater. The $80000 playhouse funded by late Theodore B Sheldon must not be used for private gain but run as an educational factor with seats at $1.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports a new regional industry at the head of the lakes collecting tree stumps for Maine shipyards. Root sections and stump ends yield braces, with stumps about a foot in diameter proving best. Carloads cost near 400 dollars and freight runs above 100 dollars.
Sir Thomas Dewar notes American zeal for contests. He recalls a ragged newsboy with eyes on a bakery display. Dewar tips the boy a dime, who reveals a wish for a cent to bet on a third race, showing a dollar wager already placed.
The piece discusses potential restyles in cosmetic patches including the round spot and small star. It argues against full face decorations like a miniature coach and horses or a devil figure, while endorsing moderate use to enhance natural beauty.
Boston Globe notes J. B. Schmalz presents a theory that playing cards encode the solar year and pyramid measurements. Fifty two cards map weeks, twelve picture cards months, four suits seasons, thirteen cards lunar cycles, aligning to the pyramid’s 365.24 day year and 36 524 inch base perimeter.
A London Telegraph note says Switzerland now has glaciers smaller than in the past and polar ice fields are receding. Antarctic reports echo the decline noted since Ross’s 19th century voyage, suggesting glaciation cycles may be deciphered long after.
The Sahara reveals an ancient irrigation system once eyed by Cardinal Lavigerie and explorers Foureau and Gentil describe a land rich in extinct volcanoes. Basaltic remains mark the Grand Erb and Adrar ranges while the Air district hosts numerous fresh-looking craters over ninety three miles.
O E Sowers reports a cork bark sample from the Irions ranch in Pinal county. The tree, likely Arizona’s only cork tree, stands about 25 to 30 feet tall and nine inches in diameter after nine years, originally planted from South America.
A baggage man on the Hannibal division of the Burlington hauled a coffin on a train. An uncanny voice escaped the oblong box demanding to be let out. The crew investigated with a brave engineer and opened a smaller box beside the coffin to release a little green parrot.
The London Chronicle notes the German emperor once warned Europe about the yellow peril yet decorated Prince Arisugawa of Japan with the Black Eagle and awarded Lord Roberts the Garter of Prussia amid warnings about British danger to the Boers. It argues some leaders see such inconsistency as a political virtue, citing Bismarck as an example.
The piece notes Grace Russell Ethel Johnson and Gordon Morrison star in York State Folks. Fantana with Jefferson De Angelis and Katie Barry ends its Lyric run in September. Martin Cody known for Luke Ford in On Satan's Mount created Squire Hennion in Janice Meredith. Dorothy Donnelly trained at the Boston Museum under Fred Williams. Joseph Wheelock Jr. set to lead George Ade’s new comedy opening next autumn with Charles Frohman. Macready once spoke long but asked, Is my speech old to you.
Raeburns portrait of his wife sold in London for 43500 dollars on June 3 and later disposed for 4050 dollars in 1877. An orchid named Crispum Roger San der sold in London for 4500 dollars. A quarter cask of Erbacher Marcobrunner wine in Wiesbaden fetched 3000 dollars. Hawthorn vase from the Louis Huth dispersal in London brought 20500 dollars. Metternich desk sold to a Paris museum for 200000 dollars and a rock crystal biberon went for 81000 dollars in London.
A brief sketch notes Norway features: more reindeer than horses and more sheep than cows, government loans to young farmers at 3 percent, long bank hours after paydays, half year servant contracts via public registry, living costs low, average wages $88 yearly, telegraph boxes on every streetcar, simple mail with stamps, near universal literacy, strong physical health and universal army service with only 2.3 percent rejected for defects.
An English judge reduced a sentence from eighteen months of hard labor to five years penal servitude after the prisoner threw a bottle at him. The London zoo hosts a living South American spider capable of catching hummingbirds and small finches. Penny slot machines in London act as micro savings banks returning receipts and building deposits. A London court heard chandeliers rise in value from about $12.50 to $250 or $500 recently.
Chemisette styles stay popular with Boleros gaining a tiny Irish crochet revival. Wash silk in pink white blue returns in summer pajamas and kimonos. Pongee coats use rajah for more body while a long loose coat is discouraged. Plain stockings dominate though some tonal clocks or embroidery appear. novelty pieces fade with tiny colored flower embroidery on black.
Practical notes on swapping milk with tomato sauce in beef loaf and re molding gelatin leftovers. Melting jelly for molds, chilling on ice, and making cold cauliflower fritters with thick cheese. White sauce coated asparagus servings with a lavinaigrette method.
A woman called Mary refuses to run away with a lover, choosing duty to a recovering husband over passion. He pleads, she explains she must stay to nurse Alick, whose injuries leave him helpless. She plans to endure hardship, describing a life of hard outdoor work and scarce sleep as solace for a broken heart. Sydney Bulletin.
A confiding girl boasts of a very rich suitor who promises to lay the world at her feet. Miss Cayenne cautions that marriage could bring overbearing control, joking about a Keep off the Grass sign after tying the knot.
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