10 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1874
Page
1
White Water Valley Railroad schedule lists express and freight trains with times. Jeffersonville Railroad notes Indiana time 15 minutes slower than Columbus time, indicating local time reference differences between lines.
Rail lines show arrivals and departures for Ft Wayne Muncie and Cincinnati with multiple expresses freights and local services. Timetabled stations include White Water Valley Panhandle Cambridge Dublin and Jeffersonville routes with Westward and Northbound departures and staff notes by W Worthington and Roxcerr.
Ambridge Masons and affiliated bodies list monthly meeting times. Ambridge Lodge No 9 meets Thursday evenings. Ambridge Lodge No 44 meets second Wednesday. Ambridge Chapter No 9 meets first Friday before the full moon. Ambridge Commandery No 6 meets first Tuesday. Old Fellows Ormah Encampment No 11 meets first and third Monday. Wayne Lodge No 17 meets Saturday night. Red Men Ngo Tribe No 34 meets on the fourth Tuesday each seven suns.
Train timetable details show routes from Fort Wayne to Detroit and Cincinnati via Jackson and Saginaw. Specific connections include Indianapolis to Detroit services, with Jackson Accommodation operating Saturdays to Angola. Daily patterns vary with Express and Accommodation services and Sunday exceptions.
A blurred collage of midwestern press notes mentions editors changing hands in several papers including the Shelby Republican, Hagerstown Visitor, and Muncie Times. It notes editorial shifts, libel rumors, stock-ownership changes, and local gossip about papers and publishers.
Twelve jurors in Chicago deliberated a burglary case against George Rufus a destitute youth who sought work and food aid from the YMCA but instead helped with a shop break in Harrison street to obtain tools. The defense portrayed him as driven by want and hardship.
Luther Rensons struggles for life haunt a fragment from a Cambridge narrative. The speaker battles an ironclad tormentor alcohol as a venomous foe and personal hell. He rejects death yet vows to expose the liquor trade and end its curse.
A crowded St Johns Hall meeting under St Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society heard Mr F M Ryan describe the society’s aims and invited nonmembers to join. Father Allerding urged temperance as vital to law, government, family, and religion, warning drunkenness harms nations and families alike.
Hacerstown Maryland writes to the Cincinnati Gazette asking why the Treasury keeps about 50 million in coin and a larger currency balance idle while the government pays interest on large debt. He argues surplus gold should be used to retire bonds and criticizes regulatory constraints on Treasury discretion.
The author argues against money hoarding as the main issue for achieving specie payments. He notes that three-fourths of currency is kept out of circulation and cites government behavior as a poor example. He mentions the Treasury offering 6 percent rebate for early interest on bonds, which few holders accept.
A sailor named John Bates faced Justice Potter after wrecking a horse and cutter during a city outing. Bates claimed the craft foundered when misused by a reckless crew, and he agreed to pay a settlement after a humorous, nautical defense.
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