17 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1874
Page
1
Condensed schedule taking effect June 21. Southbound and Worthington routes listed. Ticket agent Oweny Ate Le Gen's at the Gen's station. Fi Wayne Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad presents the Muncie Route through a brief time card update.
OCR reads as scattered notices of Masons meetings including LODOE No t Morte Ue PRIDAY, Full Moon meetings monthly, AMNRINAGE CHAPTER No. and LODGE No.2 with weekly Thursday gatherings. Text is garbled but conveys regular lodge assemblies, select gathering details, and dates aligned to lunar phases.
Short link between Michigan and the South. Time in effect July 96. Trains run by Chicago Time. Detroit and Saginaw Express runs between Indianapolis and Detroit daily except Monday. Jackson Accommodation operates to Arguint on Saturdays. All other trains run daily except Sunday.
A first person temperance speech recounts a brutal battle with alcohol addiction. The speaker contrasts rum sellers as mercenary polluters of families with an innocent victim, detailing violent cravings, dreams of drinking, and the exhausting, life threatening fight to abstain. He describes journeys to Indianapolis and Richmond as he sought relief and control.
The article lists luxury undergarments and accessories such as pale pink silk hose with strapped shoes, white satin corsets, embroidered underskirts, ornate chatelaines, and Albion style hats. It also reports calculations linking corn prices to pork costs, noting bushel conversions and price per pound across several scenarios.
An archaic tale recounts two knights, Death and Sin, meeting on a road from Elbers, their steeds and armaments gleaming. They vow to prove themselves, facing fear and fate as they travel together, a fusion of doom and vice in a single journey toward an unseen end.
Gen Cullen A Battle recounted a 1863 64 court martial tale from the army of Northern Virginia. Edward Cooper defends his honor with letters from family back home, and the court convicts then pardons him after Lee reviews the record. A second Cold Harbor scene honors a dying Confederate gunner guarding his last shell for Mary and Lucy.
A Sekomo Tribune sketch recalls biblical figures and events with tongue in cheek. It describes Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Rachel in parlor-chat style, mixing humor with editorial jabs at editors and local papers. The piece references Logansport Pharos, Warsaw Indiaman, Noblesville Ledger, and Kokomo Tribune as contemporary voices.
A curious tale unfolds on a Dayton Short Line coach where a young man seeks a seat beside a young Indy acquaintance. An elderly stranger blocks the seat, prompting questions about a brother's health and vaccination. The young man and woman press the flirtation while an old traveler frowns on the scene.
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