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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1906
Page
1
A German horologist created a copper globe clock with enamel continents. The two hemispheres rotate under a stationary sun hand, showing local time and the position of noon across the globe. Eight day movement, cylinder escapement, winding at the south pole, and a sun ornament at the north end.
Sir Henry Hozier recalls the worst sea day in October 1881 when twelve ships were posted as lost within twelve hours. The bell near the crier's box tolled for losses and returns, with Lun dine’s bell symbolizing a sunken vessel with treasure washed away.
General Kuropatkin admits he lacked talents to fix defects and to use the army for victory. He portrays the army as unprepared and poorly trained for war, laying responsibility on himself and the broader command in Manchuria.
The piece notes rich gold and platinum potential in backyards on ancient lake beds. Government tests found platinum and other minerals in Pacific coast thick sands, with Humboldt county samples yielding about 1000 dollars per ton in gold and platinum. A new experiment station at Chipel Hill, North Carolina, expands testing for mid Atlantic and southern deposits.
World Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics confides that last year’s success will be repeated and the team is ready for the season. He notes potential challenges from the New York Yankees and Cleveland blues, praising Englewood Links and golf figures from a Washington observer.
The New York Times lauds Buenos Ayres for a population near 1.1 million and rapid growth. It compares the city to New York Chicago Paris Washington and Chicago in beauty wealth hustle with parks boulevards and fine opera houses and hotels claimed superior to U S peers.
Froken Eli Moller earns Denmark’s first MD degree for a woman. The title requires a publishable treatise or a novel theory plus defense before appointed professors, a rare and rigorous distinction not lightly given in Denmark.
A terse aside from Puck has Aunt Broadhead admonishing girls to beware male “fatherly” interest. The line notes that a man’s real motive is his own daughters and echoes a prince of caution about old stories in social power dynamics.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Michael traveling early while a sick apothecary’s wife prompts concern. A doctor has not yet arrived. a prescription found in town is to be prepared and tested.
A terse maxim underscores that true freedom requires self mastery. The statement cautions against lax discipline and implies personal restraint enables genuine autonomy. It reflects a philosophical stance on virtue and control.
Nut Hoy and Nut Boy impressed at Crittenden park Rochester N Y by winning a 2 16 trot in straight heats on a half mile track. Nut Boy trotted 2 11 14 2 14 and 2 17 14 in heats setting a fast early year mark. The bay gelding has a checkered career with a stormy temper that led to several trainers giving up on him.
The athletic career of Lady Con stance Stewart-Richardson, known as Lady Constance Mackenzie, spans polo in America with men and inland rides in Somaliland in soldier’s gray shirt and khaki trousers. Authorities blocked her path fearing a mollah threat, yet she remains famed for riding and driving all mounts and for striking appearance in Mackenzie tartan kilts.
A C Anson of Chicago has won the Amateur Baseball Managers association endorsement in his bid for Cook County sheriff. He currently serves as city clerk. Sheriff Thomas Barrett, the incumbent, is a former City League baseball player who helped launch many pros.
Long distance swimmer McNally has departed for Europe to swim the Tiber Fjelles Pont and the strait of Gibraltar. He is accompanied by Walter Critchell as the journey begins.
A doctor asks about medicine while a patient confirms taking Blank's tonic for a week. The doctor concludes the issue is stomach trouble, not back pain, as presented in Bohemian Magazine.
In a humorous Lippincott’s excerpt, the narrator mocks a horse described as liking mud yet finishing last. The dialogue contrasts Btable Boy’s jab about the mud and the rival skates, underscoring the quirky horse racing scene.
A collage of brief items covers world events and curiosities from 1633 to recent notes. Suppressions, naturalizations, contests, labor wages, monuments, railway progress, unusual eateries, and fashion trends mingle with personal notes on citizenship, ships on land, and a Paris theater adaptation.
The article notes that simple waist styles are refined for everyday use and many new models feature tucks. A pongee embroidered waist is praised for its shape and durability, with options for a collar in material or a linen or lace neckline. Tucks lengthen short figures and widen shoulders as needed, adaptable to seasonable fabrics.
The article describes cloth dresses using thin open weave fabrics that stay cool like silk, including pana ma and canvas. Silks remain popular, especially revived foulards worn for refined occasions with chiffon velvet trims.
Soak overnight in lukewarm water then wash in clean suds. Put in the wash boiler with cold water, white curd soap, and one teaspoon borax. Boil twenty minutes, rinse, and leave overnight in clean cold water with a little borax.
The article notes lace veils are chosen carefully to avoid heavy borders that conceal the lower face. The current style draws the veil tightly from the chin to the back hat brim with ends tied in a bow.
The number of new bags of every variety grows apace and one sees bags in bead, silk, leather, suede, kid, satin, cloth, peking silk and even in voile which must be made over something else.
A playful Chicago News item describes Miles Windig as quick thinking with “wheels in his head” and Giles adds his jaws are “ball bearing” in a humorous exchange.
In a light exchange, Bay pa asks if a peck is dry measure. Mrs. Luschman notes a peck of trouble can mix liquid pints and quarts, prompting a pause before Ah Luschman answers.
The London Telegraph notes Sven Hedin, Sweden’s famed explorer, crossing from Turkestan toward the Tarim River region. His Blasieholm rooms lie shuttered, and his fate on this third perilous expedition remains unknown.
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