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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
1
A American Printer piece urges readers to stop knocking neighbors and mind their own business. It champions generosity, self improvement, and lifting others by offering kind words and support rather than blame or cynicism.
The Indiana State Horticultural Society accepted an invitation to hold a mid summer congress in Greenfield Hancock county on Wednesday and Thursday August 19 20 1908. Eminent horticulturists from Missouri Michigan and New York and local experts will discuss fruit vegetable and flower topics with free open meetings for all interested.
The congregation at Jacksonburg plans church repairs and a new furnace. They solicit funds and urge liberal support for the worthy cause.
A crowd on Thirty-first and Main argues over who should hold a baby and manage a folding carriage as a mother struggles to board a streetcar. A frayed-collar man quips the man must hold the child if the baby outweighs the carriage. The group pokes fun at traditional roles and etiquette.
The London Standard reports on Aboriginal beliefs and practices about bone pointing. A black fellow avoids wagtails saying they reveal secrets of white men and death. Dead are buried in trees with bones passed as keepsakes to kin. A pointed bone is believed to doom a rival to death, sometimes after weeks or months.
In an excerpt from Tennyson’s Life cited by Arthur C. Benson, the starry vastness is offered as a cure for shyness, yet in urgent moments a person cares more about appearance and social judgment than cosmic distances, with salvation theories seeming trivial amid immediate concerns.
Charles Woolcot plunged from a height of 3000 feet while making a para chute descent in Venezuela. The parachute failed to open until near the ground, injuring him severely but he survived after a year in hospital and later wrote about the terrifying accident.
The article explains mercury spills form small globules that roll away. Create a wet ring with a wash bottle to stop globules crossing it, then scoop up the mercury with a thin card or envelope.
The Manchester Union notes that life’s race includes obstacles that have always existed and will continue, urging resilience rather than complaint. It emphasizes that facing hurdles is inherent to living and should not cause regret.
Quote from New Orleans Times Democrat shows a teacher asking why to love neighbors and a child replying that it is another way to love enemies. The brief exchange reflects moral instruction in a church or Sunday school setting.
A fragment suggests a claim that Nomas is nobler at birth than another, unless the other is born with greater abilities. The text appears as a cryptic philosophical note or puzzle fragment with unclear origin and attribution.
A professor explains mimicry as the evolutionary cause of coughing and social imitation. He argues that mimicry protects humans by avoiding attention, shaping behavior from yawning and laughing to even coughing in church, likening it to a survival mechanism.
The piece recounts English schoolmasters famed for corporal punishment. Dr Busby of Westminster is named as the chief flogger, with stories of flogging an insulting viscount and his bearer. Dr Valpy is cited for similar force, and Archdeacon Groom relates a tale of Valpy threatening a parent who protested the punishment.
In Windsor's town hall a doubting official urged extra pillars. Wren assured danger was imaginary but added supports. Years later cleanup showed the pillars barely touched the roof, two inches short, a ruse to placate critics while proving his skill to future generations.
Pat Murphy lodges complain about his landlady who keeps taking his provisions. Each day she pockets butter and eggs with the refrain I am not like other landladies I am telling you. Pat finally leaves, declaring I am not like other lodgers I am telling you.
A lively aside describes arranging a social moment. The speaker pretends a caller is someone else to prompt a rush of activity, noting the sister would come down and hurry to change into a clean shirt waist, then reveals the disguise.
The speaker notes a heightened sensitivity to uncongenial surroundings and fears the sight of certain people. He suggests many share a tendency to shrink from meeting creditors, reflecting self deprecating humor about social discomfort and debt.
Report notes a ceremony described as going off without a hitch but reveals the bride withdrew at the final moment, altering plans and leaving guests surprised.
A brief exchange recalls a child’s witty correction on how to spell born. The boy asserts that born isn’t written at all, while claiming it should be blown as blowed. The quip highlights playful language learning and unconventional logic.
A Baltimore American feature notes Miranda is diagnosed with pneumatic tendencies and threatened with spiral trouble by a doctor quoted in the piece.
A proverb from the Chicago Record-Herald notes that a man who saves little is called stingy, while a saver with plenty is said to be prudent.
In Macon Missouri Judge Shelton spots a line in a trial transcript that critiques senior counsel Major B R Dysart with the phrase it is a damned obscure injury. Dysart denies swearing and then shears the line into a legal term damnum absque injuria meaning damage without injury.
In Cairo Sidi Okba reluctantly sells a valuable carpet after a series of price swings. The buyer starts at $1,000 while offering coffee and cigars throughout the negotiations. Each day the price drops from $1,000 to $800 and finally to $50, aided by repeated bargaining and coffee.
A hostess shows a guest book revealing a list of servants she has employed over the years. The modern Eve discovers the names, all written in the hostess’s own hand, prompting a quiet confession about domestic history.
The passage describes a tuner applying precise yet gentle pressure to align a string with a tuning fork. It emphasizes matching tension to achieve a true note without snapping the string and repeating the strike until the ear is satisfied before relaxing.
Barnum faced rowdy Oxford students who refused to hear about humbug. In a lull he declared he had their money and promised no humbug, ending the disturbance as he continued his lecture.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal hints at a humorous legal mishap. The speaker admits temptation to break the law in a tongue in cheek confession, implying a light hearted reference rather than a serious crime report.
A tale about Governor Sam Houston granting a pardon to a penitentiary agent who had opposed him yet sought to keep his lucrative post. The governor notes the agent’s eight years in the penitentiary and his faithful service, then pardons him as a priceless favor.
In a brusk interview a voluble mother tries to steer a question to Abernethy about her ill daughter. He silences her, orders the mother to repeat questions, and after a third interruption commands her to put her tongue out then proceeds to examine the girl.
A Sydney story recalls a man in a surreptitious Sunday restaurant who faced police intrusion and a waitress in negligee. The tale ends with a breach of promise suit for 2500 dollars, a divorce by the wife, and her subsequent remarriage to another man.
A playful block of convoluted prose instructs pronouncing a long paragraph while looping through odd scenes. Cleopatra, an oasis, economic details, a wound, an allopathic misogynist, a tiny idyl vase, an aesthetic apparatus, a book like news, a dog in squalor, breakfast, a national appendicitis expert, and obsequies are mentioned in surreal succession.
A London 1888 coup to seize the throne and crown England a republic is described in Peter Latouche's Anarchy Its Methods and Exponents. The plan failed due to the dock strike's success and surprising aid from the moneyed classes, easing masses' tension and aiding revolutionaries' hopes.
In a humorous exchange cited by the Sydney Town and Country Journal a bride declares her groom a prisoner for life while the groom quips it is capital punishment not imprisonment. The brief joke highlights a witty take on marriage and conjugal bonds.
In a dialogue, a novelist claims the villain is a moral composite drawn from his own insecurities. The critic notes the villain embodies every form of wickedness his wife attributes to him in anger.
In the exchange between His Limit and Printer's Devil, opinions on the new foreman Jimmie are mixed. One operator jokes he could print all he knows on a postage stamp in display type without canceling the stamp.
A fragmented quote describes a man with many parts, most of which appear missing, capturing a terse, puzzling voice. The line hints at incompleteness or loss while presenting the speaker as composed of various facets.
A brief note highlights the value of acquiring good books alongside good friends in Ovitoa, framing reading as a companion to social ties.
Free trial package from E W Rose Medicine Co in St. Louis promises cure for itching skin. Zemo is a vegetable external liquid that stops itching on first use and purportedly removes germs and poisons to heal skin. Notable cures cited include Jacob Frank, R W Emerson, and Mrs Harvey Burks. Cambridge City agent Geo E Callaway promotes it locally.
Hagerstown is now served by Carmen W. Sells a young law student appointed by the county commissioners after a period without a justice of the peace.
Ira W. Kelley of Maunafield Pennsylvania says two years of kidney and bladder trouble improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He spent money on doctors without benefit and urges others to try the remedy and avoid substitutes. Signed Geo E Callaway.
A succinct quotation from Cato notes that the public fixates on punishing the injurer more than the person who endures the harm. The insight reflects on justice priorities and collective response to wrongdoing.
Mrs R R Pierson of Auburn Center Pa praises Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy that heals where others fail. She says it cures threat and lung trouble and may restore her to health with continued use. Sold at Callaway’s drug store for 50c and $1 with a free trial bottle.
A brief election time quip notes pragmatic expectations in marriage. The line hints at civic duties. It implies shared political concern and household dynamics without naming people or places.
All nations seek to halt the ravages of consumption described as the white plague. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as safe and certain for coughs and colds, avoiding unknown preparations. The genuine product is claimed to be in a yellow package.
A terse aphorism echoes the choice between quietude and speaking with greater wisdom than silence, attributed to Pythagoras. It invites reflection on restraint and clarity in speech.
A Silver City North Carolina resident praises Electric Bitters calling it the best medicine for stomach liver and kidney troubles. He claims it helps weakness lame back and general run down conditions and also chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at Callaway's drug store for 5 cents.
A brief aphorism notes that doing a kindness to a bad man is like sowing seed in the sea, implying futility or waste. The quote attributed to Pho may reflect moral philosophy on charity and judgment.
Promoters describe Urino Laxative Fruit Byrup as cleansing and stimulating the bowels without any irritation. The ad emphasizes a smooth, irritation free laxative effect.
A terse antiquated axiom states that stealing the labor of the deceased is a graver offense than taking their garments. The quip underscores moral priority of rightful legacy over mere belongings.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve calling it the best salve in the world. He claims it saved a felon on his thumb and consistently heals sores burns and wounds. Available for 25 cents at Callaway’s drug store.
Summer kidney irregularities blamed on excessive drinking or overheating. Read this notice urging preventive action and advising use of Foley's Kidney Cure as directed by G. Callaway.
A light toned remark portrays a woman boasting about her own allure describing herself as irresistibly charming. The line reflects period snappy wit and social flippancy in a theatrical or casual note.
Mrs A A Felton of Harrisville endorses Dr King s New Life Pills as years of use prove them just exactly right. The pills relieve without discomfort and serve as a remedy for constipation biliousness and malaria. 25c at Callaway s drug store.
Advertisement claims Oley's Honey and Tar gives immediate relief to severe asthma and can effect a cure if taken timely. Credited to Geo. Be. Callaway.
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