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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
A California tale describes the so called trade rat that takes items left unattended and returns a varied array of objects in payment. A pen with paste left overnight yielded a long stick rope paper scraps nails and an intact glass funnel inside the pan as barter.
Lyon & Healy of Chicago buys cash the stock of Thompson Music Co Healy Music Co and F G Theatre Piano Co. about 1000 pianos from Henry F Miller Ivers Pond Smith Nixon brands offered to the public at 20 to 40 percent discount. Write for the list and address Lyon & Healy 77 Adams Street Chicago. Four plans for non cash buyers.
A wanderer, claiming to have followed the water for twenty years, asks a suburban house for help. The house wife rebuffs him, slamming the door and remarking he does not look as if he had ever caught it.
A Washington Star note traces the saying to a tale of a private forced to eat a crow by his officer. The private wrested the weapon, forcing the officer to join in the grim meal, then claimed innocence with the remark about dining together.
A rich merchant faces a bold suitor who, after glimpsing his three golden haired daughters in a park, declares instant love and asks for consent. The father, amused by the stranger’s nerve, grants approval, noting the rapid acquaintance.
The Sporting World reports Morris Wood will join professional speed skaters, ending long debate over his amateur status. His dominance among eastern amateurs prompted calls to turn pro, with prior races mainly in handicaps. his move should reduce external scrutiny and open new competition locally.
A young girl reports a mad dog was seen, insisting with urgency that the animal was furious and dangerous. The account captures a vivid childlike description of a frightening encounter.
All correspondents with Egypt in all parts of the world should be warned that it is necessary to put the word Egypt on all communications addressed to Alexandria as misdelivery has occurred to Scotland Canada New South Wales Cape Colony Italy the United States and other towns named Alexandria.
Berlin reporters describe a harsh street scene where a strong man forces through crowded tramcars and jostles pedestrians, provoking outrage among visitors unaccustomed to the city’s rougher flow. The account emphasizes blunt behavior and local bustle as a stark contrast to other capitals.
Eastern college men who saw Wallace De Witt of Spokane high school champions of the northwest predict he will be a worthy successor to his cousin John R. De Witt who won Princeton against Yale in 1903. De Witt, eighteen, 171 pounds and nearly six feet, scored in both championship games and excelled at defense and all around play. He kicked two to four goals in other games and is Brooklyn born, a graduate of No. 82 public school and Spokane high school. He will graduate next June and enter Princeton next fall.
Directors of the tristate lawn tennis tournament vote to create a new trophy for Miss May Sutton of California after the original bowl won in September last disappeared following the donor’s death. The club will spend $250 to duplicate the bowl and reserve a future prize.
The Ceylon manual notes that male elephants there lack tusks, with small upper jaw projections. It contrasts native cattle horns and deer antlers with those in India, and suggests Ceylon once formed part of the mainland, positing a lack of ivory- forming pasturage as a reason for the small tusks and horn development.
A Wachau peasant threw stones at rabbits to frighten them from cabbages but did not hit any. He was sentenced to three days in prison by Vienna high courts. The appeal failed. authorities argued that even if a rabbit had been killed, stealing a rabbit would be unlawful.
A Swedish farmer, selling hogs in the Midwest, cashes a check and is urged to open an account so he can draw against it. He agrees, the bank opens the account, and later a friend’s check is paid in full. The depositor then returns with his checkbook, saying he no longer needs the money.
Three miles south of the Mesa En can data in Mexico lies Ancoma an island town perched on a 400 foot overhang with a 70 acre flat summit. The prehis tic Pueblo fortress built for defense shows ladder access and stacked living spaces. An exploration note records its existence by 1540 with unknown age.
A fourteen year old failed to spell 15 percent of words at a monthly exam. The tutor urged constant study but the boy replied he would not live that long, prompting a wry exchange about remembering words forever. The anecdote comes from Harper's Weekly.
A Russian noncommissioned officer named Budaikoff is reported to hold the world record for continuous military service. Entering the army in 1797 at age fifteen, he served over eighty years, fought in the 1812 campaign, and earned four classes of the St George order plus about forty medals. Now retired on a $600 annual pension, he remains in robust health with a long family history including a son who died in the Russo Turkish war.
Uniformed men on the main Paris boulevards carry white baton like tubes with three fan shaped signals marked fumee trop vite and odour. The signals warn automobilists for speeding or smoke and odor violations. They are paid by the Automobile club with police prefect approval.
A fragment reads a personal expression of affection toward a preferred product line, implying loyalty or sentiment tied to a familiar item referenced as the one always purchased. No additional context or names are provided.
The text describes Hindoo sweets such as sada made from sugar milk and rose attar and Buddhika bal or hair of Buddha formed as vermicelli like strings from sugar and buffalo milk cream. It also cites Bishop Dudley’s remark about a mountaineer’s ill formed sentence featuring three Miss Blake.
Historic anecdote notes Beau Brummell’s sharp reply to a tea invitation ending with a reminder that he takes liberties more than tea, prompting a reprimand from his hostess.
The article highlights otters as highly playful animals, engaging in romping, wrestling, tug of war with a stick, and sliding down a mud slope they create, showcasing their lively behavior.
Robert Lowe recalls a friend listening with an ear trumpet to a bore. He questions why one should contend against natural advantages valuing virtue over gold and silver over gold as Horace noted.
Charles E. Merrick applies to the Wayne County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five at a time at a specific Fir e Engine Room-adjacent premises in Cambridge City Jackson Township Indiana. He states he is over 21 a resident of Jackson Township for many days and owner operator of the business. The filing marks July 2004 as the next regular term and notes compliance with Indiana law March 17 1875 and current statutes.
Fragmentary railway timetable notes show J. M. I. division details with numbers and stops for south and north bound runs on line 230.7.0 Mm No. 288 and a 10 am or 9 10 am window, with references to Sun and Lake Erie and Western R R.
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