15 Jul 1875
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1875
Page
1
Cambridge City timetable lists White Water Valley Railroad going north with mail and freight departures at 5 am and 25 pm and connections to the Indianapolis line. It includes M and C railroad mail at 5 pm, a local freight schedule, and collector notes for Personville and Columbus timing with arrivals and departures per day.
A fragment from a railroad timetable shows the Connersville leaves and schedules for both GOING EAST and GOING WEST with several lines: Saint Louis Railroad routes, mail express, accommodation, freight, and western express times. Specific times include morning and evening departures and varying service types. The text lists multiple trains such as Express and Freight with times like 6:30 am and 4:38 pm, but the fragmentary nature leaves details incomplete.
Fragmentary OCR passage shows travel directions and times among Wayne Muncie Cincinnati, White Water Valley, Bonville Broad, and Jacksonburg with several garbled entries. No coherent events or entities emerge beyond scattered place names and times.
Schedule fragment shows Cambridge to Dublin and Milton routes with departure and arrival times. Times listed include Dublin 11:30 am to 5:30 pm, Cambridge 9:00 am to 1:30 pm, and Milton departures around 9:30 am with afternoon arrivals. OCR errors produce scattered digits and misaligned station names.
Souwcxtety meetings list Masons AMBRIDGER LODGE No 5 meets Friday evening before full moon. THOMAS NEWLY LODGE No 44 meets 24 Wednesday evening each month. CHAPTER No 9 meets 1st day evening after full moon. AMBRIDGE COUNCIL No 4 meets 24 Tuesday evening monthly. AMBRIDGE COMMANDERY No 6 meets 1st Tuesday evening monthly. ODD FELLOWS ENCAMPMENT No 14 meets 1st and 3rd Monday evenings monthly. AYNE LODGE No 17 meets every Saturday night. LODGE No 9 meets every Thursday evening. Red Mew.
Prime red wheat also corn and oats for which cash will be paid on delivery at Cambridge Indiana and other convenient points for particulars apply to E D Sprigg Req Cambridge Ind J D Johnson Cumberland Md
An ornate narrative chronicles Madge Lou Genevieve and Grace as they vow duties for progress. It blends memories of youthful gifts with sacrifices for truth and service, tracing paths of love ambition and faith across a fading era. Grace struggles with unfulfilled talents while the others pursue noble callings in foreign lands.
An old frontiersman recalls brutal episodes on the plains. He speaks of Red Cloud and bands of Sioux, Blackfeet, Pawnees, Arrapahoes, Shoshones, and Cheyennes who hunted him as he hunted them. He describes scalping, stake bindings, and a lifetime of close encounters with tribes and wildlife from a wagon car conversation thus far.
An elderly man recalls surviving a brutal grizzly attack near the Rockies. He describes a fierce, fair fight with a three story grizzly while fending off an ambush. He reflects on injuries, a rescue by old friends, and a vow to endure the frontier’s harsh life as he contemplates what lies ahead.
The interview with Mr. Keely describes a novel vapor propelling devices, claiming water alone yields immense pressure, drives engines at high RPMs, and even powers trains. He recounts experiments with a micro receiver and a four inch plank test, predicting military and transport applications and centennial displays.
An observer recounts demonstrations of artificial snow and other effects claimed by Mr. Keely. He notes a tube chilled by ice on the outside yet narrow enough for a fingertip, and insists the machine itself must be seen to be believed. Keely declines to reveal the apparatus, saying it is out of order.
Von Bezold of Bavaria reports to the Royal Society in Munich from 105 years of Kremsmunster observations. He finds that high temperatures and sun surfaces with few spots correlate with abundant thunderstorms, and maxima in sun spots align with strongest auroral displays, suggesting storms and auroras reinforce each other but not proving direct earth sun electrical interaction.
A jaw bone resembling a ten year old child’s size unsettles Clayton scientists. The molars sit in front while the incisors resemble shoe pees at the back. The sides meet at the chin only by cartilage. The animal’s death is recent as membranes still cling to the bone.
The San Francisco Bulletin notes a sharp morning earthquake felt in parts of California Ohio Indiana and Illinois on Friday June 15. Reports describe a southeast to northwest motion followed by a center tremor and chimneys swaying a schooner captain feeling the vessel shift and a plaster bust falling from a bracket.
An account by Col Long details a grueling crossing of the African interior toward the pigmy lands. He recalls heat so intense it scorches skin, water scarce except for a single well, and a desert path lined with camel toil, bones, and mirage dangers.
Doesticks creator Mortimer Pheanmison known as Doesticks dies in New York City. A Michigan grad, he began with Niagara sketches in the Detroit Tribune and wrote police court notes and witty pieces for the New York Tribune and Picayune. He was war correspondent in 1861 and later held editorial posts in Minnesota. His best books include The Witches of New York and Doestick's Papers. He was twice married and leaves two children.
A correspondence from the Ohio Farmer describes a home cure for ivy poison using a sugar or lead mixture dissolved in half a teacup of warm milk or water. Applied with a linen rag, three to four applications cure. if near the eyes an astringent wash is advised. The article urges keeping the sugar or lead prepared and labeled for quick use.
The vast cannon at Woolwich Gotland will cost the British Government 2.5 million dollars. Such an instrument costs more than an American college but is expected to discharge greater ponderous material.
A newly invented stenographic device in France uses a keyboard with twelve black and twelve white keys to produce ink markings on a paper roll. The system writes up to 250 words per minute with three letters per sign, requiring six months of practice to master and using a 60 to 70 foot roll for an hour of continuous writing.
The New England Journal of Education notes a string of mispronunciations highlighting which syllables receive emphasis. Friends including a minister a reform society president and a debaters club head argue over correct stress for words like aspirant finale and conjutor.
The article recalls that Johannes Strauss wrote his first waltz at age seven while his father boxed his ears for wasting time, illustrating early musical precocity and strict parental discipline.
Cambridge City Tribune notes its Thursday publication by Harding McCain and Talbot with a $1.50 annual price. Communications require the author’s name for good faith. editors disclaim responsibility for correspondent opinions.
Legal Advertising charges 3125 per inch for the first insertion and 75 cents per inch for each additional insertion with a 10 percent surcharge for ads with cuts or large type. Subscriptions and transient ads paid in advance. Longer-than-three-month ads prorated to three months. Biweekly ads at three quarters rate. 25 percent extra for stationary ads on 2nd and 3rd pages. Special Notices 25 percent advance. Local Business Notices 10 cents per line first insertion, 6 cents per line subsequent. large or black type 25 cents per line. Cancellations prorated to time inserted.
A heavyset bald German bath attendant argued over payment with a customer at an Adams Street bath house yesterday noon. The dispute centered on a sign offering Turkish Sulphur Vapor and Sponge baths, ending with the customer leaving to City Hall and the bath keeper removing sponge baths from the menu.
M D Conway in Cincinnati Commercial notes the Shah’s remark to the Prince of Wales about servants during dancing. Society regulates the ballet corps this season as fashionable skirts trend extreme. A ball prompts brief displays then shifts to dress admiration and general talk, with dancing failing to endure as a survival.
A.global census estimate places the world population at 2,350,000,000 with regional totals of 72,800,000 in America, 587,000,000 in Europe, 789,000,000 in Asia, 188,000,000 in Africa, and 6,300,000 in Australia and Polynesia. Major sects total 195,000,000 Catholics, 57,130,000 Protestants, 400,000,000 Muslims, 340,000,000 Buddhists, six oriental churches 6,500,000, other Asiatic religions 260,000,000, Pagans 200,000,000, and Jews 6,000,000.
A Chicago Inter-Ocean piece from On Hang of Clark street features two satirical rhymes critiquing patriotism and immigration. The first mocks a lamb dish with exaggerated dialect while the second praises a self produced skit about a joss-man and "flee alla Melican" with On Hang credited for the efforts.
Each ship of the Arctic expedition provided pigeons like those in the Franco Prussian war. Part of the birds are to relay messages from the sledge parties to the Alert, while others will communicate with the Discovery.
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