23 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
1
Ten day window for semi annual clearance at the mammoth Richmond Kee Oe store offering deep discounts across departments. Men’s shirts, hose, children's wear, gowns and skirts, wash goods, silks and dress fabrics priced to attract shoppers. Multiple items featured with special sale prices and broad stock reductions throughout the store.
Dept I and L offers half wool carpets at per yd and 5 piece tapestries at varied prices. Velvet and tapestry carpets listed with per yard rates and piece counts, plus straw mattings and linoleum at discounts. Curtains, furniture, iron beds, hammocks all heavily discounted in this sale.
A brief note explains how trees cool surrounding air beyond shade by internal heat dynamics and wind resistance. It also describes the Ha-gee game of the Tlinkits, where players try to keep a straight face to win a decorated pole, with the last smiling player losing their line.
A short dialogue shows Tommy claiming he wiped the damp grass with a towel before sitting, while his mother reminds him of her instruction not to sit on the grass. The exchange emphasizes a minor household irony.
A poem about Gwendolen Jones aged three living on Wellington Street and Harold Percival Marmaduke Smith who laments playing with girls. The two children interact at the fence as life joys seem to end for Gwendolen and Harold faces separation and mockery as a “baby.”
The article explains how farmers use pigs to locate and dig up truffles in France. A pig noses the ground to scent the fungus then burrows beneath oak roots. When a truffle is found the farmer pulls the pig away and rewards it with acorns before the pig resumes hunting more truffles beneath the trees.
In a rough West town a stranger bemoans the cruel land while a cowboy recalls a tale of a belping hand and a fatal shootout. Alkali Ike allegedly slipped three aces under the table during a poker game, prompting a deadly response from a partner.
A burly farmer limped to the railroad superintendent asking 50 cents for injuries from an early wreck. The official paid the amount after a receipt in full, and offered a pass home, but the farmer refused to ride the line again while the pins in his legs lasted, ending the tale with humor.
Advice against corns notes no numeric cure and warns both reputable and less reputable chiropodists offer remedies. The sole sure method is alternating shoes. not wearing the same pair two days prevents friction. Changing footwear rests feet and extends shoe life.
The Chicago News questions Pliny's claim that crocodile skin resists piercing. It notes bullets can pierce the hide if struck at an angle, and despite ancient lore the creature is not invulnerable but hard to kill only when a good shot is not available.
The text notes that after late autumn and winter the snake hibernates protected by bushes. With warmth returning it comes forth to pursue prey and to breed. The female lays from sixteen to twenty eggs in a string and leaves them to be hatched by warmth in Gosamposing.
The article traces cremation's global spread from antiquity, noting Greek legends linking it to Hercules and Argus, early records among the Scythians, and practices in Hindustan. It discusses purification by fire, the view that the body remains unclean after death, and cites Ovid on the soul’s separation only after combustion. The Athenians burned bodies after battles as a common custom.
A commercial traveler recounts a passenger feigning illness after a sandwich. He retrieves a hot water bag, warms a fried steak from his lunch, and feeds himself while riding a curve. The tale ends with the bag’s stopper unscrewed and the scene left incomplete.
The Chicago Post discusses luck and ability, framing luck as external chance and ability as the driver of success. It suggests ability, not luck, explains personal outcomes, portraying skill as the key to achievement.
The myth links Pegasus and the sun god Apollo with wisdom Neptune and a sea chariot, symbolizing doctrine and scientific inquiry. Pegasus’ hoofs unleash a rock fountain whose seven virgins represent seven sciences, while the horse embodies intelligence aimed at heaven and truth emerging from solid fact.
The New Press reports a peculiar suicide case described as a self guillotining. A man sharpened a spade blade tied to a carpenter’s bench, weighted the setup, positioned a block to allow the bench to drop, then laid his neck across a wooden support and was decapitated.
A naturalist extols seaweeds noting their wonders and huge sizes. He cites a North Sea species often reaching thirty to forty feet, forming a long cordlike shape. In tropical regions the seaweed grows with a trunk as thick as a man.
A steward combines waiter and chambermaid duties with early start, formal attire, and table and stateroom tasks. Pay is low, mainly from tips, though some stewards earned substantial sums like £40 in six weeks, as noted in Leaslie's Monthly.
Spartacus and Smarticus discuss health and reassurance, with Spartacus expressing a poor head cold. The dialogue shifts to comfort and resolving long standing uncertainty about a subject, as Smarticus guides the talk toward definite assurance.
Fragmentary line compares truth to a mirror and taint of falsehood. It warns that any deceit distorts clarity, making the honest image seem dim and unreliable.
A clipped fragment shows a friend urging reassurance and warning about gossip. The note mentions a girl, worry over disclosure, and a reaction from a Baltimore American source. The exact context and identities are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A garbled OCR fragment references love and hope with scattered phrases about higher aspirations. Names and clear details are unreadable, leaving only a vague emotional impression and no concrete events or entities.
Albert B Clough estimates in the National Magazine that Manchester New Hampshire could produce textiles so fast that if its output were sewn into a single thread it could loop around the earth in about eighty days less than Jules Verne’s imagined time. The city with 15,000 workers could pay out cloth at a rate of 350 miles per day.
A portrait of a well dressed cutter on a fashionable promenade, noted for cutting a glorious and well fitting coat that adorns the back of a well formed man, hailed as an enviable craftsman in tailoring and cutting.
A humorous exchange where a doctor offers pills for a bad cold to Mr. Jiggs, who responds that the doctor can have them for nothing. The Harvard Lampoon style captures satirical dialogue about medical advice and generosity.
The Philadelphia Ledger records a remark by the office Prullosspiek declaring that a flatterer is acceptable as long as no one challenges him and everyone desires his words, illustrating a sly critique of flattery in public discourse.
The Atchison Globe notes a friend traveling sixteen miles to attend a wedding shows strong loyalty, while a journey of five miles to a funeral is also revered as a meaningful tribute. The piece reflects on distances as expressions of respect and affection.
A frenzied speaker denounces the social system, insisting change is needed. A man in the rear interrupts with a quip about adding a suggestion as the crowd engages in a noisy, confused exchange.
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