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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
1
The poem questions who can define love beyond child, knight, and church offering, arguing knowledge of love comes from neither youth nor suffering. The speaker cites Theodosia Pickering Garrison in the Brown Book of Boston to frame love as a mystery beyond time joy or pain.
A Jacksonville party aboard a sunken Matanzas river lighter found wild turkey eggs for lunch. A six foot water moccasin crawled into the dining room, ate an egg, and became lodged through the jug handle while trying a second egg. The cook killed the snake. a reporter saw the preserved skin and the jug.
The lich gate is a wooden shed over churchyard entrances where bearers paused for interments and clergy read the burial service. Some gates survive in country churchyards, with Welsh examples of stone builds and Herefordshire variants called scallage or scallenge gates.
An old black man who just won his pension in Memphis cashes $11 then buys three crates of cabbages. He plans to eat them all at once, saying he was free 40 years and never had money to buy cabbage before. The tale is recounted by the Memphis Scimitar.
A telescope plate exposed long enough shows a blur of light, revealing space filled with countless suns beyond human vision. Imagining the plate extended to the farthest recorded star suggests the heavens remain crowded with millions of suns and possibly planets.
The exchange features Hungry Hawkes delivering a quip to a stern housekeeper who orders him not to return after dinner. The line underscores social snobbery and a humorous misreading of mealtime, reflecting a lighthearted, period tone in Philadelphia Press prose.
A Chicago Herald quip notes the social impact of deafness, highlighting how hearing loss silences confidences and alters communication, reflecting on personal and communal repercussions in everyday life.
A historical remark cites a literacy gap stating nearly every Chinaman can read, while zero per cent of women are educated. The line reflects biased attitudes from the era, highlighting gender and ethnic stereotypes in educational access.
In British India only 6 percent of the population live in cities, highlighting the predominance of rural habitation and limited urban concentration across the region.
Dr. Immanuel Friedlaender outlines stone testing methods for the Industrial Association of Berlin. Hardness tests distinguish many imitations, but rubies and emeralds require optical observation. Minute air bubbles in rubies prove genuineness. emeralds show liquid inclusions and dendrites. sapphires display netlike formations.
A Scribner’s Magazine excerpt discusses the Appalachian region as a vast unknown land home to nearly 3,000,000 people across eight southern states. It traces discovery to the Civil War era, noting the strategic Mason Dixon line concept and Captain Garnett’s abortive raid culminating at Harpers Ferry, felled by mountaineers.
A New Orleans man recalls Rio de Janeiro as the easiest city to obtain credit yet the hardest place to dodge a debt. He narrates a six month settlement system, a boot order mishap leading to a rushed bill, and the social and financial ostracism faced when creditors insist on payment.
A town meeting erupts as Sam Rawson complains about road funds and poor road conditions. He asks the board of highwaymen for accountability while neighbors jeer, revealing public frustration with municipal road spending. The anecdote showcases local politics and communal humor from Youth's Companion.
A Philadelphia Record note mentions a Girard College youngster who prefers humor to study. A professor found this verse on the fly leaf: Should there be another flood, For refuge hither fly, And should the whole world be submerged This book would still be dry.
A family man pleads with his son not to become a boxer while a friend argues that a pound of cure is better than prevention. The quip from the Philadelphia Record frames boxing as a cautionary tale about risk and resilience.
An elderly gray whiskered man and a conductor scowl as a selfless passenger helps a lady by stopping a stalled electric car and tossing her umbrella to the opposite side. The act is described as unappreciated by the time of the Boston Transcript.
A pompous man proclaims self made status while another criticizes him in Brooklyn Life, capturing a brief exchange about ego and accountability in a satirical tone.
The text notes that before age 50 the most healthful occupation is clergy, with doctors and lawyers close behind. After 50 years, statistics show it becomes healthier to practice law than to preach, indicating a shift in career healthfulness with age.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt reports two fatal wasp sting cases from a British medical journal. A 27 year old woman fainted after neck stings, later dying after a second sting. A 22 year old woman near the jaw died 15 minutes after sting. A third case details severe reactions and death after a sting. The piece cites idiosyncrasy and notes formic acid as the bee sting agent, urging more study on toxic responses.
A crowd on Nas sau street watched two smart horses attached to a loaded ice wagon halt it on a steep grade as the noon whistle blew. They planted their hind feet, stopped the wagon, and even rubbed off their bridles. After a midday meal with oats, the patient driver praised his team and rode away. The incident drew cheers and a man declared the horses proved their intelligence beyond any laboring man.
An English traveler notes southern Europe's raven as bold as a crow. A youth once lost his dinner to a raven that swooped from behind and stole his cap, carrying it to a high crag where the bird lined it with straw for a nest.
A chiropodist advises smoothing all callous areas of the feet to improve comfort. Use a wet pumice stone every morning after the bath to rub surfaces destined to harden, keeping feet in excellent condition. After corn removal, light daily rubbing helps prevent recurrence.
A Chicago Tribune cartoon dialogue shows a doctor refusing to vote citing illness and a professor calling that an invalid excuse. The exchange highlights satire on civic duty and accountability with sharp banter.
In Jefferson City Judge Krekel sentences Brown to jail until educated to read and write and Jones to stay to teach him. After time Brown proves literacy by reading aloud and writing a letter with court guidance, then both are discharged as free men.
It is reported that prawns near England’s coast shift color at least twice in 24 hours to match surface or deep water light. As evening nears they lose day colors and turn a translucent azure. The sequence starts with red glow, then green, ending in blue, occurring even under perpetual light or darkness.
A. Bronson Alcott jokes that a man living on beef becomes an ox and eating mutton makes him sheepish, while pork may render him swinish. Dr. Walker counters that a man subsisting on vegetables may become pretty small potatoes, a wry diet critique in dialogue.
A fashion overview outlines tortoise shell buttons with gold flecks on tan cloth coats, fine white batiste waists, paisley silk square shirts, three-square waist construction, and borders for cellar cuffs. Silver trims rise on gowns with lace, while sable remains the elegant fur. chincilla and ermine mix with others. Color contrast and dainty flowered silks in Louis XVI style predict bold trims like chiffon ruchings and black velvet ribbons, plus new collars in Louis XIII style.
Evelyn Millard may play L Aigion in London, Grace George to headline Alice of Old Vincennes next season, Betsy Ross to open in Philadelphia in April. Erle Hope tours The Councilor's Wife while Theresa Vaughn’s health woes limit her future. Mme Paderewski to act as pianist's secretary later. Margaret Bronson to debut in vaudeville. Camille D Arville returns per marriage. Mrs E H Sothern to perform Camille with Sothern company. Pinero reports a brief, simple cast for his new comedy as four to five players. College delegates spot Mark Twain. he greets them with a wave and declines a speech.
A historic dietary guide praises garlic leeks and olives for circulation while beets and turnips purify blood and boost appetite. It warns against excess meat, favors baked potatoes for dyspepsia, and promotes cabbage spinach tomatoes celery and onions for various benefits including liver function kidney aid and sleep.
Rural French towns buzz with bar ring the shirtless bicycle costume for women. A year saw nearly 30000 dollars more value in monkey skins exported from the Gold Coast and at least 1000000 monkeys killed there. Belgium counts over 50000 dogs used for draft by milkmen ped dlers and small farmers with a new breed improvement society formed. Shipping coal by sea in wet conditions deemed dangerous, but recent experiments show wet carriage is now the safest mode.
A survey of prominent figures and curiosities: Virginia Senator Martin, six years in the Senate, never gave a formal speech. Lord Roberts popular in London may revive a goatee trend. Peter James of Yazoo City gifts Millsaps College a $2,000 telescope in memory of his father. Spain’s queen regent opposes bullfighting. British Commons has 670 members with age notes. Amsterdam’s Mile. Crettier first winter ascent of Breithorn. Lewiston’s Daniel Moulton recalls Santa Anna with Houston letters. Governor Dietrich’s bachelorhood invites marriage proposals. playwright Henry Guy Carleton admits stammering. Duke of Northumberland largest England landowner. Admiral Barrera retired in Brest. Chandler and Hitt among early stenographers in U.S. Senate and Illinois debates.
A California mare named Mormon Girl is driven by George Spear in this season's races. Thorndine, a 17% hands 1,400 lb pacer owned by Clinton H. Briggs shows 2:11% speed on winter trials. Fred Darling, a green mare, and Broomal and Bursar progeny pace records are noted. Various drivers including Pat Shank and C A Winship are training young performers. a McRoberts colt and Little Mack are highlighted as potential stars with trials on short tracks.
A collection of maxims urging perseverance wisdom and restraint from Napoleon Quarles De Quincey Amiet Chesterfield Thackeray Bruyere Spurgeo n and Bishop Hall. The sayings urge self control memory for kindness and industry as paths to virtue.
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