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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
1
Naturalists report baboons in Africa fighting in ordered bands to aid the young. The troop forms a frontline with males at the head and rear, uses coordinated stonethrows, and even rescues a distressed baby by an old baboon lifting it to safety on a cliff while the group roars in victory.
The peanut shifts from casual theater snack to a valued food praised by Mr. Hoover. Described as a legume rich in tissue-building content, the peanut is suggested for soups and peanut loaf. Recipes are available from the Washington Food Administration.
A young Topeka army officer in Paris sought a waist for his sister and, unsure of size, chose a Parisian clerk to try it on. The clerk kissed him, promising thanks, sparking other clerks to beg him for purchases. He left, intending to return, but the sister never received the present.
A London suburb butcher allows groups of eight to ten inside and exits at the rear. An old woman, noting many entering but none emerging, asks what happened to the others prompting a startled call to hurry. The anecdote underscores rising mistrust in crowded queues.
A vivid scene from Zane Grey’s Union Pacific tale portrays Benton after payday during railroad frontier days. The account describes a city of excess and ruin with gambling dens, revelers, and dying dawn as a harsh warning of frontier life.
Paris dispatch reports Countess Yourkevich in Neuilly sur Seine caring for nearly six hundred discharged war dogs. The Old Brigade includes Pax who saved a master four times and Dick of the Somme who lost a leg. Dogs share the fate of stretcher bearers as bread cards tighten and food grows scarcer.
The piece explains regimental beliefs about animals in the trenches. Black cats are deemed luckiest regimental possessions and a stray of this color at a gunpit or dugout signals extended luck for the unit. Seeing a black magpie, a cuckoo call before breakfast, or other omens are treated as bad omens for the march.
A Boston Herald reflection rebukes panic over calamities. A trapper finds a man hiding under a smoking ledge to evade wartime duties and welfare needs. The tale argues most suffering stems from human fault, not fate, and stresses food shelter and love as essentials endangered by foes here and abroad.
The New York City health department warns against hair dyes using paraphenylenediamin a coal tar derivative once common in dyes. The bulletin notes lead and silver salts fell out of use and labels the substance as dangerous for scalp application.
In New York City 14 large public schools become community centers featuring roller rinks, employment bureaus, social clubs, reading rooms, lecture halls and gymnasiums. The facilities serve both youths and mothers with clubs and expert talks on home interests and shared problems. The neighborhood movement grows as schools are designed to serve wider community roles.
An elder sister compliments a young girl at breakfast for quiet, industrious knitting. The girl responds defiantly that she will not fetch anything from upstairs, revealing tension between them. The scene centers on household dynamics and a declared boundary.
Maliasie Fifer, born July 15 1880 in Kentucky, died June 13 1918 at Reid hospital after a brief illness. She was a devoted wife to Henry Fifer mother of Esther Ernest Cecil and Elbert friend and church worker at Greens Fork and Pershing Lutheran. Funeral services were at the Lutheran church in Pershing with burial there.
Jacob George Madison Wickes, born February 25 1836 in New Market Virginia, died June 14 1918 at his home in Pennville Wayne County Indiana aged 82 years 3 months 17 days. He married Caroline Long on November 19 1859 and they had six children. He grew up in Wayne County and remained a faithful member of the Christian faith. Survived by his wife six children two brothers and many friends. Funeral services were held at the family home conducted by Rev. Brewer with large attendance including a gift from Pennville School where he was their oldest member. Geo Condo of Wilkinson oversaw the burial in Franklin Cemetery.
As temperatures top ninety degrees Pitman’s ice supply helps households stay cool. Storefronts promote ventilating fans and cooling drinks while families seek relief and reprieve from a hot day.
William H. Bradbury longtime Richmond realty broker and guardian trustee died at his son W K Bradbury's home at 308 North Fourteenth Street at age 93. Born October 23 1825 in Jacksonburg he built a wide career from tannery to farming to insurance and real estate founding Bradbury and Son. He served as deputy provost marshal during the Civil War and supervised Earlham Cemetery for 25 years. Survived by two sons two grandchildren and two great grandchildren along with siblings and a large Bradbury family network.
Knode Porter sixty five died at 11 o clock Wednesday night at his son in law H F Burk s home 306 North Eleventh street Brights disease caused death after long illness confined to bed ten days He was a Hagerstown merchant for thirty years a postmaster nine years and had wide ties across Henry county Born in California March 2 1853 his family later moved to Hagerstown He married Sabina Clements about forty three years ago Surviving are his daughter Mrs Burk his aged mother two brothers Ed and Will Porter and other relatives Burial was in the Hagerstown cemetery after body was returned from New Castle
United States Tires set higher construction standards than ever before in the tire industry. This elevation in quality explains why mileage and serviceability records are being broken and why sales are rising sharply.
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