Record of a historic March 1906 Cambridge City snowstorm
Snow began Sunday morning in Cambridge City on March 19 1906 and fell in large flakes all day and night. By Monday March 20 the depth topped eighteen inches with four to ten foot drifts. The storm disrupted transport with trains annulled interurbans shoveling crews traveling by horn and wagon replaced by sleighs and bobsleds. It was noted as one of the greatest snows in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge City
Main Street
Virginia Falls
Glen Beeson
Doddridge and Pitman Families Visit Friends in Earlham Youth
Richmond residents Mr. and Mrs Vernon Doddridge and Donna Jean spent Sunday with June Doddridge. Charles Cox and family visited Rufus Pitman’s group. Virgil Dean joined Barney Linderman in Greensfork. Chares Replogle stayed with D O Clevenger. Claude Judkins, ill with pneumonia, is under nurse care. Hazel Doddridge and Donna Jean dined with Vernon Doddridge in Richmond. Raymond H Young of Los Angeles and Elmer Pitman from Chicago visited last week with Rufus Pitman and family. Anna Cook birthday dinner in New Castle included Walter Clevenger family. Ed May and daughter dined with John Clevenger family. D O Clevenger visited Omer Hurst in Cambridge City.
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Vernon Doddridge
Richmond
June Doddridge
Donna Jean
Charles Cox
Rufus Pitman
Virgil Dean
Barney Linderman
Greensfork
Chares Replogle
D. O. Clevenger
Claude Judkins
Hazel Doddridge
Raymond H. Young
Los Angeles
Cali
Elmer Pitman
Chicago
Walter Clevenger
Anna Cook
Newcastle
Ed. May
John Clevenger
Omer Hurst
Cambridge City
W C B C Meeting and Citizen Essays Noted
The W. C. B. C. met with Mrs. Mabel Rathfon and heard Erma Smullen speak on Authors of the Present Day. Pauline Rathfon performed a piano solo as essays on What is a Good Citizen were read and ranked by judges Earl Crawford and Ernest Jeffrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Rathfon
Erma Smullen
Pauline Rathfon
Earl Crawford
Ernest Jeffrey
Willard Charles Smullen
Paul Hudelson
Willard Myers
Frances Hudelson
Hurley
Tom Logan
Mesdames Bertha Gordon
Clara Wolf
Josephine Scott
Martha Summan
Dora Cummins
Lonnie Hill
Falmouth
Floyd Ashbaugh
Centerville
William [Amberson
Charles Freeman
Jesse Moore
Reid Hospital
Margaret Toms
John Rutherford
Lee
Walter Rutherford
Lenora
Charles Staats
Clarence Mason
Chandos Mason
Dayton
Hopewell Social Round Leads With Visits And Quilting
Mrs Linnie Williams hosted a Sunday dinner with Rev H H Merryman of Dayton and other guests from Spiceland Dublin Kokomo Newcastle Indianapolis Lewisville New Lisbon and Indianapolis area. The Ladies Aid Society held an all day quilting meeting with a noon pitch in and roll call from members. The next gathering is set for April 10 hosted by Mrs Ada Langston.
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Linnie Williams
H. H. Merryman
Dayton
Ohio
Warnie Macy
Fred Smith
Marjorie
Spiceland
John Snyder
Horace Miller
Helen
Dublin
Henry Lindle
William Jay
John
Kokomo
Ida Elliott
Muriel Macy
Celia Stites
Emma Kendall
Lola Kendall
Lucy Gibert
Miriam
Geraldine Macy
Elma
Lillie Stites
William Carey
Lewisville
Otto Cox
Pearl
Ella Campbell
New Lisbon
Ada Langston
Pottery Lesson with Sally Owl at Indian Camp
Sally Owl guides American children through traditional pottery making at the Indian camp. She explains clay preparation, shaping with gourds and fabric imprints, polishing with a pebble, painting with berry dyes, and baking bowls on a hot coal bed, as the children watch and learn.
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Sally Owl
The Game of Twirls and Outdoor Pottery
A wild description details making six inch twirls as scoring markers then tossing them in wind to land for points. It notes outdoor play on windy days and compares tribal and other games, ending with Sally Owl giving bowls to children and Irene Armstrong narrating.
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Sally Owl
Cambridge City Notes and Craft Tips From The Tribune
The piece blends a craft note about folding purple and green paper to make hyacinths and a travelogue by a contributor in The Tribune about Cambridge City. It covers streets cleanliness, churches, schools, river recreation, a large steam laundry, hotels and restaurants, transportation, and local attitudes. The author praises amenities, laments garbage can shortages, and suggests residents pull together for public welfare.
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Whitewater
Cambridge City
Main St
Dixie
Prominnt Busines
Los Angeles
California
Mbridge City
Desert Moon session tests suspects amid tense standoff
Sam Stanley presides over a forced confession style gathering at the Desert Moon ranch as he locks doors and questions Martha, Danny, Mary, Mrs. Ricker, and Hubert Hand about alibis and suspicions in a murder case. John is accused as Sam shifts to suspects and demands truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny
John
Mrs. Ricker
Martha
Sam
Hubert Hand
Hubert
Neo
Hood
Desert Moon Ranch
Dad
Sam Stanley
Hand
Jelr
Gaby
Chad
You
Mary
Mr. Ricker
Ricker
Hubert Gand
Hvinz
Leo Saule
Saule
Waln
Cambridge City Impressions From an Elder Visitor
An elderly man, 76, tall and neatly dressed with long white whiskers, approached the Tribune seeking work and offered to write a visitors note on Cambridge City. He described twelve winters in Orida and claimed editorial experience with Indianapolis and Muncie papers. He asked to stroll the town to share his impressions.
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Tribune
Orida
Indianapolis
Muncie
Cambridge City
Milton Items Show Local Social and Family Gatherings
The column lists visits and social events in Milton including Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hoffman and daughter visiting Union City, Miss Alice Harry staying with her parents, and many local families hosting or attending gatherings. It notes First Aid class at Wilson school, Purdue weekend visits, church circle meetings, and relatives visiting from Greenfield Cambridge City Rushville Hagerstown and Indianapolis.
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Oscar Hoffman
Union City
Alice Harry
Connersville
John Harry
Ralph Hutchens
Eastern Star
John Williams
Greenfield
Otto Crownover
Agnes McMillan
Luella Hubbell
Wilson School
Lawrence Crawford
Purdue
Anna Broaddus
Oliver Chapin
Herman Fox
Cambridge City
Chas. Kniese
Pauline
Indianapolis
Clifford Walker
Ruth Circle
The
Christian Church
Amanda Wissler
C. A. Braden
Lawrence Wissler
Albert Kellum
Urias Wissler
Eliza Marlatt
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Doddridge Chapel
Bentonville
Hopewell
Clhlaidrem
Uncle Fred
Sally
Twirls
Irene Armstrong
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