28 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
1
Prof. David Jones, renowned as the world’s champion speller, retires on a pension after half a century of Missouri teaching. For 33 years he issued an annual spelling challenge, spelling 15 000 words correctly in one sitting. His trophies line his sideboard from competitions nationwide.
A wireless telegraph message can be confused by signals of the same wave length sent by a transmitter. A receiving set must be tuned to the same wave length as the transmitting set to avoid taking up signals of different wave lengths.
Mrs. Sarah Sells born July 18 1827 in Newark New Jersey lived in Cambridge City for nearly six decades. She married twice first to John Gonzales then to Valentine Bell and worked on canal lines before settling in Cambridge City. She died Friday night leaving a son two grandsons and a great granddaughter. Services were held at the family home conducted by Rev. Jones with burial in Riverside.
Henry Smith son of W. M. Smith died February 25 1918 at age 17 years 6 months 4 days after birth on August 21 1900 He leaves a father and four sisters Mrs Nora Wright Mrs Anna Keetan Mrs Sarah Hobbs and Mrs Ada Trent with Ada his housemate The Cambridge City community remembers him fondly The article also notes high school entertainment and a theater visit with local residents urging full name registration for records.
A piece from The American Boy argues the head is for thinking not ornament, and stresses the brain as a machine for thoughts. It compares the value of a thinking general to numerous soldiers and urges readers to learn to run and keep their minds well tuned.
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