27 May 1876
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1876
Page
1
Brief legal notice indicates cancellation related to proceedings at Odd Fellows' building under docket No 3. Details are unclear in the fragment, but the action appears to be a formal withdrawal or termination of a prior filing. Entities include a lawyer and a meeting place.
The poem laments time's passage as a brook carries memories of youth and sorrow. Nature scenes blend with a mournful refrain about seasons, May songs, and the enduring voice of the stream echoing life’s faded promise and quiet grief.
A heartfelt open letter from Gulnare, a so called fallen woman, pleading to editors and society for understanding. She recounts an arranged marriage, a West Coast crime life, poverty, a murdered husband, and a brutal fall into prostitution driven by desperation and lack of money. She decries society's judgment and calls for reform, aid, and safeguards to save other young women.
A Saturday explosion at Bergen Hill New Jersey levels a small six by ten foot building. The blast reveals dynamite power and causes a powerful concussion felt across the area. Residents report shock and alarm as authorities assess damage.
Col Dick Thompson states Indiana delegates are for Morton on first ballot if he shows strength. If Morton falters, southern Indiana would likely back Bristow. few favor Conkling, and Bristow is praised for courage against corruption. Hendricks and Morton are both popular within their parties.
A column discusses Indiana politics around the Hendricks era and the Specie Resumption Act, noting partisan tactics and the doubt over Hendricks’s nomination. It shifts to a health piece on candy and teeth, arguing sugar may harm vision and dental minerals, urging cautious consumption and further study.
A two story Belville hotel near the Pittsburgh Railroad and Coal Company dyke disappeared into quicksand south of East St. Louis. Owner F. Decker faced about 10000 dollars in losses for the building and furniture as the structure sank after days of signs it would go. The incident caused considerable local alarm and was described with uncertain details by the St Louis Journal.
The piece critiques tobacco chewing as unclean and unhealthy harming the mouth stomach blood and nervous system. It notes decline in the East and Midwest but persistence in the West and South with men chewing in church at breakfast and even on the way to the gallows. Clergy judges doctors editors are cited among chewers.
The Philadelphia Times notes the original Declaration of Independence arrives for an exhibition with the text intact despite threats. Vandals threaten facsimiles, while caretakers insist the document remains safe and accessible to the public.
Legal Advertising will be charged at one hundred dollars per inch for the first insertion and fifty cents per inch for each additional insertion. An extra ten percent applies to ads with cuts or large type. Prepayment required for subscriptions and transient ads. Longer-than-three-month ads are prorated. Biweekly ads pay three quarters of full rates. Special notices incur a twenty six percent advance. Local business notices priced per line. large black type items priced per line. Cancellations incur charges for time inserted.
A London Times correspondent visits the Spanish Province of Martaia and notes the scarce life and sparse habitation. Civil Guards accompany the coach, signaling a balance of security and fear as robberies have fallen away. Traveling remains rare, with few outlying houses and many poor never reaching nearby towns. The contrast between gaudy women’s dress and sombre male attire is observed in garden settings.
Cincinnati hosts a May 21 celebration for the fiftieth anniversary of Archbishop Purcell’s ordination. Visitors arrive by rail, a rain-interrupted procession forms, and the week ends with a high mass at the Cathedral led by Cardinal McCloskey and a grand concert by 300 male voices and an orchestra at Exposition Hall.
Fragmented report describes a scene on Baker Street where a crippled man rests against a fence while a garden owner and an assistant work nearby. The text is garbled and contains unclear actions and dialogue.
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