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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
1
George H Noltle Carpet Rug and Drapery House announces a grand autumn exhibit of carpets rugs mats curtains and linoleum with Royal Wiltons two toned Oriental and floral designs highlighted. The display features a wide range from door mats to large room size rugs and claims lower prices than competitors.
A Richmond business named Exclusive Carpet and Drapery House is featured in a local commerce blurb highlighting its offerings, showroom location, and signature products. The notice emphasizes home furnishing options available to residents and builders in the area.
A catalog style note lists Axminster Carpets and Brussels tapestries with price ranges. Mentioned are escalating prices from 55 cents to 135 dollars, indicating a promotional or sale listing for different carpet types and brands.
Curtain varieties include ruffled Arab Sutash Cluny Brussels Net and Irish Point with prices ranging from 30 cents to 18 dollars per pair. New fall imports feature Colored Madras Cluny Point Arab Tibet Effet and Fancy Curtain Nets by the yard in striking effects.
Portieres of silk tapestry velour and oriental styles offered with a wide range of colors and widths. Also selling Bissell carpet sweepers and a large line of grille work and pedestals. Call to view an immense stock.
A Richmond editorial urges a state pure food inspector to probe spoiled eggs flooding local markets. It notes high prices, calls for stiff penalties under the pure food law, and cites merchants and a Mississippian hotel proprietor praising Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs, sold at Callaway’s drug store.
The piece explains how all longitudes converge at the north pole making it effectively noon all day there. It notes that time equals longitude and that a resident at the pole could choose any time, since every meridian meets there. The excerpt closes with an 18th century catalog note from Fog's Journal listing ready made coats and gowns for sale.
A London News excerpt notes Byron feared fatness and used extreme regimens. It cites his Athens diet of rice vinegar and water, six biscuits daily, and even chewing mastic and tobacco to curb hunger. The piece contrasts Byron with Beau Brummel and links his weight battles to his gloomy poetry.
Notice to gentlemen offering Druggers Sagathie and Duroy suits in sizes for £3 10s to £5 10s. Cloth Serge German Serge and livery suits priced from £4 to £5 10s. Located at Two Golden Balls in Great Hart Street river end of Bow Street.
A century ago tea etiquette forbade heavy cream or sugar and urged tasting with a spoon while the hostess asked if the tea was agreeable. The piece recalls Lady Betty famed for cooling Bohea with breath and a poised gesture that mesmerized observers.
The London Outlook contrasts Berlin’s weak press with the bustling free press of London New York and Paris. It argues a modern city relies on advertising and newspapers, while Berlin’s papers remain impoverished under official control.
A young husband asks his wife what she would do if he died. She pleads not to imagine it, fearing a future stepfather for their son and the emotional strain it would cause.
Dialogue shows a playful exchange where a woman praises a man for self sacrifice while he deflects saying he saves gifts for friends. The scene centers on shared humor and affection.
A concise aphorism from the Kansas City Star notes that debt of worry or misfortune compounds and can consume the original resources or principal over time. It reflects a cautionary view on taking on problems.
A Chicago judge recalls that Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 or a year in prison for voting for General Grant. Anthony defended herself by describing her press debts and income while pledging to pay creditors, even if it meant losing an arm. The court spared her imprisonment, and the fine remained unpaid for years.
A report notes plans to begin work this spring on the world’s largest restaurant in New York. It mentions various scattered items including a Missouri group in the Oklahoma house of representatives and a St. Louis burglary incident. It covers canal project optimism, hotel rooftop rooms, a peculiar egg with a 1906 owner’s name, a British stone weighing over 35 tons, and Missouri agricultural research on hog fattening with corn and middlings at low costs.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes elaborate calling dresses with nets silk voiles and fine materials used in house and street wear. Heavy raised work is common on spring costumes with padded embroideries on waists skirts and jackets. Sleeves will be very full at the top with shoulder embroideries capes and other adornments to the shoulder and arm.
Passage notes mass exiles moving toward Russian provinces through forests in Siberia. It warns that early spring snowstorms threaten thousands of horses. It also mentions surplus production of wheat oats butter cheese eggs honey and the clear green water of Lake Baikal with a visible rocky bed to forty two feet.
Members of parliament must raise hats when mentioned in speeches. The mayor and mayoress of Darwen will present a silver mug to every child born in the town during their year in office. The Ship tavern at Greenwich, famed riverside inn, has closed after centuries dating to William Pitt's era.
Home helps suggest removing verdigris on metal with liquid ammonia and preventing new odors in refrigerators with lime or charcoal. Wipe dust and screen doors with kerosene to renew their look. Heavier damask tablecloths resist creases, wear longer, and hang better, easing laundering.
A reflective quotation from the Atchison Globe notes that adaptation dulls wonder, self trial favors the verdict, and fathers and sons mirrored across generations would shape better sons. It ends with a caution that hope often expects gifts and secrets can backfire by exposing truth.
The article advises not stretching fabric when sewing on the bias by placing the underlying piece underneath. To keep velvet pile from crushing, place a matching piece face down on it. For fabrics that fray, place between thin paper and cut through both paper and fabric for cleaner edges.
A Harper's Week glimpse describes how Chinese laundry tickets work. Each week the laundryman issues duplicate wash tickets with gods or celestial names like Moon No 1 and Moon No 2. The tickets carry the customer's name Wong Lee between the repeated legends.
A brief New York quip pits a young lady against a fortune teller who says the future husband depends on the woman’s actions. The teller adds a blunt jab that bad husbands are self made, delivering a wry social joke.
The quote argues that symmetry breeds boredom, which in turn fosters melancholy and deep despair, attributed to Victor Huge. It frames symmetry as a universal oppressor driving emotional fatigue.
An Ohio poultry raiser explains scaly legs in birds and recommends kerosene emulsion as the best cure. He describes dipping hens in a kerosene mix two thirds full and notes a full cure with no apparent harm to the flock, though salt grease is also mentioned.
The article argues a cow's value lies in her ability to turn feed into milk and butter, noting a 60 milked cow may retire soon. It suggests feeding the cow as much as she can consume and adds pork as a profitable byproduct to a dairy. The piece emphasizes the cow as a machine converting food into milk, with profits tied to digestion and assimilation.
Farmers should place a shop near the horse barn with quick access to repaired harnesses. Include a solid bench and vise, tools for iron wood and leather work, and supplies like nails bolts rivets harness trimmings leather straps yokes neckyokes single trees and iron trim mings. Farm Progress recommends ready access and practical setup for steady repairs.
Kansas experiment station reports corn yields under rotation. After potatoes averages 69.98 bu/acre, after soybeans 67.55, after corn 60.74, and after small grains wheat barley oats emmer lower than after corn, with the lowest yields after Es Mir cose end sorahum.
Knightstown ends its annual street fair in October as most citizens prefer fewer than six men to shoulder the entire task while others reap the benefits. The town sees knocker s and spongers and calls for unity harmony and full participation to run any public affair.
The subject is described as a poor fruit grower who isn’t a good grafter, highlighting weak horticultural abilities and limited grafting proficiency.
A St Louis chemist introduces ZeMoO a clean vegetable liquid that draws germs and poisons to the skin surface and destroys them claiming lasting cures for eczema pimples dandruff and itching skin. The medicine is sold widely with free trial offers and agencies including Cambridge City through Geo Callaway.
A newborn's gaze at its own feet may not indicate active learning or future problem solving. Experts note self exploration is common and not a reliable measure of cognitive development or motor skills at early ages.
An advertisement claims kidney trouble leaves people half alive and asserts Foley's Kidney Remedy restores health and vitality. The ad cites Geo. E. Callaway and urges refusing other products.
A wry proverb notes that a person preoccupied with themselves demands little protection from others. It suggests self-centered individuals require minimal shelter or consideration from outside.
A reflective line asserts it is easier to love and be wise than to be generous while having money. It contrasts emotional richness with monetary ease.
The ad touts Honty Tar by Foley claiming rapid relief for coughs and lung issues through a genuine remedy. Signed by Geo. E Callaway, it promotes a new package and urges trust in the advertised cure.
A witty remark contrasts courtship and marriage by noting how temperament appears during courtship as tempo with a playful shift to temperament after marriage and the added emphasis on raiment.
A Wisconsin father claims two doses of Foley's Orino Laxative saved his three year old son's life. He states the child was constipated with a high fever and was in an awful condition, but by the next morning the fever had disappeared and the boy was entirely well.
A short reflection on how patience and a standard cookbook help newly married couples find happiness, suggesting practical domestic guidance.
David Parker of Fayette New York Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with saving his health He says they cured his stomach trouble and keep him strong Now 50 cents at Callaway's drug store.
A concise line notes that as a man’s income rises so does the difficulty he faces in securing his fair share. The remark suggests a tension between wealth and equitable distribution.
A married man is accused of neglect for letting family members use any remedy except Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. The ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as the best option containing no opiates and in a yellow package.
A fragment notes an untidy woman with an untied shoe, drawing remarks on her appearance and demeanor in a public setting. The line hints at judgment of straightness or decorum in social behavior.
Farmer W. A. Floyd of Rural Route 2 Empire Ga says Bucklen's Aroha Salve cured two severe sores on his hand and leg. He would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Price: 25 cents at Callaway's drug store.
A reflective note argues that virtue begins locally as households neglect to begin charitable acts. It warns that without personal example, broader assistance falters and communities miss compassion opportunities.
A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker by continual coughing. The ad claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickly and expels colds. It emphasizes the genuine remedy has no opiates and comes in a yellow package from Geo. E. Callaway.
A prominent statesman asserts fearlessness as an investigating committee convenes. The figure defends conduct amid calls for scrutiny and political tension intensifies in the capital.
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine says the family has enjoyed good earth since using Dr King's Life Pills for three years. The pills cleanse and tone the system gently and cost 25 cents at Callaway's drug store.
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