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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
6
A speaker argues for a powerful navy as essential for peace and asserts war, if any, must defeat opponents. The speaker warns against coast defense navy and urges fortifications and a robust Monroe Doctrine. They foresee expanding immigration rejection and potential friction as a policy consequence.
President Roosevelt at the Naval War College in Newport leads a major gathering of American naval officers to discuss future battleships and the navy’s role. He urges a strong, offensive fleet as essential to national safety and Monroe Doctrine enforcement.
A speaker argues the nation must protect prosperity by potentially restricting immigrants. He stresses the right to decide who may enter to live and work, warns that crude insults are unacceptable, and calls for firm yet courteous defense of rights and others' feelings.
A speaker urges a powerful fighting navy as the only reliable guarantee of peace and national honor. Diplomacy rests on force, not words, and the Monroe Doctrine gains credibility from naval strength demonstrated by battleship voyages. Uncle Sam can afford this cheap insurance for peace and safety.
President Roosevelt addresses leaders stressing national greatness carries heavy responsibilities. He calls for strong home governance justice and an efficient navy while urging officers to submit their views to the college gathering from the eastern seaboard.
Clara Cox Epperson writes in the Nashville American that Joel Chandler Harris has left the children he loved for a mysterious realm beyond return. The poet laments an empty space among the "'little creators" and the animal kingdom, while imagining Harris in a better land awaiting him and his young readers.
A fashion note describes the white duck sailor hat with a two inch silk band paired with light morning dresses. It references past styles such as pompadours and mushroom hats and details sailor suits for girls with plaited skirts, short sleeves, and white embroidered trims.
Women adopt chiffon or veiling to fluff pompadours replacing the rat. The new fans feature painted landscapes on the folds. When unfurled the scene appears, offering a decorative alternative to the traditional rat in hair styling.
The reader learns about a four size practical kitchen apron with bust ranges 32, 34, 36 and 44. The item is mail ordered for 10 cents and described as easily made and launders well with varied belt and buckle styles reflecting Greek influence and American flair.
The article recalls Charlotte Bronte's last moments after marrying Constantin Nicholls for nine months. A wandering delirium followed, then she woke briefly to her husband’s sorrowful face and murmured prayers. She whispered that she would not die and cried that God would keep them together.
In a London weekly paper a prize asked for the best list of ten strong words. A committee would pick ten from any one list. Winners were hate blood hungry dawn coming gone love dead alone forever.
A farmer urges a doctor to check his wife who he says felt tired after a morning of milking cows feeding pigs making breakfast washing dishes lighting a copper in the wash house and other tasks. The doctor questions and the farmer insists a medicine is needed.
Clara at Jennie’s wedding waited thirty minutes for the bridegroom due to a misunderstanding. Maud notes that thirty minutes mean little to a woman who has waited thirty years.
Elsie hides the origin of a silver mounted walking stick from her sister who asks her father to question her. Elsie claims she found it afloat like a schooner while bathing. Two days later the sister taunts Elsie about the owner’s name while noting the stick sank when tested in the bath.
The Manchester Guardian explains the proverb to know a hawk from a hernshaw as a falconry origin. It traces heronshaw from young heron and notes a later bandsaw corruption used by Hamlet.
A new arrival cracks in the dressing room with a joke about water. The retort mentions two kinds of cold, capturing a light moment in Harper's Weekly.
A brief note describes a carpet tack on the floor and the speaker’s repeated, indifferent movements through a familiar setting, suggesting lived experience rather than surprise. The fragment hints at casual observation from a recurring location in New York World style.
Mr. Wm. A. Couts and Josiah Murphy of Tuscarawas county were in the city today transacting business in the probate court.
Dr and Mrs C A Moore of West Steubenville avenue will travel to Mc Connellsville on Saturday to spend Sunday with Dr Brown and family.
J. C. Trimble and his daughter Mary from Cambridge R D No 1 attended the funeral of his mother in Rockville Ohio on Wednesday this week.
Among those who took in the excursion to Rockfoint Thursday morning were Miss Ila Thompson of New Concord and Frank Cham ness of this city.
The Cadiz Chautauqua reported receipts of 2518.03 dollars enough to cover all expenses. Organizers are negotiating to purchase grounds for permanent future use.
More buildings have been destroyed and livestock killed by lightning this summer, prompting farmers to elevate livestock insurance to the level of building insurance.
R S Ryan and wife attended the funeral of Mrs. Sue B. Ryan wife of James B Ryan who died Thursday morning at 4. She leaves a husband two sons and one daughter. An active M E church member she was well known in the county. Funeral Saturday at 1 pm with interment in St Clairsville cemetery.
Mr. W. Stone of East Poland Maine endorses Bucklen s Arnica Salve as effective for sore feet burns sores cuts and abrasions also recommended for piles. Available under guarantee at Neilley & Co and C A Heiner drug stores Byesville priced 25c.
An ad claims quick relief for infant croup with Dr Thomas Electric Oil. The copy promises dramatic, immediate effect and uses hyperbolic language typical of patent medicine pitches.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes good things and has adopted Dr King’s New Life Pills as their family laxative because they are effective without fuss. The painless purifiers are sold at Neilley & Co and C A Heiner drug stores in Byesville.
The writer proposes settling New York trouble by sending the President after Hughes, arguing he would be more potent there than in West Virginia and noting the public call to support Teddy in times of trouble.
Last night police arrested King Alva Black and brought him to Mayor Bradford this morning. He pled guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars plus costs. Officer Middleton made the arrest.
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