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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
6
A writer recalls Nevada mining camps near Tonopah and Goldfield where autos transformed travel from harsh burro routes to fast desert trips. Prospectors earn fortunes from passenger transport and car rentals, while highwaymen and extreme dust test drivers.
A New York tenement colonization plan, funded by an unnamed but likely Helen Gould, will move settlers to a large tract near Greeley. The project budgets exceed 300000 dollars for land and 100000 dollars for cottages and farm infrastructure. Colonists need good character certificates and may receive 10 to 40 acres with easy payments, while experienced farmers and instructors will guide farming, food values, and sanitation.
Mrs. Harriet K. Strickland files suit against Rev Slugh Rh Moore head of the First Church of Progressive Spiritualists at the Berkeley Lyceum in New York City seeking 25000 damages for defamation of character. Strickland says she worked as a spirit for over a year earning 12 dollars weekly with eight to nine other spirits. She has provided names and addresses of those involved and promises sensational exposures at trial.
William Nimick Frew heads the Carnegie Institute trustees as Andrew Carnegie presents a $23,000,000 gift to Pittsburgh. Samuel H Church and George W Woodruff are profiled for roles in education, history, and public service. Mrs Claude Swanson shapes Jamestown expo events while James Sherman and James Mann are noted for political ties. Eugene Ware seeks a service pension for his grandchild’s sake.
A Maine sportsman recounts a trout that bucked a first hook and escaped then took a second bait. He hauled in a two pound fish hooked in the mouth side with a torn jaw, bleeding, proving it was the same fish that had just escaped.
Readable inscriptions appear along the Southern Kansas line near Arkansas City. A dispatcher's work forms thirty foot letters across 200 yards on a hillside, readable from the train two miles away. Another stone message reads Eternity Where Will You Spend It on a bluff opposite the rail station.
A poem contrasts a man with a dark aggressive mustache and outlaw pose with a gentle side. It hints a Western bandit image may hide charity, as he spends his money on candy for kids and smiles, showing kindness beneath the bluff.
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