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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1890
Page
2
Notices printed from Cambridge detail office locations on Main Street and East Court Square with mail routing notes for second class distribution.
The piece notes Canada tariff debates amid US talks on pension bills. It reports the Senate passing the dependent pension bill while the service pension bill is overlooked, angering local veterans. Wyoming statehood bill clears the House as Republicans seek fiscal reserves and a likely Republican Senate remains.
General John Beatty resigns as trustee of the San dusky Soldiers' Home and Governor Campbell appoints R B Brown of Zanesville to fill the seat. Brown previously served as trustee under Governor Foraker.
Governor Campbell appoints Nathan Ashfield of Hardin county for five years F Remple of Hocking county for four years F J Heer of Franklin county for three years W Watkins of Marion county for two years and Michael Stanton of Scioto for one year to the penitentiary board of managers.
The Mississippi River continues to flood the South with broken levees and widespread inundation. Residents flee to rooftops and trees to escape rising waters as property is lost and the outlook remains grim.
A leading eastern journal notes a relative of the president says Harrison is confident of Republican renomination. He knows party discontent with his administration exists but hopes it can be removed before 1892. The inference is that he will begin repairing fences soon, with work possibly complete in time though it remains doubtful.
The Tamany Hall organization in New York City faces rising scrutiny as several members are charged with crooked acts. Courts are appealed to for corrections, and the group's power could wane if reform does not occur. The general body is not entirely corrupt, but the corrupt faction could threaten its influence.
Europeans advertise cheap Congo region excursions drawing on Yankee optimism. The promoters are unnamed but presumed to be enterprising. The offer demands $600, with inducements not rosy, yet many adventurers may bite once funds are raised.
The piece argues the Democratic strategy shifts from the West to New England using tariff reform as a rallying cry. It notes possible fights for Rhode Island and Massachusetts and emphasizes New York and Indian voters as decisive factors in the final outcome.
A severe tornado struck Louisville Kentucky last Thursday night causing widespread destruction. The storm killed about one hundred people in Louisville and caused extensive property losses. Outlying areas in Northern Kentucky Southern Indiana and Illinois also suffered heavy damage and loss of life.
The farmers movement spreads across the West and South with organizing ticketing and calls for relief by legislation. In Kansas they vow not to support Senator inquiry or any legislator who backs him, while the Alliance grows stronger and pursues non partisan aims, aiming to curb Senator Allison of Iowa.
The piece cites Cleveland Plain Dealer figures showing Ohio sheep fell from 7,159,177 in 1867 to 4,? in later years while Texas and California sheep rose from 940,195 to about 12,600,000. It argues higher wool duties hurt Ohio farmers by raising clothing and carpet costs without shielding them from western competition.
General Boulanger asks to return to France and offers to stand trial before the Court of Appeal if granted. The French public appears satisfied with the status quo, making approval unlikely. Once riding high in popularity, he now struggles to avoid being forgotten.
The piece notes rising interest in the northern district race with J. D. Taylor as a leading figure facing a field including Hollingsworth in Harrison County and Judge Moore in Columbiana. Jefferson County backs Cook, Harrison backs Hollingsworth, Carroll backs Moore, making a heated contest likely. Taylor faces cross district disadvantages and strong Republican opposition.
A protracted meeting at Bethlehem church yields strong attendance and joy. The M E year closes with many 5S 3 scholars converted and joining the church. Officers elected for the next year include Supt Joe Seal and C J Barnes among others. Dwight Conner returns from Mt Union College for a short visit. Mrs Martha Collison of Zanesville visits friends here.
North Salem farmers plowing as Enoch Jones stays improving. Pratt Barnes suggests a western move. The Rev J W Martin visited on business last week. Marion Wilson, Harrison Leeper, and others appear in town news. School year end reports show Prof William Angus and Kate Angus teaching. 98 in two rooms. 320 days of attendance for the Speers children. Sabbath School reports list officers and attendance. questions about Congress and soldiers’ pledges surface.
If we would have powerful minds, we must think. If powerful muscles, we must labor. If sound lungs, we must take Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents. For cuts and burns, Selvation Oil is best. It annihilates pain. Price 25 cents a bottle.
Kimbolton townsfolk are noted with visits and errands including Abe Riggles moving to Samuel Barr's, Yeo of Cambridge visiting, and Dr Huiter attending patrons. Albert March travels to Pennsylvania for farm work. Belle Pollock from Cambridge visits Montgomery relatives. Dr M Jefferson visits for dental concerns. Mrs Mary M Scott and Lawson visit Dr Miller. Samuel Montgomery works on land value assessments for ten years. The Democratic ticket lists Trustee Thomas Bartleson Clerk Henry Beatenhead Assessor Jno Alloway. Liberty township Republicans nominate incumbents Clerk B D Bamgardner Trustee Wm N Leeper Assessor Geo W Gibson.
Monroe Engle visited Cumberland friends last week while a protracted meeting continues at the EL church. Numerous local residents traveled for business or visited kin, including James Spaid to Caldwell and Charles Pratt purchasing a horse from Dr. J. B. Kackley. Miss Ettie Peoples and Miss Ary Cogle visited Cumberland friends. Miss Cora Pratt returned from Hiramsburg where she worked for Ellsworth Cope. Our school started with W. H. Spaid and Nannie Trott as teachers. East of town, William Spaid died at age 90. Funeral services were led by Rev. Slater and burial was at Buffalo.
Antrim reports P H Inglish visiting Cambridge and L H Campbell graduating from Cambridge Business College. Market eggs ten cents a dozen and butter twenty cents a pound. Choir events include a MEF church concert and a singing school at Grape Vine. Weather brought wind rain and snow last Thursday and Friday. Charley Stockdale to teach District No 8 again next winter at higher wages. Mary Montgomery began a Spring term at Pleasant Valley. CU Hixson returns from the western state on business. Subscribe to the Herald for the county’s best paper.
George Allender is critically ill and Easter services at the M E church postponed. Rev J McCracken returned from Scio last Friday. Union Literary Society of Cross Roads adjourned. A Barnes moved from Jefferson to Liberty township. Jefferson township reports seven census enumerator applicants. Harry McCracken resumes telegraphy studies at Tippecanoe and Franklin school after a brief vacation. Wu Stiles returns from Cambridge. others plan Cambridge Business College courses. Hon A Armstrong recovering from a sudden illness. Sap flow rising with slight freezes and thaws. Miss Effie Dugan closed a term of school at Independence. Wyrick Wolverton McConnell plan Scio College attendance this summer. Miss Cora Stiles to teach summer term at Independence. Wm McKisson visiting Morristown relatives. Mrs George Stiles called to Zanesville for illness in family. Jefferson township Republicans nominate James Taylor, R T McCracken, and R J McCullough for Trustee Clerk and Assessor respectively.
We keep on hands all kinds of timber and can fill your bills on short notice for sawed lumber doors sash flooring siding etc at low rates Geo W Woodruff Dyson P O Guernsey county Q tf
Markets show eggs at 10 cents and butter at 16 cents. Local residents report business in Cambridge and Byesville. Garber to study at Muskingum College. Taylor leases 80 acres from Moorehead for five years. A child ill with little hope for recovery. Garvyen district school closed with a dinner and exam. Hiramsburgh brass band provided music.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers significantly lowered tickets to Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas and the Far West. Contact B and O ticket agents before purchasing to save on travel costs.
The Ohio state board of agriculture seeks to make annual fair exhibits by schools and colleges more valuable, offering prime spaces in the central and art buildings. It urges cooperation with public schools, colleges, publishers, and manufacturers, under Secretary N Bona, to present representative work and wider educational displays.
Caution against using catarrh treatments with mercury. Mercury harms smell and the body when absorbed. Use only prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Care from PF J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Made in Toledo and sold by druggists at 1s 4d.
Annie Stewart daughter of John and M Stewart suffers lung fever. G H Lepage visits his mother in Washington. Rev J A Cosby preached at Mt Hermon last Sabbath. M EF church service moved to 2 30 next Sabbath. Mrs W P Ross Mrs F M Temple and Wim Young on sick list. John Phillips moves to Isaac McMullen's Adams township. JM Johnston twin boy with whooping cough and lung fever. Hopewell school closed for country school day with review dinner and evening literary. Theodore Deselms and James Clark will work for Johnston and McMullen. Mrs Elizabeth Britton of Adams township died of consumption last Thursday interred at Mt Hermon Friday.
A proposal emerges to launch a Building and Loan Association in New Athens as part of local financial development plans. The move aims to provide affordable home financing and spur community growth through a cooperative savings and loan model.
Reverend Sam Jones extols newspapers as the best detectives in America noting they probe character and expose shams. He argues Christians need fear fewer presses and credits reporters with aiding justice.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic. It claims the remedy restores appetite digestion and liver and kidney function with surprising results and notes a 500 price at D. M. Hawthorne's drug store.
The Columbus Post corrects a past error asserting no one has served as president for a day. It notes President Taylor’s 1849 term would have blanked if inauguration fell on Sunday, since Lewis Cass stood in as president over that Sunday. Inauguration Sundays occurred in 1821 1849 and 1877.
A list presents mile lengths for many nations and regions. It includes the Irish, Swiss, Italian, Scotch, Tuscan, German, Arabian, Turkish, Flemish, Vienna post, Roman, Vernst, Dutch and Prussian, Swedish Danish, and English American miles with yard figures.
A Latty township wedding prompted a minister to ask for objections. A young man rose and objected saying he had given a dollar to seal the engagement. The groom vowed repayment when he could earn to haul his stave belts, and the ceremony continued.
A persuasive promotional piece urges readers to try Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds and chest troubles. It claims lasting household value once tried and offers guaranteed refunds with trial bottles free at D M Hawthorne s drug store.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces round trip tickets at one fare for April 1 and 15 to Woodstock Winchester Staunton Lexington and other Valley of Virginia points. Tickets valid for 10 days outbound and 30 days return with stopovers east of Bellaire. For details contact B and O agents.
Born March 31st to Mr and Mrs Jeff Keller a daughter. Frank Allen builds a stable on his lot behind the hotel. Norton Oliver bought Elizabeth Bulger’s Mill street property. Howard Secrest to teach spring term in Bennett district. Mrs Leona Chester returns to Nashville Tenn this week. Mrs Ella Fitzgerall of Barnesville visits sister Mrs Noah Morrison. M E church revival adds 25 probationers. Mrs G M Yarnell leaves for Marietta to see ill aunt Miss Eliza Arnold. David Murphy pioneer of Nobie Co dies near Chaseville. Lincoln Burson to Fostoria to run business of late WCO. Heidlebach Charles Spira opens new store in Brown’s rooms. Miss Mary Shaw returns after visit with Fev A Shaw in Gallia Co. Five new school trustees to be elected next Monday in town district. At Republican convention Samuel Floyd nominated for Justice of Peace F J Rose for Assessor Richard Lowery for Trustee and James Kato for Clerk.
Dr H C Edmunds of Elberton Ga reports a man from Athens with a poisoned hand and extensive ulcers who improved after Swift's Specific 8 5 and 58 3. The doctor credits the product with eradicating the poison and saving the man's life. The Swift Specific Co offers a free treatise on blood and skin diseases from Atlanta Ga.
Reduced rates to western points including Kansas City Omaha Denver Pueblo St Paul Minneapolis and more are on sale at Pennsylvania Lines ticket offices west of Pittsburgh. Consult an agent for best time fewest changes through Union depots Chicago and St Louis. Call or write for full information.
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