10 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1890
Page
1
A reflective verse reflects on a baby’s birth and loss with sorrow and longing. The piece credits Helen F. O Neill from Good Housekeeping as the author, noting themes of grief and hope across lines about empty arms and prayerful coping.
Emma Smith, a once fashionable dressmaker in Norvalton, sells Aunt Desire’s blue Canton china to pay debts. Asa Hopper, her longtime suitor, returns to woo her and buys the set, revealing his intent to marry. They wed, using the Canton dinnerware, and live happily after according to the New York Ledger’s sentimental tale.
A Chicago Herald themed column discusses alienation of affections lawsuits, notes a New York wife won a case against a widow, explores the idea of valuing conjugal ties in money, and jokes about insuring a spouse’s affections. It also touches on Eastern interior decor trends, a Rochester Jew’s Jerusalem trip, remarks by Edward Everett Hale, and English salmon catches.
Reverend Talmage’s Easter sermon frames Machpelah as a sacred cemetery, arguing Resurrection Day will beautify cemeteries by restoring and improving bodies, rejuvenating memory, and transforming graves into symbols of hope. He compares earthly decay to a factory that yields perfected resurrection bodies and envisions uprisings of life, light, and rejoicing in Greenwood and beyond.
Reports from March 29 to April 4 show Senate and House handling a flood of measures. Appropriations pass for St Marys river and Galveston harbor while Indian Territory rail right of way is debated. Public buildings and pension bills move, with irrigation and canteen provisions, anti trust amendments, and Idaho admission advancing.
Fires destroy Tur Park Opera House and several buildings in New Castle Pennsylvania on the 30th. The Illinois House passed an anti trust bill. A guardian posted a 3 million dollar bond for Theodore Hostetter Jr. in Pittsburgh. Milwaukee Convent fire injures a sister. Buffalo, New York Kerchner sentenced to death. McKinley tariff expected to cut revenues by 45 million. Le Baker accused of patricide in Homer New York. Canadian House bill aims to bar new aliens from government posts for five years. Three African American men drown near Gallatin Tennessee after a boat capsized.
Ohio Senate and House actions across Columbus detail nominations deferred, first reading of an appropriation bill, and various local and state measures. Reports cover liquor dealer exemptions near fairs, school integration protests, sidewalk and tax reforms, road and railroad issues, and multiple notable incidents in Canton, Cleveland, and Tiffin.
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