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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1883
Page
4
A contemplative poem narrates a robin on a window ledge, sparking memory and renewal. The speaker reflects on faith, longing, and the joy of a familiar carol that lifts the heart, contrasting with the robin’s departure and a final meditation on human sustenance beyond bread.
A renowned musician entertains a surprise guest by juggling three oranges, revealing how play strengthens memory and technique. He credits the stunt with aiding mastery of complex rhythms and notes, arguing that deliberate practice, even outside music, builds skill across disciplines.
A Denver dispatch reports Hermanos penitents in New Mexico perform a brutal Easter season rite in Los Griegos near Albuquerque. About thirty participants undergo violent self flagellation with crosses and whips, while sentinels guard the House of Refuge and procession routes.
A Downeast exchange recounts a comic church interruption as Daisy and Katie hide in a parlor while the preacher kisses Katie. Katie blurts out Let us pray, prompting her mother to scold as onlookers react with surprised laughter and a hasty exit.
The coffee blight travels the world from Ceylon and the Fiji Islands to Brazil where losses are heavy. The Brazilian Minister of Agriculture seeks methods to halt the disease. A top plantation once produced over two hundred tons yearly. Theories blame a root parasite or soil exhaustion from neglect.
The Signal Office reviews relief of the Point Barrow Alaska and Lady Franklin Bay stations, part of an 1879 international chain. A July St Johns departure would aim to rescue Lieutenant Greely if ice permits, with sledges, boats, tents, and a Lifeboat Cove fallback in case of failure.
A self described public message extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for liver disease bronchitis dyspepsia and blood disorders. The ad claims the medicine rebuilt strength revived vigor and revived hope for the sick poor and discouraged, praising the physician and the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
The World’s Dispensary Medical Association advocates Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for chronic ailments and urges trial of a single bottle. It also touts The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, priced at $1.50 postpaid, with a vivid anecdote about Uncle Eb illustrating temperance themes.
An old advertising snippet urges quick attention to health with Kidney-Wort in liquid or dry form for liver kidneys and bowels. It also mentions ancient Paris visiting cards for babies and claims a skincare product cured dry scabs for twenty years. A dated testimonial from Selina North Carolina July 3 82 appears.
Marshall Michigan firm offers Dr Dye's Electro-Voltaic Belts and appliances on a thirty day trial for nervous debility and vitality loss with a guarantee of restoration. Includes other ads for throat relief, collars, shoes, and various tonics and salves with pricing notes and product uses.
An old advertisement round up lists various remedies and tonics including Dr C W Benson celery and chamo mile pills promoted to cure headache neuralgia nervousness and dyspepsia and notes endorsements by physicians. It also mentions Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar to fight colds and bronchitis Pike's toothache drops claimed to cure in a minute alongside a remark about gray hairs being objects of respect.
A famous physician would answer that the best thing to quiet nerves and cure nervous complaints, giving natural refreshing sleep, is some form of hops.
Accommodation trains depart Colum bus daily except Sunday at 4 45 p m and Denni son at 5 30 a m. Arrivals include Newark 6 00 p m Dresden Junction 7 00 p m Coshocton 7 26 p m Newcomerstown 7 57 p m and Dennison 8 40 p m. PP W K Division trains run Steuben ville to Wheeling at 7 25 a m 2 55 p m and 5 50 p m with returns from Wheeling at 6 25 a m 8 45 a m 11 60 p m and 4 10 p m arriving Steubenville 7 35 a m 9 55 a m 3 01 p m 5 20 p m.
Accommodation train departs Dennison daily except Sunday at 5 40 a m reaching Newcomerstown 6 19 am Coshocton 6 48 am Dresden Junction 7 15 am Newark 8 20 am and Columbus 9 45 am Dennison Express leaves Pittsburgh daily except Sunday at 2 40 pm arriving Steubenville 6 15 pm Cadiz Junction 7 15 pm Scio 7 55 pm Bowerstown 7 52 pm and Dennison 8 15 pm Through Chicago Express with Pullman Palace Sleeping Coach departs Columbus daily except Sunday at 5 00 pm arriving Chicago 7 15 am Baggage checked to all principal points east and west. BE FORD Genl Pass and Ticket Agent Pittsburgh Pa JAMES McCREA Manager Columbus Ohio.
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