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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1887
Page
2
Chicago voters chose a Republican mayor by about 28,000 in a city where Democrats and Republicans united. The result signals a decisive shift and sets the stage for new city leadership.
J K Brown is named for the Republican nomination for Auditor of State as Joshua leads momentum statewide with multiple papers urging his nomination.
Latest quotations from the Boston wool market include Ohio XX and above at 83, Ohio XX 32 33, Ohio X 31, Ohio No 1 3637, fine Ohio delaine 36, un merchantable Ohio 23 26, No 1 combing wash 37 38.
The Times Recorder notes two main candidates, Honey and Darling, for Rhode Island lieutenant governor. Neither won, and much sweetness was wasted on the desert air.
Labor troubles spread nationwide as strikes take hold in nearly every city. Thousands are idle across multiple trades, and the business world feels the impact acutely.
The Garfield statue planned for the west approach to the Capitol in Washington at the Maryland avenue and First street intersection will be unveiled May 12 with imposing ceremonies. The military and G. A. R. will participate.
Democrats win Rhode Island governor race by about 2000 votes and secure nine vote majority on joint ballot in the Legislature. The result marks a major surprise in a state long considered reliably Republican.
The Swiss government vows to expel socialists and anarchists from its borders. Steps have already begun, and other nations are urged to adopt a similar hard line toward this dangerous element.
The Inter-State Commerce bill fails to satisfy and draws widespread complaint. Business across the country reports injury and little good from the measure. Provisions seem likely to tangle commissioners, with calls for revision growing.
The year 1837 starts brisk with sensational reports of murders and personal crises in the daily press. Accidents and related incidents fill pages while undertakers and doctors are seldom listed among the departed.
The upcoming House will include 76 new members many of whom replace retiring chairs. The next Speaker will face shaping committee leadership, a process that can take time, yet newcomers may perform as well as outgoing lawmakers.
Detectives report a vast railroad theft ring involving Pan Handle railroad workers including conductors brakemen and flagmen. Over fifty suspects arrested with warrants for more, two years of open car seals and stolen goods from cigars to pianos sewing machines Bibles and more. Officials later downplay losses estimating about 5000 total value amid widespread home seizures.
The Pope disapproves of the Knights of Labor and instructs subordinate officers to discourage the organization. Despite Vatican opposition, the order grows, dominating in the United States with thousands of members exerting increasing influence.
A law grants the wife sole control of her property and independence over its use and her debts, making spouses two separate parties in property matters unless they choose otherwise. Previously neither could dispose of property without the other's consent and signature.
Grand Master Powderly told a Harrisburg Knights of Labor convention that officers fail to touch liquor, saying it degrades the soul and damns the body. His Chicago election defeat of anarchists drew deafening cheers, offering food for thought to Prohibitionists.
Rumor says Thobe will not contest Carlisle in Kentucky district. The Cincinnati Enquirer claims a purported interview with the gentleman suggests he will. Carlisle stays calm and plans a bid for re election as Speaker. Washington chatter ties Congress return to early October call by the President.
The Inter State Commerce Commission reports that Congress funding of about forty thousand dollars is insufficient, delaying work until Congress reconvenes. The call for more money echoes through public services, with taxpayers bearing the burden as funds are needed to keep services running and to provide for the faithful.
The season begins with several championship games already played. The world championship series features St. Louis defending against Chicago. Chicago won the first game 6 to 3 but then dropped the next two. Seven games are planned, with three remaining in Chicago and one in Cincinnati. Attendance this year is higher than last.
Washington reports show oats sown and no timothy seed in market. Batter 25 cents and eggs 12 cents. Communion services planned at Presbyterian church next Sunday. Robins of Fairview preached at ME church. Many citizens planted early vegetables. Funeral of Mrs J D Taylor attended. Sam Robinson returns from Akron after three years. Rev J W Hackley from Iowa to preach at ME church. Henry Valentine of Elizabethtown loses third child to diphtheria in three weeks.
Byesville residents share social calls, moves, and visits. Measles spread among residents as new births, work updates, and community events fill the week. The Eyesville M E Sunday School reports show modest attendance and a treasury balance of 2447 dollars.
The Monitor issues be issued more often as Indian Camp reports illness and convalescence. Rev W H Clark preached from Revelations and will return April 23. Local residents visit Hopewell friends and nearby farms. John Smith builds a new stable while a literary society faces full attendance and a postponed debate. The Hopewell Monitor earns praise but risks a slander or cane inquiry. Families relocate and plan visits to Liberty township and Kansas Nebraska.
Subscribers learn that the 1886 fish and game act remains mostly intact after the last winter session with Ely and Shaw amendments. Wild fowl in Lake Erie allowed six days a week. rabbits may be hunted with ferrets on private premises. nets allowed year round at St. Mary’s reservoir. quail shooting now from November 10 to January 1. Representative Shepherd’s bill failed in the Senate.
New Concord reports show growing student rolls now over 80 with town ball players renting a field near 5.3 Aiken. James B Alexander elected mayor. Miss Anna Newell of East Liverpool visited friends here last week. Rev R A George assisted in communion services. John A McKinney of Indianapolis buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery after likely suicide. Debates in Philo hall touched on the dependent pension bill and President Cleveland’s veto.
Miss Bertha Endly was in Cambridge last week. Mrs John Moorehead visits Byesville. Miss Maggie Sutton returned from Caldwell. Mrs Amanda Dilley of Chandlersville visits her son J I Dilley. J J Campbell and J T LePage of Cambridge were in town Sunday. Miss Lillie LePage of Cambridge visits cousin Miss Leona Le Page. RH Dilley of Quaker City and Joe Dilley and family of Pt Pleasant attended camp fire Thursday evening. The camp fire was a success and GAR Post support grows. Easter ME church entertainment praised. Oration by Miss EF A Dilley and essay by PS Lowry well received. Music good. Large crowd attended and funds for Sunday school collected.
Harmony farmers plant potatoes while North Star youths plan an exhibition. Mrs Sadie Lavely held a safe Saturday on the 2nd and plans to live with her father Richard Barton. Harmony church women organized a Missionary society at Sanford Orr’s home. Miss Etta Spencer of Cumberland visited last week. Ebenezer Gooden and wife visited Senecaville. NV Heskett visits Cumberland. Miss Maggie C Orr returns home.
James Leeper is convalescent while James Kennedy sold a horse for 150 dollars. Fruit prospect looks good in the locality. Lewis Wharton is very sick with rheumatism. Boys are catching fine fish. Farmers finished sowing oats. Ed Bell to reach the summer term at Lebanon. OS Bell to teach in Bell district next winter. Elmer Wharton visiting Oldhams and B R Carothers at Newcomerstown. Dogs havoc sheep in Liberty township. Over forty dead have been killed the past week.
Promote health in consumption and wasting diseases with hypophosphites. Claims to heal lung irritation and threats, build up blood, and fortify the system against disease. Advises taking this product and avoiding others.
Antrim residents are busy with garden work and various local items noted. Dr BEF Coen attended to business in Washington on Monday, John Stockdale Jr. was in Cambridge last week on business, Miss Minnie Hughes suffers neuralgia, and G F Sanborn bought a scale taken last Fall. A horse belonging to Mr Garrell was stopped after tearing down a coal house at Brushy Fork. The Noble county Republican reports a rare natural phenomenon: saltpetre covering fields and roads for miles, resembling light snow or frost. What causes this unusual deposit?
Warning against cheap imitations for consumption coughs and colds urges insistence on Dr King's New Discovery. Claims genuine formula guarantees relief for throat lung and chest affections with trial bottles free at C. L. Wall & Co's drug store.
A letter argues residents should favor local merchants over traveling peddlers. It notes peddlers sell inferior goods at similar prices, avoid rent and utilities, employ no local labor, and often evade license fees. The neighborly home merchant pays taxes, buys local goods, and supports county infrastructure through license payments.
Mr D L Milcoxson of Horse Cave Kentucky suffered long with Phthisie and Diabetes with severe pains. After using Electric Bitters he felt relief from the first bottle, taking six bottles led to full cure and a gain of eighteen pounds in flesh. He credits them for saving his life. Sold at fifty cents by C L Wall & Co.
The correspondent from The Sunny South describes a winter trip from Cincinnati to the Deep South, noting a rapid climate shift, a nascent Decatur boom driven by mineral resources and rail access, and Birmingham as the next rising city with multiple iron and manufacturing works. He observes real estate speculation, elaborate park plans, and a crowded hotel scene with poor food, then travels to Montgomery and Pensacola while promising further letters detailing Ft. Pickens and regional sights.
The removal of internal revenue taxes and revenue stamps from proprietary medicines benefits consumers and home manufacturers. Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup gain bottle size, adding one fifth more medicine in the 75¢ bottle after a 36¢ per dozen reduction. Sample bottles still sell for 10¢.
In Claysville Ohio on April 11 1887 a local oil boom unfolds as Prof Minshall of Marietta employed by Atlantic Oil Co locates The Plant a 12 to 16 square mile oil and gas tract from Claysville toward Cambridge. Leases rapidly signed, test wells planned. Minshall notes the area saddles a hog back reservoir similar to Macksbury. Westland reports expectant activity and future updates.
C L Wall Co advertises Bucklen s Arnica Salve claiming best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back at 25 cents per box dated February 18 ly.
A heated debate on prohibition occurred at the Christian Hill school house on the fifth, with Hi 8 Wilkin affirming and J H White negating. The speakers argued governing methods, with Wilkin blaming old parties for unchecked intemperance and White advocating traffic taxation. Each delivered two forty minute speeches, the affirmative closing after fifteen minutes. A large crowd attended and order was briefly at issue.
Workers invite mine staff to share news for the column while reporting on labor legislation, contract disputes, and mine openings. Highlights include Minnesota’s labor bureau law, Cleveland contractors agreeing to nine-hour days, umpire John Jarrett siding with drivers, a new Ten Mine in Cabin Creek West Virginia, Atkins saw works strike over apprentice ratios, Fort Wayne Rail Company hiring Italians at $1.50, 600 American Wire Works workers returning to old pay after a 10 percent rise, Pittsburgh green bottle safety drives, a large Italian migrant shipment, and Etna Iron Company delays in weekly wages before a stoppage.
A veteran recovering from wartime indecision and dyspepsia recounts severe weight loss and long illness. After eight bottles of a tonic he regained 45 pounds, rising to 180, and his wife also improved using the product, though she continues it for safety until stock runs out.
A claim for Swift's S S 8 blood disease remedy touts its vegetable, non potash formula. It asserts direct blood purification without harming the nervous system and cites numerous cures and high U S sales, urging readers to mail for a pamphlet from Swift Sprout? in Atlanta Georgia Drawer 3.
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