26 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1888
Page
1
A fable narrates two forest nymphs named Good Luck and To Luck who seek a fox to judge their beauty. The fox defers judgment until they prove grace by walking forward and backward around the environment, testing balance and poise as he watches with wry smiles and tears.
Johnny Bangs and Maggie Bangs hatch a plan to humiliate Dandy Jim by posing as a masquerade couple. Dandy Jim courts Maggie in disguise, unaware Johnny plays along as the Quakeress. The con ends when Maggie’s brother reveals the prank and Dandy Jim exits in embarrassment.
The passage depicts a tense moment as Dandy Jim closes a door and hears a boy's provoking laugh. Johnny comments that the mockery leaves Bob behind, while Euben L. Rexford’s note in Ballou's Monthly captures the scene.
Fred Amesbury recounts a claim that high caste groups in India use a vibratory telephonic method within temples. He describes two guarded temples near Panj with underground wiring, a wooden transmitter, and priests who demonstrate a secret, ancient form of communication believed to exist across India and Burma for two millennia.
The ArchBishop of Gran receives an estimated income of £80,000 annually and funds from the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary support charity as well as literature, art, and science. The Budapest see is to be richly endowed like other Hungarian bishoprics, reflecting beneficent church leadership praised by the London Echo.
Fire Marshal Whitcomb of Boston tested whether rats could start fires by gnawing matches. Three large rats gnawed phosphorus ends and carried some matches away. Fires occurred on the first night and in subsequent days, showing rats may ignite conflagrations by gnawing and storing matches in their holes.
A fragment notes that those who claim to foretell kingdoms lack foresight for their own affairs, offering a cynical view of fortune telling and self deception.
George Kennan's illustrated series on Siberia and the exile system debuts in Century in May. The reports cover 15 months of travel with exiles, mines, and prisons, disputing Russian depictions and citing access granted by officials. Photographs by G A Frost accompany the text, as Kennan warns of being blacklisted by the Russian government.
The Ohio Senate failed to advance the Haley two cent passenger rate bill after a 9 to 9 tie. Lieutenant Governor Lyon Toade urged thanks to senators as the General Assembly adjourned until Tuesday, January 1 889.
The New York Legislature passed a bill to execute murderers by electricity in the state. The measure outlines the electric chair as the method of capital punishment.
A Vermont minister who preached funeral sermons to over 121 people reports receiving only two barrels of apples and a silver dollar in payment. The claim highlights a mismatch between expected compensation and what was offered for his services.
The writer notes that in 1887 the death-list of distinguished men and women was unusually small, a contrast to 1884 when the list was notably larger. No specific names or details are provided in the fragment.
In Boston on Cottage Street occupants report a series of small-item disappearances and window smashing. After investigation they identify the culprit as a large pinkish white rat causing the disturbances and broken crockery.
Cinner Justice Waite earned an unsullied reputation while Jake Sharp amassed an estate over two million dollars. The article contrasts integrity with wealth, noting Waite’s spotless name could not be bought by Sharp’s millions.
An East Indian scientific journal notes bamboo, China grass and pineapple fibers, after treatment, can be spun to silk-fine. experts can hardly distinguish the product from silk. Large quantities of these fibrous goods are entering Rangoon markets.
The Standard Oil Company begun laying pipe to Chicago from the Lima oil field. The estimated line cost, excluding pumping equipment and reservoirs, runs about 7000 dollars per mile. The pipe will stretch roughly 210 miles, totaling about 68250090 dollars.
Roscoe Conkling, longtime U.S. Senator from New York, died in the Hoffman House in New York City after hours of unconsciousness. The article outlines his political rise from Utica mayor to senator, his key roles in Civil War policy and Reconstruction, and notes his recent health decline and a prior blizzard scare.
Curiaco, April 18. Plans are underway for a grand railway depot at the corner of Fifth avenue and Harrison street extending to Polk street. The building is set to cost 1 500 000 with land at 600 000, funded by a joint venture of the Chicago & Gazat Western and the Wisconsin Central railroads. Construction will start once plans are perfected.
Mrs. Mary H Talcott widow of ex County Commissioner Talcott died at her home 92 Park Avenue after a lingering illness. Over ten years she dispensed more than 300000 in charities to Old People's Home Half Orphan Asylum Orphan Asylum Foundling's Home Home for Inebriates Hospital for Women and Children Woman's Refuge and Home for the Friendless among others. Private gifts exceeded public aid with at least 500000 given to charity.
The Ohio Republican convention met in Dayton announcing nominations for Secretary of State and Supreme Court, with four delegates-at-large and four alternates. John Sherman was endorsed for President and Foraker to represent Ohio at the National convention. Foster McKinley Butterworth led the ballot for delegates at large, with Bushnell and Atwood also winning. Alternates and presidential electors-at-large were chosen, and resolutions upheld party platform and veterans aid.
General Gonzales who once led the Mexican republic as President and now governs Guanajuato decrees the immediate suppression of bull fighting. He calls the sport demoralizing and wasteful, cites costs for rings and maintenance, and asserts it harms education and industry while harming public order and economy. The ban applies across the state.
The Chicago Burlington and Northern railroad will cut rates after May 1 to match lake competition. It aims to lower Chicago to seaboard routes via St Paul and Duluth to 25 to 40 percent below current levels. A meeting of general managers of Northwestern roads is set for Thursday to review the plan.
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