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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
2
Reports say crop prospects nationwide are poor and prices will rise this winter. The G A R membership at end of 1889 was 397974 with Pennsylvania, New York, and the state leading by large margins. Moves to suppress the Louisiana lottery have depressed its stock to about 800 per share, signaling declining health.
J C Clarkson, serving as First Assistant Postmaster General, will soon become editor of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and aims to turn the paper into a red hot Republican organ. Oklahoma faces crop failures due to drought, drawing attention from Washington authorities to the distress. This marks a shift to a new domain that sparked earlier excitement about wealth on every blade of grass.
A Senate resolution requests that General Grant's remains be moved from New York to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington due to New York's failure to build a promised monument. Pierre Pelligrini reportedly becomes Argentine president as a revolution ends. Central American reports claim results but no peace, with Salvador and Guatemala still unsettled and large armed forces present.
The President signs a bill making importation of liquors into any state subject to that state's laws. Previously a Supreme Court ruling had created injustice by taxing retailers while package dealers escaped taxes or licenses.
A Chinese rail project faces repeated delays as a mob disrupted construction after floods. Locals attribute the setbacks to superstition and oppose the rail line, halting progress and marking the project as troubled by frequent opposition.
Debate ended with Gallipolis chosen after Col. Vance and Mr. Bunnell backed Sidney and the others shifting to avoid deadlock. Citizens reportedly offered land, water, and gas to the site, with water free as long as the asylum stays there.
An exchange asserts Texas shows rapid development across votes scholastic population taxable values and railroad mileage from 1880 to 1890. It notes votes rising from 260 000 to an estimated 380 000 by 1896 scholastic enrollment from 243 000 to 562 000 taxable value increasing from 311.6 million to 765 million and school funding jumping to 2.5 million.
The execution by electricity of Kemm ler drew sharp criticism over perceived botched handling. Newspapers ran extended accounts despite law forbidding details, sparking anti electrocution sentiment while acknowledging his death occurred after a marital crime and flight with a mistress.
The town council repealed the prohibition ordinance at its last meeting. Fred Amstot began a two week trip to Michigan on Tuesday to help ready for the coming Fair with new attractions expected to debut.
F M Temple is at Wheeling on business. Miss Laura Johnson John Neily and Will Lawyer attend Normal at Byesville. Mrs C K Lawyer has returned from Claysville Pennsylvania. Peter Geese and wife Jackson Geese and Miss Allice Glenn attended the miners picnic at Byesville Saturday. An ice cream festival will be held at Mount Hermon church on the 19th with general invitation. John Stewart near Creighton, back from Pennsylvania in poor health after la grippe. Recent visitors include Hugh Dyer wife Brady John Mahoney Love City Mrs Ann Beaty Byesville and Will Hawthorne Cambridge.
Community notes report Joshua Smith in frail health, visits by W H F Lenfesty and Mrs Sarah Jane Holstein, and social calls from Mr. and Mrs. W C Scott. Misses Belle C and Alice Taylor visit Antrim cousin Mrs A H Johnson. Mrs J M Bennett hosts relatives from Chicago. A birthday surprise for Mr and Mrs William Ralston noted, and a Chippewa Lake excursion pleases many youths. A Cambridge exam draws teachers hoping for certificates. a buggy accident injures two women but they escape serious harm. Young men entertain with pugilistic feats, sparking old tensions. Funeral services for Mrs Hannah Shipman, wife of Ex-Commissioner John Shipman, recount her charitable life after strokes, with interment in Allen cemetery.
Advertises Ayer's Pills as a mild yet effective purgative suitable for delicate patients and the robust, claiming reliable relief without harsh effects. The copy promotes the pill's cathartic action and broad suitability.
Kimbolton reports Miss Sadie Garvin returning to Cambridge and Miss Ella Yeo set to teach near Birmingham. Families from Cambridge, Uhrichsville, and Byesville visit others. excursions to Chippewa Lake praised as a pleasure resort. Samuel A. Gibson has tumor removed by Dr Wall ter. several relatives travel to Erie Pennsylvania and Prohibition camps nearby continue.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic and alterative to cure nervous prostration. Claims restored appetite, digestion, and liver and kidney function with surprising results. Promotes price 50c at D M Hawthorne's drug store.
North Salem reports eggs at 12 cents and butter at 8 cents. Farmers have begun fall plowing and most threshing is finished. A sunstroke incident affected Alexander Gibson but he recovered. Local movements include Samuel Proctor moving to J L Jones property and J P Miller visiting W J Speer. Reverend J W Martin's residence is noted and T F Taylor relocated to Zanesville for work on the Signal.
On Sept 2 1490 the Cleveland and Marietta BY will run a six hour Cleveland leg and two days in Detroit with return via Cleveland and boat. Tickets from Cambridge are 3.50 with details on small bills at 1431. The Putnam Light Artillery of Marietta moved to Huron for a week long camp.
In a 1890 letter from Thomas K. Creer, the writer tours London’s St Catherine Cree, St Mary, St Helen’s, and St Pauls, visits Bunhill Fields and Smithfield, notes Wesley and Bunyan monuments, and observes churches, prisons, and Bartholomew’s Hospital. He attends Young Men’s Christian Association events and glimpses Parliament before crossing to Paris, praising Spurgeon and Moody and recounting a rough Channel passage.
Sam Miller and family spent Sunday at Duncan's Falls. C H Marshall has returned from his country visit. L W Thomas of New York City was in town Tuesday. L H Geyer and S R Jamison leave for Georgia Tuesday. Mrs PH Finefrock of Bloomfield is visiting at W A Fleming's. Mrs James I Cone, visiting Otsego and vicinity, returned home Saturday. Miss Maggie McWhorter, visiting W A Wylie, returned last Saturday. The union picnic happened at Speer's grove west of town with speeches gates and music by the band. The Belvidere Fishing Club heads to camp Tuesday August 12. members include J T Miller, Jnc G Paxton, A A MacBride, H Marshall, G Speer and W Fleming. They invite friends to visit.
West Point notices list Geo. Frye offering his farm for sale or rent. Mary Jackman works for Samuel Meighen. A. G. Nicholson to teach or run school in the coming winter. K. E. Kackley confined to his room with dropsy. Benj. Mahoney contemplates moving to Byesville this fall.
In Senecaville James Gilsen plans extensive repairs on his property. Miss Annie Turnbaugh of Cambridge visits relatives. Mrs. Frank Allen attends camp meeting in Lancaster. Bruce Erwin and Enmet Heskit of Newcomerstown were here last week. Addie Laurt of Cleveland visits her mother Mrs. Alex Campbell. Dr H B Lowry of Kansas City visits his father. Mrs Houseman goes to Moundsville WV to stay with daughter Mrs Graham. Rolla McFarland and Milton Gaston head to Toronto OH for summer. Morris Sprigg, 85, resident of Illinois, visits longtime neighbors before returning.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing by treating the inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. It asserts nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh and offers a hundred dollar reward for uncured cases, inviting readers to request circulars from J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Local notes report a large attendance at the colored camp meeting in Milhone's grove. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes on August 9, 1890. An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Meek died of cholera infantum and was buried in Enon cemetery. The Senecaville baseball club seeks a game with the local club. A county examination in Cambridge Ohio praised by Prof J A Bliss notes a class of 63. The Guernsey county miners picnic at Trail Run drew many locals with music speeches and races.
Three testimonials from users in Nashville Fairfield and Dade City praise Swift's Specific 8 8 8 as a superior blood purifier and tonic. They report cure of tetter after three bottles and no relapse, plus long term use without loss of effect. A free treatise on blood and skin diseases is offered by Swift Specific Co, Atlanta.
It is almost cool enough for frost. Stone Bros. moved their saw mill to Vincent Cockins Sr. farm last week. Henry Pollock and Charles Monroe are down with fever. Stone took a trip to Chippewa Lake last Thursday. Walter Stone returns to Pennsylvania oil fields after weeks at home. James J. Neeland is very ill with stomach and bowels inflammation. August 21 lawn fete and August 24 communion services planned with Rev. Pringle officiating.
An advertised salve claims to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter and all skin eruptions and even piles or money refunded. Sold by D M Hawthorne with a 25 cent price and a money back guarantee.
Mrs. Vance convalescent and Albert Bell buys a fine new cart. S. M. Harper returns to Butler Station. C. C. Inglish visits Lake Chippewa. Stevens and Hunt thresh corn amid a poor crop outlook. Various residents make trips to Cambridge and Barnesville. multiple home and property transactions noted. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla touted as a great blood purifier.
Miss Myrtle Thomas visits Birmingham. K. M. Daugherty of Milnersaville stays Sabbath with sister Mrs. John Thomas. About thirty probationers joined Allen's Chapel last Sabbath. Mrs. John Shipman of Winchester buried at Chapel onemelees last Saturday. Rev. O J McCracken and John Wollverton to represent Epworth League of Brady at Burrs Mill convention. Ice cream social at M K church Saturday evening to raise church funds.
Dr. McCoy displays a lower jaw dental plate in a clearing near Salem. The platinum plate weighs two and a quarter ounces, shows broken teeth and a fractured base. If authenticated it may link to early oil boom disappearances. value of platinum is about $117. McCoy will send it to Philadelphia Dental College for dating and maker identification.
Readers hear testimonials praising Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and chest illnesses. Advertisers claim guaranteed relief or money back and offer trial bottles at D M Hawthorne's drug store. A group of locals from Cambridge Fairview and nearby towns recently returned from a week of camping near town.
Notices announce the Mountain Lake Park Association meeting in Mountain Lake Park Maryland with Baltimore & Ohio Railroad selling limited round trip tickets through August 1 for return August 15. Also the Third Annual Volunteer Firemen's Tournament at Bellaire Ohio offers round trip tickets August 2 and 23 good for return August 25. Additional K and O Railroad routes to Baltimore on August 15 16 and 17 for the German Catholic Central Society meeting at a low round trip fare via Washington.
Dr Haines claims Golden Specific can be given in coffee or coca without the drinker’s knowledge to cure both moderate drinkers and alcoholics. Thousands allegedly cured, with no harmful effects. Cures guaranteed. Send for circular from Golden Specific Co. Cincinnati.
Wash dress goods of all descriptions are in active demand. Beautiful lines of ginghams with new styles and colorings are selling at 10c 12c and 15c per yard.
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