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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1888
Page
4
Rev. Dr. Talmage preaches on the prodigal son at Piedmont Chautauqua Atlanta focusing on the elder brother’s self righteousness and the need for mercy toward returning prodigals. He urges forgiveness, condemns envy, and contrasts pouting Christians with the forgiving father’s welcome.
J Albert Johnson describes four year course, admission by exam via home approval and congressman appointment, and a June board that tests physical and mental fitness. Plebs live aboard a wooden frigate, endure navy hammocks, then September cadets join as the fourth class, while seniors return from summer cruises for the academic year.
The essay compares strength and weakness as two faces of the same coin like a clock pendulum. It argues that deep attention to one thing brings neglect of others, causing fluctuation between strong feeling and weakness. It urges vigilance against weakness at peak strength and notes high achievement implies risk of shortfall.
A rough anecdote from the French tale recalls a surgeon forcing a potion on a sentry with feigned curing results. The soldier objects, reveals he substituted the sentinel, and the next day the supposed cure is dismissed as a joke. The Norristown Herald adds a dairy maid romance and a boiler shop note.
Paris society eyes mirror London as countesses open hats and curios shops while receiving clients personally. A marquis rents out silver plate for weddings, and a Parisian shop runs curios and trifles. others consider poultry farming and mending old race trophies as genteel work.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle letter wonders if judging a city by its sample men reveals broader national character, claiming one cannot reliably judge a place by a small representative group.
A public notice from the Great Rock Island Route inviting travelers to inexpensive tours from Chicago to Kansas Nebraska the Northwest and Dakota. Departures are August 21 September 1 2 and October 1888 with one fare round trip tickets first class valid 380 days. Agent FE A Honwroogs Chicago invites inquiries for rates and details.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway announces harvest excursions to Iowa Minnesota North Dakota and Nebraska with tickets on August 21 September 11 September 25 October 9 and October 23 at one fare for round trip. Tickets and details available from FE P Wilson General Passenger Agent Chicago.
West Granville resident G G Treat extols Allcock's Porous Plasters for rheumatism neuralgia back pain coughs colds bruises and local weakness claiming neighbors saw wonderful cures. He says results were wonderfully satisfactory when properly applied and notes a nearby watermelon patch.A misfit closing sentence mentions a watermelon patch.
The advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a foundation of health for the constipated bilious and debilitated. It claims centuries of use and strength to the feeble and sick, easing chill fever rheumatism nervous and kidney troubles. It also notes a free 8-foot French glass cigar case offer and the Chicago firm BR. W. TANSILL & Co.
Train schedule excerpt lists daily through service from Cleveland to Buffalo and beyond via Marietta Caldwell Cambridge Newcomerstown Canal Dover Canton Akron and more. Includes departure times from St Clairsville Newark Wheeling Cambridge Zanesville and Columbus with sleeping and dining cars and various through connections. Officials listed include C O Scull and Eabody with division agents and general managers.
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