This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 35 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1889
Page
2
The Ohio election year centers on the Legislature as bolting Republican senators seek renomination failures. Democ ratic convention set for September 10 in Washington. President Harrison visits Cincinnati and Indianapolis while Beatty’s influence is debated amid public stir and reform talk. European population growth trends noted from 1800 to 1888.
The Chicago Herald remarks that Ohio glass plants have reopened while noting a political campaign there boosts whiskey trade. The piece highlights tensions between industry restart and liquor interests in the state during the period.
The last report shows Goff ahead by about fifty votes with two counties remaining. Final determination is not yet known. The investigation has proved costly for West Virginia residents.
Ex governor Foster was given a big reception in Fostoria after meeting with the Indians. He is now a candidate for U S Senator if Republicans win the Legislature, likely favored by a segment of Guernsey Republicans.
A severe storm sweeping eastern Nebraska eastern Kansas and western Missouri caused fatalities and livestock losses with widespread flooding. Property damage runs into thousands of dollars as lightning played a major role across the affected regions.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette shifts from complaint to harmony urging Republican unity in the Legislature. The piece frames self interest as a key driving force in politics and notes the senatoral bee metaphor as soothing to murky disputes.
The French court found Boulanger guilty of treason and ordered exile as Napoleon also faced banishment. He remains outside French control and is currently in England awaiting his next move. Emigration to the United States is rumored if conditions heat up elsewhere. The public views him as the underdog in this unfolding drama.
At the Sherman brigade reunion in Canton last week veterans urged lawmakers to enact a service pension. Resolutions call on Senators and Representatives to secure the law. Mississippi judge sentences Sullivan to one year, with appeal pending in Supreme Court. Kilrain arrested, bonded, and to be sent south. Governor Lowry gains from Mississippi action ending prize fighting in the state.
As Congress nears its meeting the speakership race resurges with Reed of Maine and McKinley of Ohio as leading candidates. The Ohio claim has weakened since the Harrison era, and McKinley, a known hustler, may be drawn into withdrawal in exchange for chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.
The week sees the normal school closing soon and local residents preparing for the Pennyroyal reunion. Miss McCandless of Pennsylvania visits Dr T L McQuade, while Clara Haines from Washington D C visits friends. The railroad progresses and a large concert fills the ME church. The fair looks promising and crops show a large yield with some rotting fruit. Mary White buys a piano and White & Co. advertise a tented circus and balloon show next week. Dr C A Frame moves to Flushing joining Dr J A Hobson in practice.
Mrs P J Murtha and others visit Hartford Zanesville Senecaville Sharon and Quaker City while local families host guests. Excursion to Chippewa Lake draws dozens. Bay Pettay and others ship hogs and cattle. A Texan pony herd entertains town before leaving.
Several farmers report good wheat yields while Miss Mary Bevis visits Brady and Miss Marie Corbit tours Allen county canvassing for a Physiological Chart. Mrs G H Banes visits her mother Mrs Dr Aplin. Miss Adella Linn and Miss Ida Linn visit D F Stanley. Harry Hawes plans pharmacy study with Dr Wall of Cambridge. Stanley hopes to attend the Zanesville Fair with a passenger load.
Fine rains and cool nights in Elmira as crops reveal light yields locally. McKim canvasses for Freeman & Co nurserymen of Rochester while visits friends in Birmingham. The article lists local visits, recoveries, an infant burial from cholera infantum, and political talk about a land appraiser candidate.
Sugar Tree mentions include Robi Johnson of Clio with a fine big boy. Cora Miller visited her parents over Sabbath. Allen Leeper had a cow choked on apples. Geo Colgin cleaned the cemetery. Mrs Hett Thornton arrived home from a visit. EP Hill injured his foot. Large turnout at Chippewa Lake picnic. Bill Smith and sister visited Marion Miller’s family. John Gunn traded horses with Fred Branger of Milnersville. James Patton of Rix Mills visited David here. Alex Moore of Port Washington visited John Colgin. James Johnson solicited well digging orders. Geo Adams bought fine lambs from M K Fulton. Sparks Beal and family from Illinois visited Mary A Adams. Cemetery on McCleary farm cleaned by John Coluim.
The study from the Department of Agriculture and state reports indicates a better overall yield this year. Spring wheat acreage has expanded and winter wheat is up by 50 to 60 million bushels, with total U.S. wheat production near 490 to 500 million bushels.
The select school taught by Prof Bliss is well attended. Whooping cough is raging among the younger class. John Bruner and daughter visited over Sunday. Joseph Linkhorn went to East Liberty with stock last week. Cambridge gents Clinger & Co visited. A new butcher shop on Depot street is controlled by Alex Arbuckle. EF Meek now runs the post office. Allen Conner vacationing at a summer resort last week. George Dudley injured his leg in a colt breaking accident last Saturday.
Gussie Amster visits Moundsville West Virginia. Mrs Elizabeth Allen visits Brady friends. Hugh Reed and Wood Booth spent Friday in town. Miss Annie Anderson Batesville visits friends. Roy Shafer visited Washington county last week. Mrs J W Endley Higginsville Missouri here for a few weeks. Miss Mary Clark and T L Barnworth were guests of RP Allen last week. Mr and Mrs Frank Allen attend Lancaster camp meeting this week. Caroline Hackney at Greenville this week for Wesleyan conference.
Advertised claim that perfect skin is rare due to impure blood and that Ayer's Sarsaparilla removes eruptions. Ends with invitation to try and surprise friends with results.
Johnson drilled a well last week. Martha Turner of Byesville visits John Warden. Joseph Ratliff sold hogs at per pound last week. Corn looks promising. Many attended the Presbytery in Bloomfield on Tuesday. Mrs Cullen, Mrs Crambler and Rebecca Wagonseller are sick. Jacob Meredith and wife of Cambridge visited Isaac MacMullen. John Harding and his father visit Wm Young who has been ill.
Mr Ralph Elkins of Marionsville Missouri reports severe blood impurities caused limb stiffness and lung pain but relief after using Swift's Specific. Merchants Huerentson Exuiort of Paris Texas and Lankrokp ToyMan of Sherman Texas tout strong sales and no complaints. Mr Jus J McCarley of Monet Missouri credits eight years of dyspepsia relief and weight gain after trying the remedy.
A Western exchange correspondent portrays a mortgage as a queer institution that drives action and poverty. He compares it to symbols of time and death and to the hand of Providence, a devil fish, a soldier, a boil, and a bosom friend, arguing it benefits only when held by another family.
Harmony notes a wedding in the near future as G Hawes and E V Broom win the contract to repair Sanford Orr's dwelling. Mr and Mrs Asberry Secrest and son Forest plan to move to Ohio after returning from Kansas. Leonidas Heskett's Blue Bell area house burned down, with nearly all contents lost. harvest fortunes improved and farmers resume plowing for wheat amid band scarcity.
Incurable consumptive Mr C H Morris of Newark Arkansas credits Dr King’s New Discovery for his recovery after being told he could not be helped. He says he is now on a third bottle and able to oversee farm work. Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio also praises the remedy after doctors gave up on him. Free sample bottles are offered at D M Hawthorne’s drug store in Cambridge Ohio.
Advertisers claim Ayer's Pills are sugar coated and thus easily swallowed by children, making them a popular family remedy. the text notes many drugs cause nausea and contrasts this with the palatable pill.
The Cambridge post of the Grand Army of the Republic meets on the second and fourth Mondays each month in the Hutchison block. Members and interested residents attend for organizing, reports, and social gathering.
The Official Route to G A R Encampment Milwaukee August 26 to 31 1889 notes B and O round trip tickets from Cambridge to Milwaukee for 9 10 with return validity August 27 to September 5 and 30 day extension by joint agent. special train departs Cambridge 5 09 p m for Milwaukee arriving 10 30 a m carrying the department commander staff and Woman s Relief Corps. contact B and O agents for rates and details.
A long catalog of names includes Agnes and many female given names alongside a broad roster of male names. The list ends with Dodge in Detroit Free Press as the source attribution.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucus and cannot be cured by local applications. It promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh related deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Conry & Co. Toledo Ohio, 75 cents, via druggists.
The Berlin post office museum holds four to five thousand stamps with about half from Europe and the rest split among Asia Africa America and Australia. The note mentions around six thousand distinct stamp descriptions existing overall.
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a superior medicine with universal praise from users. It claims to cleanse impurity from blood and skin, cure malaria and fevers, and relieve headache constipation and indigestion with guaranteed results or money back. Bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00 at Hawthorne's drugstore.
The B and O Railway runs special trains August 20 to 24 to Chicago at seven dollars and ten days return. Also offers one fare round trip from all Ohio points for the state fair in Columbus September 2 to 6 and Muskingum County fair at Zanesville August 20 to 25, with Newark Cambridge and nearby stations at one and one third fare. Tickets available from RB and O agents with round trip validity and good travel on all trains.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions It claims a guaranteed refund if not satisfying and lists 25 cents per box sold by D M Hawthorne dated December 6 1888.
Cambridge post office reports a list of uncalled letters including Mr F. E. Brown Miss Hattie Benedict Mr M E Cosgrove Mr C Kerr Mr F M Keyser Mr George Lescalleete Miss Annie M More Miss Cora McDowell Mr W M Marshall Mr J O Neal Mrs W Perry.
John Frye J P and John N. Sills officiate the marriage of Angeline Cleary to Cleary on July 25 1889 in this county with notices filed by local parties.
A list of birth notices records newborn sons and a daughter in Senecaville. Garey and Stottlemire entries appear in August 1889 along with Butler and Hackney families. Strong family adds a daughter born August 15 1888.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.