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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1884
Page
2
Gallipolis residents confront order issues as roughs clash with authorities. Mayor levies fines from 10 to 53.40 to curb disturbances. The Hocking Valley strike persists with foreign labor imported and Pinkerton detectives on guard. Miners show rising anger and potential trouble remains.
The piece notes the cholera threat spreading from France into Italy with rising case numbers. It mentions the orange tree as remarkably long lived, reputed to reach three centuries and bearing fruit for over a century, underscoring observations of longevity in nature.
Maud the great trotter has been purchased by Robert Bonner of New York for $40,000. She will likely have one more trial to lower her record of 2 093 before retiring from the track.
France fires on a Chinese arsenal at Foo Chow on Saturday, causing a three hour bombardment that leaves the fort and surrounding defenses in ruins. Chinese gun boats are also reported destroyed while Chinese forces launch only a single battery in response.
Trade centers indicate gains in all branches with wool fairly active and firmer. Hopes rise among producers and buyers as tensions between France and China spark optimism, signaling livelier and better times for the country.
The First National Bank of Albion New York loses money as its president A S Warner disappears with funds. Warner, executor of the Burrows estate, was trusted by rich and poor alike and had a fondness for Wall Street gambling. His current residence is unknown.
The body of J A MacGahan the noted war correspondent will arrive in Zanesville this week then be taken to New Lexington for interment on September 11th. A native of Perry County he chose journalism as a career and became renowned for war reporting. He died after typhus fever following coverage of the Russia Turkey war.
The U S office describes a new counterfeit ten dollar note from the Third National Bank Cincinnati with check letter C series 1882 brown back and officials B K Bruce and James Gilfillan. The paper is greasy and stiff with no proper fibers or silk threads, coarser vignettes, and misprinted N in printed text. The space between signatures differs from genuine, while the back is well executed, posing danger to careless handlers.
The Replittead Feo Coifpathy sub-division meeting will be held in Zanesville on September 9. Guernsey county will receive delegates at a rate of one per 100 votes for Foreaker, plus one for any fraction over fifty.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad issues Circular No. 7 dated 15 instant, listing inducements to locate near the line effective Sept 1, 1884. Benefits include half freight rates for transport of household effects and manufacturing materials, half rates for workmen, free transport for first occupants’ families, free care for household supplies, and expanded facilities as growth occurs. Applications require printed forms and may be rejected. contacts are listed for various divisions and regions.
J A Tawney a Winona lawyer attests after three years use that Dr King's New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and colds. He says it cures severe colds and relieves chest pain. Free trial bottles available at J R Downar's Drug Store. large size priced at $1.00.
A batch of legal notices shows partition deeds and sale orders, judgments by default, divorces granted, temporary alimony allowances, and a violator fined and imprisoned. Commissioners Trott Secrest and Spaid oversee partitions and settlements with several named parties including Mary Smith James H Jackson Lewis Addison and others.
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