Congress approves Chickamauga battlefield military park bill
A new law creates a military park at the Chickamauga battlefield after presidential signing. The Democratic State Convention convenes in Springfield on Wednesday with few candidates and limited interest. Federated Railway Employes abstain from the New York contract strike, leaving the K of L to lead the fight. New York officials are amused by the developments.
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Congress
Battle Field
Chickamauga
Springfield
Federated Railway
New York
K. of L
Obituary and political notes at century’s turn
The piece notes Congress stretching into summer, Wyandots last burial near Upper Sandusky for Old Mother Solomon, and a census estimate placing Ohio population around 3.6 million. It warns Ohio may lose two House seats if apportionment follows a 330 member House amid a 64 million national population.
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Upper Sandusky
Solomon
Ohio
House
Cholera Scare Spreads Across continents
The report notes a new case in London and spread into Spain and Japan. It states Cairo area faces a rising death toll with scores dying daily as the cholera menace expands toward Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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Europe
America
London
Spain
Japan
Cairo
Egypt
Plentiful Political News From Across The States
The piece notes potential presidential clemency for Haymarket prisoners worsening anarchist fears. White Caps terrorize New Mexico prompting federal demand for aid but federal stance remains to let locals handle crime. Ohio shows twelve congressional nominations this year amid party stalemate. Mississippi holds a Constitutional Convention with a former Jefferson Davis slave as a member. Debates on woman suffrage and the Australian system for education or property qualifications loom large.
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Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Newspaper Cor correspondents Back Harrison Agenda
Washington correspondents boost President Harrison by making him central to major legislation and portraying the situation in appealing colors to win Republican support and soften criticism for possible renomination.
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Washington
Harrison
Congress
Belgium unrest sparks calls for reform and retrenchment
The passage notes widespread discontent in Belgium with government conduct, surfacing as desires for change in field factory and store sectors and a push for universal suffrage. Citizens seek liberty principles and lower tithes, prompting fears among high officials.
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Belgium
Doctor seeks cure for consumption via animal trials
A Parisian doctor claims a five year trial to cure consumption and says rabbits respond well while planning monkey tests. A German physician is said to have treated guinea pigs with a similar method. Neither reveals the remedy yet and both foresee a forthcoming cure for the disease.
Wheat crop 1890 judged better in quality despite drought
Review Says reports from about fifteen hundred correspondents in the spring wheat belt note the 1890 crop, though 3,000,000 bushels smaller than last year, shows improved quality and yield. Nebraska and the Dakotas likely to equal last year’s harvest. Iowa down about two million. Minnesota up about one million and harvested area generally 2 to 5 percent lower, except Minnesota up 10 percent.
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Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Hopeful Democrats Nominate Strong County Convention Ticket
The county Democratic convention drew large attendance on Monday with a vigorous turnout of veteran and new delegates. Judge E. W. Mathews presided as temporary chairman, committees were formed, and the convention nominated Josephus Marlatt for Sheriff and J. S. Law for Probate Judge after a heated balloting and procedural debates.
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Ohio House of Representatives
Mathews
Linn
I. P Steele
M.G Shriver
Jackson Township
J. DP. Steele
Millwood
Knox Township
Josephus Marlatt
Valley
W. R. Sprague
Cambridge
J. S. Law
Hartford
Marlatt
Law
S. Heade
Convention nominates Garvin and others in Democratic ticket
Speakers name candidates including W. W Garvin of Cambridge WH H Mellyar George H Beicher Milton Turner Thomas Smith and John F Stockdale with Spaid withdrawing. Ballots favor Garvin Stockdale Douglas and Smith in order then acclamations for several officers. Resolutions back Campbell and party economy urging county reform and a central committee chosen to organize for the county convention in Newcomerstown.
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W. W Garvin
Cambridge
WH. H. Mellyar
George H. Beicher
Milton Turner
Thomas Smith
William Borton
John F. Stockdale
Winchester
W. N Cowden
J. L Douglass
Quaker City
William Wharton
M.L Spaid
Point Pleasant
O. W. Wells
Thomas Smaith
S. Linn
Jefferson Township
Spaid
J. F. Stockdale
Garvin
W. N. Cowden
Douglas
William Angus
M. G. Fisher
Monroe Township
J. M. Amos
Dr. Wells
Fairview
Wells
R. T. Scott
Thomas Shriver
Jackson Township
J.M. Amos
M. L. Lions
Valey
Shriver
Lions
AN. Anderson
Adams Township
Alex Robinson
W. H. Ledlie
Kimbolton
Ledlie
Committee On Resolutions
J. M Amos
Owe
James E. Campbell
Department of Public Affairs
Ohio
Springfield
J. L. Douglass
O. V. Wells
W. O. Cowden
J. F
State Board OF Equalization
Adams
Liberty Rebigiee Tees
Alex .Obinson Londonderry
W. A. Carpenter
Madison, Autrim Psy
John Stockdale, Sr
Winchester P Sree
Stockdale Millwood
Tee
W.N. Cowden
Monroe Bessap
Osborne Oxford
Ben ” A
Turkle Middlebourne
Hanna Tichland
Spencer
Gilden
H. B. Zoller Valley
G. W. Deeren
Washington
Westland
Farrar Wheeling
Samuel Carrills
I Patterson
West Point Community Notes and Inquiries
West Point announces school opening on September 15. Citizens discuss organizing an Alliance and subscribing for Hirratp phosphate sales, consider establishing a post office, note farmers buying mowing machines, laments road conditions, and report whooping cough affecting children but with few severe cases.
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Luther Seerest
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Promised
A local advertisement claims deafness arises from Eustachian tube inflammation and urges constitutional treatment. It states nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Contact 17 K. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
K. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Farmers Dig Potatoes and Attend Local Events
Farmers haul phosphate from the station while others attend a Pennyroyal reunion on Thursday. The M KE meeting drew a good crowd. James Taylor sold a Bayard stock roadster to George Hanna of Cambridge and Walter Reethorn rented Shipman’s farm last Thursday. James Taylor finished storing the road near George Beal’s in Jefferson township. Young people joined an ice cream festival at Lindsey’s schoolhouse and William Stewart started grading the Steubenville road in Madison township. Many others heard Dr. Talmage in Freeport despite heavy rain.
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M. KE
James Taylor
Bayard
George Hanna
Cambridge
Walter G Reethorn
Shipman
George Beal
Jefferson Township
Lindsey
William Stewart
Steubenville
Madison Township
Talmage
Freeport
Swift's Specific Showcases As Blood Purifier And Tonic
A testimonial ad extols Swift's Specific 8 8 8 as a superior blood purifier and tonic. Notes three bottles changed a reader into a "new man" and cites a scrofula cure after physicians failed. Endorsed by Joan L Harv and S S Brooks with a free mail offer for the Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Drawer 3 Georgia.
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Swift
Joan L. Harv, Girard, III
S. S. Brooks
Monticello
Farmers and townsfolk note autumn harvest bustle
Threshing is finished in the area with farmers plowing wheat fields. Sam Harper returns from Butler Station as Mrs. Mary Beyers has her home painted. A festival occurred at Pleasant School House last Saturday night and communion services are planned at the UP church the first Sabbath in September. Mrs. Jus Rinehart and family visit from Claysville Ohio. A light remark on children resisting medicine ends with Ayer's Pills being sugar coated and popular with families.
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Sam Harper
Butler Station
Mary Beyers
Farmers Alliance
Prof. Banks
Newcaterstown
Pleasant School House
Jus. Rinehart
Claysville
House Valley
Community Notes From Our Neighborhood
Roasting cars are plentiful as coal hauling dominates the day. Threshing ends in this neighborhood. Rev J A Cosby preached at the U P church last Sabbath. John Folkert attended the soldiers reunion at Manistee last week. Mrs Walker and daughter of Cambridge visited Grandin Speers last Wednesday. Drunkenness rises in the area, a deplorable trend. Snede Dean and Thomas Cosgrave gave satisfactory entertainment last Friday. A cow belonging to WA McCullough ran into a neighboring corn field and foundered. Roads are poor and need attention before winter. Friends of John Dawson, confined to bed for seventeen months, helped celebrate his birthday Saturday. About 75 attended. gifts included coffee, sugar, potatoes, flour, dress patterns, aprons, silver, and other items. The gathering concluded with remarks from several gentlemen and a sense of a good deed done.
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McCullough
John Dawson
Electric Bitters Praised By Idaville Residents
Idaville Ind residents Postmaster Wm Timmons farmer John Leslie and hardware merchant J W Gardner extol Electric Bitters for kidney and liver troubles and overall vigor. They report renewed strength appetite and vitality. Available at D M Hawthorne's drug store for 50 cents a bottle.
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D. M. Hawthorne
Excursion to Detroit Exposition from Cambridge
On June 2nd 1890 the Cleveland and Marietta railway runs a round trip to Detroit via Cleveland and boat. Tickets are valid six hours in Cleveland and two days in Detroit. Rate from Cambridge is $3.50. See small bills for details.
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Cleveland & Marietta Iy
Detroit
Cleveland
Detroit Exposition
Cambridge
Woodruff Planing Mill Enjoys Strong Patronage
The planing mill run by G. W. Woodruff at Pt. Pleasant reports steady patronage as customers praise the quality and satisfaction of the work.
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G. W. Woodruff
Pt. Pleasant
Excursion to Detroit Exposition via Sandusky and Put in Bay
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway offers a round trip excursion to the Detroit Exposition via Sandusky and Put in Bay leaving Cambridge at 1:15 PM on August 25, returning by September 5 for 3.00. Tickets include stops at Sandusky and Put in Bay and are popular for the season. Also an excursion to Moundsville Camp Meeting August 24-31 leaves Cambridge 5:54 PM with round trip 1.00. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is recommended for boils and claims to purify blood.
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Detroit Industrial Exposition
Sandusky and
Putin Bay
Baltimore & Ohio R K. Co
Detroit
Sandusky
Stemmer
Kirby
Cambridge
Put-in
Moundsville Camp Meeting
Kyne
Rainey Walsh Parry Birth Notices
Rainey born August 22 to Mr and Mrs Frank Rainey of this place a daughter. Walsh born August 23 to Mr and Mrs Albert Walsh near Senecaville a son. Parry born August 21 1890 to Mr and Mrs J Parry of Senecaville a daughter.
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Parry
J. Parry
Senecaville
Castoria Recalled In Revisit Of Old Advertising Line
An old line about Castoria traces a child’s use from infancy to motherhood, noting how a mother provided Castoria for her children and herself across life stages despite the evolving scene.
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Raby
Castoria
Mins
Ginghams in New Styles at 10 12 and 15 Cents
Beautiful gingham fabrics are offered in new lines with color variations. Sold by the yard at 10 12 and 15 cents, reflecting a wide selection for customers.
Advertised Letters at Cambridge Post Office 1890
The Cambridge post office lists uncalled letters as of Aug 23 1890. Names include Hamilton Bell L Brady Miss Myrtle Barr Wm Bone John Goodwin Mrs S A Long Mrs L Livingston Lizzie Mitchell M McKenn C M Rucker Jno W Warwick. Please state advertised when calling. J B Taylor P M
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Cambridge
Cambridge Post Ofice
Hamilton Bell
L. Brady
Myrtle Barr
Wm. Bone
John Goodwin
S. A. Long
L. Livingston
Mass Lizzie Mitchell
M. McKenn
C. M. Rucker
Jno
W. Warwick
J.B. Taylor
P.M
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Mahaffey & Ogier
J.P. Mahaffey
T. W. Ogier
Main St. East Court Square
Aintered
Major McKinley
Chicago
Illinois
Haymarket
New Mexico
Uncle Sam
Court Square
JL. Douglass
E.q
Central Committee
Opera House
E. W. Mathews
Elmer Edenburn
Liberty
F. M Montgomery
Seth Gordon
B. Lawrence
William Culbertson
J. T. Oldham
N. R. Morgan
F. M. McCullough
J. H. Dull
James Stewart
Osborn Beal
J. W. Turkle
A. C. Flanagan
George McCleary
F. A. Linn
John Boyd
Enoch Perego
Jackson
R. L. Nichelson
Dr. Fletcher
M. G. Shriver
Jefferson
Liun
David Culbertson
John Johnson
Knox
R. H. Addy
Nicholas Andrews
R. M. Atkinson
Wesley Porter
Londonderry
John Cox
F. K. McCullough
Madison
Antrim
Talbert Bird
Oxford
Middlebourne
William Long
Arthur Marquis
James Hanna
Richland
G. W. Gildea
Jas
Delong
Spencer—Hayden
Martin Valley
Jerry Miley
Thomas Albin
Washington-- Westland
Amspeker
T. H. Pyles
Wheeling
Charles Alloway
Jas. Dull
John Rea
Wills
George Robe
Aaron Patterson
Z. A. Purdum
8. B. Lawrence
Ezra Sutton
D. A. Patterson
John Griffith
Varvin Beeteher
Bas Smith
Stockdale
Fence Douglas
Elee
Democratic Central Committee
Serge
Newcomerstown
Ceeejohn Mustard
Chas
A. Rech
R. Sprague
Wharton Ees
Hugh Queen Center
Weeba Cores
M. Nelson Jackson
W . Il
Trenner Jefferson
Eene & Linn Knox
Monroe
J. Douglas
J. M. Dixon
James Scott
Cleorge W. Moore Wills
John Robe
West Point
Scrofula
Drawer
Atlanta, Ga
Ayer
North Salem
Michigan
B. & C. Excursion
PO Moundsville Camp Meeting
Hitormo
Roman Hippodrome
S.M. Barrett’s
Monster International
Zoological Institute
Triple Circus
Metropolitan Museum
Great Golden Menagerie
Yip
Corea
Sells Bros
Ppo
Rowe
Congo
Monster Marine Marvels
Fairyland
M. S. Wolff & Co
ONE Price Clothiers
Wheeling Avenue
Wool Dress Goods Department
C. Ayre &Co’s
Berwick Block
Cambridge, Ohio
the Mercantile
Maryland
Bank of Baltimore Building
Baltimore, Md
Atlantic Building
Washington, D.C
Third National Bank of
Baltimore
Am’t
Tereeseseaceeesa
Shryook
Oh Sadler
Sadler's
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Edward G. High
Baxter Motor Company
Wiesenfield
Glenn Cook
Jas. H. Calwell
Bensinger & Calwell
Guernsey Natural Gas Company
Drg. L.arnold
Arnold
Cincinnati
Office of
G. L. Arnold
Mayne
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