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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1889
Page
2
The G A R National Encampment in Milwaukee attracts unusually large attendance and high enthusiasm. J P Mahaffey becomes a Vice President of the Democratic State Convention while Milton Turner joins the Credentials Committee. The English widow Mrs Maybrick’s murder sentence is commuted to life imprisonment after public outcry.
A Georgia minister refused a $1000 salary increase shortly after returning from a summer trip. He may have feared taking the raise would end his summer vacation.
Owners of the South Fork dam, whose breach caused the Johnstown flood, intend to rebuild the structure on a smaller scale. They say their real estate investments at the site are too large to abandon.
Wide desert tracts in Australia are becoming pastoral land thanks to a steady water supply from artesian wells. Water bearing formations extend beneath New South Wales for over 60,000 square miles, enabling large flocks and herds to be sustained.
A CSU report notes tanning with fat oil sulfur blends makes leather water resistant and highly pliable. An Indiana man reportedly extended life by avoiding food over two months. The piece discusses government policy, demand, and cycles of overproduction influencing markets, ending with cautious optimism for prosperity.
A Washington correspondent reports the upcoming census will be enormous with 100 typewriters and 2000 clerks deployed by March 2, 40000 enumerators by June, and 250000 envelopes used monthly. Female typists will work next week, and the plan aims to save over 20000 dollars by excluding pen copy. Over 100000 job applications have already been received and responses are issued promptly. Topographers and stenographers are also employed.
The author foresees political campaigns shaping the Commonwealth from now until November. He argues parties are essential to the nation's well being but personal friendships should endure political differences. He urges temperate, common sense in debate and respect for others' right to think differently.
The Mail and Express notes 11,000,000 acres of Dakota lands to be opened for settlement after treaty ratification and presidential proclamation. Six reservations remain Standing Rock Cheyenne River Lower Brule Crow Creek Pine Ridge Rosebud. relinquished lands sell to settlers at 1.25 dollars per acre for three years, then 75 cents, then not less than 50 cents thereafter.
The Pennyroyal reunion at Gardiner's grove unfolds with prayers, speeches, and memorials. Capt M D Rodecker honors veterans while Judge Barber and W H Boyd Iveq praise local leaders, families, and the social fabric fueling annual gatherings.
The Pennyroyal re union drew a vast crowd with speeches by Corwin Taylor Latham Williams and others. Attendees recalled early township history praised American civic progress and urged moral rural unity as the day ended with Auld Lang Syne.
Almanacs indicate that summer has ended or is ending, signaling a transition to the new seasonal period. Weather patterns and calendar notes accompany the claim, with readers urged to adjust routines accordingly.
Frank Campbell returns from Cleveland on a visit. A son born August 28 to Mr and Mrs John Keller. Street grader works toward the new station. Homer Jester returns from Kansas and is ill with malaria. George Hannum of Newark greeted friends. Public sentiment favors the appointment of N Lepag as postmaster. Mrs Emma Davis of Trail Run visits her father WB Purdum.
A reader testimonial from Eureka Springs Arkansas reports SSS as the best tonic and appetite aid for debility from chills and fever and as preventing recurrences. Other notes mention a Springfield Missouri man praising SSS for curing a skin eruption, a Little Rock engineer claiming malaria-related blood poisoning relief, and a Vicksburg Mississippi man crediting 888 for nicotine poisoning recovery and restored sleep and appetite.
Reading a scattered local items mentions potato issues from rats, Olie McConnell in business, attendance at a local association near Antrim last Sabbath, and visits by Mrs B Bumgardner of Kimbolton with Miss Jennie Bumegardner of Xenia to Mrs Sarah Allen. Elias Stockdale of Lades Illinois and his son Charlie returned home after a extended stay with relatives in the county.
Today, Thursday, the Fox Creek reunion will be held at Speer's grove near New Concord. An advertisement quotes F B Hassler of the Argus Table Rock Nebraska praising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for curing asthma after other medical efforts had failed and again relieving the disease promptly.
A Georgia burglar was arrested and bound over for trial with the sole identification being tooth marks on a half-eaten apple.
The remedy is widely praised as a pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases and improves blood quality. It claims to remove pimples boils and salt rheum, expel malaria, and prevent malarial fevers. It promises relief from headache constipation and indigestion with full satisfaction or money back. Hawthorne's drugstore sells bottles for 50 cents and 100 dollars.
The B and O announces Sept 9 to 13 excursion fares from Cambridge to Wheeling and Pittsburgh at low round trip rates with tickets valid on all trains from Sept 1 and 12. A special Cambridge departure is planned. tickets good through Sept 3 or 4 depending on the trip and include grounds admission. Ohio State Fair trips from Cambridge to Columbus offered Sept 2 to 6 with $2.55 round trip and a Sept 4 5 special from Cambridge at 7:00 a.m. Return validity through Sept 7.
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