17 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1890
Page
1
A speaker recalls hearing music under ice and snow that lifts the soul. The verse contrasts harsh winters with a hidden melody guiding the heart toward a golden sand beneath the snow. The poet seeks the brook’s music despite storms and distance.
Two railroad workers Ed Pratt and Cass Guysidy tracked a ghost story to catch a real express-car thief, unmasking Jack Hayward who had been robbing the No. 6 train between Covington and Culbertson. Hayward confessed, money hidden under a cow-tap cave, and Pratt and Guysidy were rewarded and promoted.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle report shows a druggist advising a fearful woman to saturate a fur cape with gasoline, roll in paper for a day, then air out in a fireless room. The piece notes gasoline as an effective yet risky moth remedy and highlights fur fashion’s popularity with cape prices from 14 to 20 dollars and sealskin mantles selling around 1000 dollars.
Rev. Dr. Talmage wanders Palestine and Syria, praising the cedars that once fed Solomon's temple and lamenting their dwindling numbers. He links deep roots and storms to steadfast character, urges Arbor Day planting, and ends with visions of Heaven's Tree of Life and lasting faith.
Prof. Arthur Dodel of the University of Zurich notes American students excel in botanic microscopy and drawing. He credits stronger primary and intermediate school instruction and predicts the United States may surpass Europe in artistic painting and sculpture, calling it an enjoyable danger for humanity.
An Ozark Indiana legend describes the valley of Manataka as a Place of Peace where tribes met without warfare. It recounts peaceful life, sacred grounds, and belief that killing would curse waters with cold death. Also notes quotes about Voltaire and Napoleon and a Latin newspaper trend.
The state news item notes Tur President has nominated Thad deus W. Fancher to be postmaster at Lorain. Also reported are the deaths, accidents, crimes, and local incidents across Ohio including a fatal assault near Findlay and a boy gravely injured by lye in Canton.
Talley reads a line likening vanity to a caterpillar, noting the metamorphosis from wings to confinement. The remark frames vanity as a tamed, regressed state.
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