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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1884
Page
4
Major Brindon Encounters a Doctor in Early Arkansas
Major John Brindon recounts his arrival in a small Arkansas town a decade after statehood. He befriends Judge Blake and his daughter Jassamine, clashes with a boastful physician Dr. Gray, and ends in a heated duel threat resolved by a decisive punch.
Duel Bravery and Love Test a Staunch Woman
A narrator recounts a duel culture where honor demands courage as he confronts a doctor and asks Miss Jassamine to love him. She rejects him, citing bravado and the code of chivalry, and insists he prove not a coward before she considers marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jassamine
Bacon
Blake
Gray
Midnight encounter on the hilltop by the river
Jassamine and the narrator walk near her father's house when four men spring from behind a log. one wears a mask and tension rises as a confrontation unfolds in the woods late at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jassamine
Bravery and Love Amid a Nighttime Shootout
Jessamine trembles as armed men confront the narrator. He fires, saving her during a hand to hand struggle. She revives, thanks him, and praises his courage before they return to the house with renewed affection.
Dark tale of love betrayal and murder by Jassamine
A narrator recalls a village life turning violent after marrying Jassamine and facing a plot with Jasper Patterson. Jealous schemes unfold at Little Rock as a staged wedding, a planted paperweight, and a crippling deception lead to in‑house tragedy and a fading echo of praise for a hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jassamine
Little Rock
Jasper Patterson
Jasper
Nick Pinks
Jassper
dArkansaw
Pumpkin watermelon debacle stuns Philadelphia couple
In a comical misread connected to Danksgiving Day a saloon keeper and his wife attempted to eat a raw pumpkin thinking it a pumpkin watermelon. After hours of effort they feared death but doctors said they would recover in a few days from the patriotic culinary error.
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Vatermellionen
Hulda
Carl
Kimmel
Frederick Stolzkopf
South Ninth Street
Philadelphia Times
Kelley
Lazare Wischnevetsky
Lowell
Texas
Nell
Mamma
Pet
Philadelphia
Grace
Tommy
Toledo Blade
A Dog That Eats Sponges
A Nassau dog named Jack, thin and strikingly hungry, eats sponges in the yard. The piece mixes anecdotes of Jack with quips and jokes from various papers, noting his strange appetite amid light humor and regional observations.
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Nassau
Jack
N. Y
Nervous System Strain From Modern Living Warned
Dr W L Baker notes high pressure life increases nervous system development, risking future generations with abnormal susceptibility. Sleep remains essential for mental integrity during formative years as rest of the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Baker
Journal of Education
Religious and Educational News Highlights
Ten years show six Somerville schoolhouse fires while Washington Territory taxes church property after a recent vote. Vermont schools educate 78,000 pupils with 600,000 dollars state aid. A reformer calls for teacher vigor and questions. In Greece Catholic Gospel readers rise, and a St. Petersburg printers school opens with classes in languages and trades.
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Somerville
Mass
Boston Post
Washington Territory
Southern Presbyterian Church
Vermont
Ohio
Cleveland
Taylor
Africa
Everett
Greece
South
Chicago Times
St. Petersburg
Mahogany Logs Reach U S Markets Amid Variations
A New York Mail and Express report notes a surge of mahogany imports from Cuba and Mexico as prices swing from eight to twenty five cents per foot. The piece highlights the wood’s rising fashion in furniture and decorative work, with a log once bought for fifty dollars yielding eighty dollars after sale and three thousand dollars worth of strips from one log.
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Cuba
Mexico
Ameria
N. Y. Mail and Express
New York
Ohio
Sean Agree
Cleveland
White Co
Minnesota
FLO
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Delphi
Ullec
Western Pasceets
Paper tires and other oddities in a city newspaper
A miscellany of brief items notes novelty paper tires pressed by hydraulic presses for waterproofing but lacking durability. a witty Arizona editor quip about pay and rustling news. jokes about wear and a tiger. medical patent remedies praised. a bread clock by an Italian jeweler. and various quick product notes including Wilson hand mills and Pierce pills. The writeups echo late 19th century quick bites and advertising teasers. The column closes with a quip on marriage as a union by itself.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
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