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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1885
Page
2
A Hendricks monument association has been organized at Indianapolis. The miners strike near Pittsburg continues with little progress and the arbitration board has chosen Hon. A. G. Thurman as umpire. The committee will not report for several days.
Gov Ireland notes U S cultivation area up 97 percent in fifteen years. Portland Oregon rises to fifth among commercial cities, with Philadelphia among those it surpasses. Wm Lawrence Jr remains associate editor of the Jeffersonian. Indiana has sixteen House employees, Illinois twelve in the current Congress.
Knoxville dispatch reports Mrs. C. Fain of Mill Spring has a newborn boy with two distinct heads one naturally formed with huge eyes and another head lacking a nose and mouth. The living infant refuses nourishment and astonishes locals.
Prohibition advocates in the state marshal a tougher campaign for next year noting recent gains and perseverance as key. A new idea proposed is a ship canal from New York to New Orleans via Ohio to connect waterways and reach a destination port, a plan likely to face Congress though funding runs into millions and success seems unlikely.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a Liberal plan for home rule creating an Irish Parliament in Dublin with crown veto only on Irish ministry advice. Irish members stay in Westminster for imperial legislation while Dublin controls local police. Parnell must guarantee minority rights and landlords’ interests protection.
The bill outlines that in a vacancy of both President and Vice President the Cabinet officers act in order: Secretary of State, Treasury, War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Navy, Interior. The acting President holds until disability ends or a new president is elected. It also allows calling an extra Congressional session within twenty days of assuming office.
A list of patents granted to Ohio residents reported by C A Snow & Co patent lawyers. The records include names and inventions such as B Watkins Akron nail WC Wells Tiffin well drill H Wright New Lisbon saw mill E R Michealis Sycamore halter W M Johnston Wilmot fodder binder W Neracher Cleveland filter O E North Springfield motor C G Lauck Bucyrus wrench J Dahn Toledo sprinkler K W Holmes Columbus vehicle top D S Humphrey East Townsend knife J Baillie Salem brick machine T Grundel Ravenna grate A Gilliam Canton lath attachment E J Bracken Columbus lath attachment JS Brailey Wauseon bag holder P H Deis Canal Dover cuspidor dust trap B Dreher Cleveland music or book rock H P Deuscher Hamilton corn planter.
Wool growers of Guernsey county will meet December 29 at 1 PM in the Probate Judge's office Milnersville Ohio. Full attendance is requested. President W N Cowden and Secretary W S Brashear are listed in the notice.
Washington reflects a holiday mood with festive displays and shoppers while Congress wrestles over a new rules code and a temperance debate in the Senate. Prohibition sparks a row on Capitol restaurant liquor sales as Senator Cockrell accuses dissipation in committee rooms. Howard Ferguson denies a newspaper name error and defends his identity with a firm autograph history.
The 1880 census statistics list capital invested and bushels produced in salt states. Included are California Kentucky Massachusetts Michigan New York Pennsylvania Utah Virginia and West Virginia and other states with totals for capital, production, and values across the United States.
Farmers and mechanics urged to buy Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to treat coughs colds bronchial affections and croup in one night. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Samples free. Sold by John M McGill.
A young man visits his love as her younger brother, recently at a printing office, tells him she is upstairs arranging her forms before going to press. The scene conveys newsroom bustle and domestic romance in a single pivot moment.
An editorial exhortation argues that relying on nature to cure coughs weakens the constitution and warns of grave outcomes. It promotes Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure with a fifty cent bottle for recent illnesses and a one dollar bottle for chronic or family use.
A husband who tracked the number of kisses with his wife since their union agrees to publish the tally. He lists 36 500 in the first year, 120 in the second, and 2 in the third year before stopping the record.
The January issue of the Magazine of American History will feature three Civil War articles. General Baldy Smith, a noted military critic, writes The Operations Before Fort Donelson, promising a clearer and more truthful view of the controversial campaign.
An officer of the Coast Survey reports discovering a petrified whale skeleton over thirty feet long on a mountain range in Monterey county California, situated more than 3300 feet above sea level.
A South Parsons resident Miss Mattie Benson praises Brown’s Iron Bitters calling it the world’s tonic. She reports improved appetite and strength after using the remedy, describing herself as feeling like another person. Also notes a cultural sighting about honoring an American flag in the Andaman Society Islands.
Mr. Shelby Carter of Nashville Tennessee proclaims his gratitude for Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. He describes a scrofula afflicted condition with blotches ulcers and sores that disappeared eight months ago and has not returned.
Blank mortgage deeds with or without dower and various justice blanks are offered for sale at this office. The notice indicates available forms for legal use and filing.
An advertisement promotes Buckingham's Dye for whiskers to change grizzly beards to brown or black, asserting it preserves neat appearance and social reputation.
A close look at four individuals highlights combined wealth of 730 million dollars. The Duke of Westminster, Vanderbilt, Rothschild, and Mackay are credited with huge capital and soaring incomes from year to minute rates. One man earns 25 dollars per minute, others 20, 18, and 7 respectively.
In 1885 Miss Tommie Emery of LaGrange Georgia reports recovery from a long battle with scrofula using Swift's Specific. She describes mercurial treatments failing, a neck tumor, and eventual full improvement with the remedy, noting weight gain and renewed vitality. The advertisement promotes Swift's Specific as vegetable and available from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta and New York.
The article states 100 million acres along the Pacific Coast are suited to wheat culture. California holds 25 million, Oregon 18 million, Washington 16 million, with Colorado Idaho 10 million each and Montana Utah Wyoming seven million each. At 15 bushels per acre, total could reach 1.5 billion bushels, roughly equal to current world production.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with healing a eight year leg sore that doctors had advised bone scraping or amputation for. He used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Arnica Salve, and his leg is now sound. The products cost 50 cents a bottle and 25 cents per box respectively from C L Wall & Co. The Ohio Sunday school union plans a conference in Cambridge on February 6 and 7 with Rev Chauncey N Pond as a leading organizer and speaker.
Tar and Wild Cherry form the basis of Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup praised as reliable. Sample free. price 50 cents and 1.00. Post office receipts list Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Hamilton Mansfield Sandusky Springfield Toledo Xenia Youngstown Zanesville totals for year ending June 30, 1885. Steubenville Herald.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil for infant washing with claims of restoring tissue and strength. The same issue reports the B Z C railroad filing details: capital stock 3,000,000 dollars, funded debt 1,231,410, net earnings 7,119.3, miles operated 110.72 in Ohio. Also notes Red Clover blossoms as a traditional remedy and Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic priced at fifty cents.
A four year old girl asleep in the third story of her home is awakened by a thunderstorm. She cheerfully reports to her mother that the wind blew the sun up just now, a moment of fearlessness amid the storm.
The notice promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and promises a cure for piles with no pay if unsatisfied. Priced at 25 cents a box and sold by C L Wall & Co. February 5.
A store announces a Bona Fide Clearance Sale to reduce stock by mid February. Prices are slashed on everything to almost half regular price to attract customers, with a promise that buyers will be convinced the ad reflects reality.
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