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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1884
Page
4
A grieving mother recalls counting treasures for her baby and a cherished Christmas memory. A white stocking, faded sock, and a lock of golden hair symbolize a child's joy and the sorrow of loss as angels take the baby to heaven on Christmas night.
A generous doctor forgives a Christmas bill for his patient Willie after a poor widow and two children show thrift and care. Rob Belle and Willie plan a debt free holiday by sharing a lit tree, a candle, and a handmade surprise, proving true generosity outshines ostentation.
A comic exchange between Captain Quibley and his wife from the Arkansaw Traveler recounts a cautionary tale about smoking and stairs. The captain relays a neighbor George Gaines’s long stem pipe mishap and a bored cane root joke, ending with a sharp rebuke to Quibby for disappointing someone.
The article describes evening wraps in light colored velvets and satins with embroidery and fur trim. Styles include ecru satin jardiniere, golden brown velvet, pale gray velvet with silver fox fur, and dark red plush options. Short wraps remain popular for warmth without hindering skirts.
A collage of humorous quips and exchanges from various papers. Jokes touch on gravity, cow sheds, jam, lodge life, money, cabs, choral scales, dogs, and classrooms. The piece assembles snippets from Boston Globe, Boston Post, Wheel ing Intelligencer, Harvard Lampoon, Brooklyn Eagle, Burlington Free Press, Newman Independent, and Every Other Saturday.
George Kerry of Reading Pennsylvania, a school-teacher, decided not to marry Isabella Schlasmer. Hearing of his fortune in the old country, Isabella sued for 1000 dollars for breach of promise. The jury awarded the amount in Pittsburgh Post.
The item surveys various topics from church and school funding to university demographics. It notes Texas boasting the largest state school fund, Sweden adopting the Revised Version, Gridley enforcing school attendance, and Kansas City's Congregational church dedication. It also covers Dakota counties, Yale enrollment by state, and Methodist Church milestones in Baltimore.
A Georgia man named Robert Toombs earned the label too ugly to catch fish after a mud turtle bore his full name. He later found the same turtle again with the line cut to reveal the taunt, a prank attributed to a waggish friend as reported in a Baltimore era Herald.
Suffering horses suffer indigestion from various causes including kidney heart and brain disease but mainly stomach or liver disorders. Regulate diet feed quality quantities and punctual at set times daily. Use alkali such as bicarbonate of soda before meals and acid after. Offer diluted acids or cider vinegar after meals. Observe a week and repeat if needed. Also notes migration study observers lighthouse keepers and a railway time scheme. A man cured by St Jacobs Oil after eight years rheumatism.
A Boston newspaper blurb urges using Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe remedy for uterine disorders. The note claims it saves money and promotes health for women and housekeepers, concluding with a plug for a legal blank from the new attorney.
Marshall Michigan company offers to send their ELectro Voltaic Belt and electric appliances on 30 day trial to men with nervous debility vitality loss and related troubles. Also claimed relief for rheumatism neuralgia paralysis and other diseases with complete restoration guaranteed. No risk with 30 day trial. pamphlet offered free. note ends with a joke quote about iceberg terminology.
A compact 19th century advertising page notes consumption symptoms and liver digestion links, touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as blood cleansing and restorative, and cites a Lung cure by Dr William Hall’s Balsam. It also highlights a Christmas annual on steam power and WattStephen, plus various period ads for bronchodilator troches and catarrh remedies.
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