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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1889
Page
2
Office of P. Mahaffey business manager lists address Main St East Court Square. Post office watermark indicates second class mail matter at Cambridge.
The Australian system of voting faces opposition from leading Republicans and Democrats. North Dakota lawmakers pass a strict liquor sales ban set to take effect July 1.
Henry W. Grady, managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a leading Southern intellectual, died Monday from pneumonia tearing how the article marks his influence and fame.
John W. Walter has been placed on the candidate list for U S Senator. The description suggests the campaign or opposition continues in a political contest context.
United States Court at Cincinnati last week heard the Metropolitan Bank case and returned acquittals for Means and DeCamp.
The Dow law tax collected in the state totals $2,301,618.10 for the year and the state receives one fifth of this amount.
The convicted men in the Chicago Cronin case move for a new trial and warn a week long social may follow with O Sullivan Coughlin and Burke in leading roles. Public opinion suggests such an event should have occurred earlier.
A portion of the Nacional W C T U that withdrew from the Chicago convention issued a call for a convention in Cleveland around January 22 to form a nonpartisan organization.
The investigation committee reports completion and urges seating of Fleming the Democratic candidate. Governor calls a special session for January to finalize action by the Legislature on the gubernatorial contest.
Speaker Reed unveils the remaining House committees. J D Taylor becomes chairman of the alcoholic liquor traffic panel and serves on education and Census. Ohio gains chairmanships on Ways and Means McKinley Patents Benjamin Butterworth Judiciary Ezra B Taylor with strong representation across major panels.
A Slovenian man in severe abdominal pain in San Francisco last week carved his own body with a knife. He removed inner portions piece by piece, leaving entrails at his feet as death soon followed.
The article notes Mary Walker's ideas gaining favor as New York women adopt manly styles. Women parade in cut-away coats, short hair, eye glasses, and hats with canes, signaling a progressive shift in fashion and social norms.
Archives reveal a Portuguese document claiming earlier exploration of African territory than Livingstone. The paper, tied to a territorial dispute with England, could sour post imperial relations as双方 argue prior claims.
The World reports from New York that state tax bodies value taxed property in 1889. Taxable property increased by 6.96 million, actual wealth up 18.662 billion since 1880. US wealth totals 61.459 trillion excluding public property, with 3.093 trillion invested abroad. World wealth surpasses pre mid 18th century levels.
The article notes a depressed year and cautious optimism among Americans. It warns that a tight money market curbs extravagance, suggests patience to restore vitality, and urges living within means to prevent economic distress and dishonesty.
At a previous gathering in Indianapolis miners approved a resolution favoring the union of the Progressive Union and District Assembly 135 K of L. A committee was named to attend the February Columbus convention to push the issue. Support appears favorable to the proposition.
The Colored Odd Fellows and Household of Ruth held a large parade last Tuesday in bright regalia. They attended church in a group and were preached to by Rev. Gee whose eloquent sermon praised their meeting and work among their people.
Toledo dispatch reports the Wheeling and Lake Erie stockholders voted to issue 2 600 000 dollars of common stock to fund depots rolling stock and related appurtenances. They approved a new route from Bowerstown to Wheeling via Bellaire using Baltimore and Ohio bridge tracks citing friction with the Union Bridge Company.
Hon. J. D. Taylor introduced measures in this Congress to create an educational fund for public schools and compulsory education for Indian children. The package also covers restoring duties on imported wool and yarns, expanding small bank lending and note issuance, erecting a monument to John Gray, equalizing soldier bounties, and extending pension filing time limits.
Ohio's new compulsory education law takes effect January 1, 1890. In city districts children eight to fourteen must attend at least twenty weeks per year with ten consecutive weeks, while in village and township districts the minimum is sixteen weeks with eight consecutive. Truant officers will enforce in cities. other districts rely on constables and officers. Penalties include fines for officers and parents. imprisonment possible for repeat offenses.
A state wide 1889 crop report shows Wheat at 91 percent condition with 43 percent sold after threshing and 1 percent Hessian fly damage. Corn yields average 33 bushels per acre with 80 percent cut for fodder and fodder cutting starting Sept 18. Apples and Clover seed yields are down, Potatoes average 91 bushels per acre, while cattle and sheep feeding for spring and mutton are 70 and 79 percent of last year respectively. Prices and demand depress cattle numbers for spring sales by 15 to 20 percent.
New Concord notes visitations and travels as Fin Stevens visits Newark and Miss Mary Morrow plans Washington Indiana stay. The ME church to host a Christmas Eve exhibition and Edge Miller returns from Moundsville. City council held a frat meeting in the new town hall and bids for the town hall business rooms were opened with three bidders. High school open literary society ended term with a debate on educational tests at polls.
The Ohio Supreme Court decided that a railroad cannot refuse to honor regular tickets merely because they have passed through a scalper. Most roads nationwide have adopted a policy of denying such tickets.
One hundred pairs of men’s $200 shoes will be sold for $1.26 at Friedman Bros in Byeaville. The bargain event draws shoppers seeking high value footwear at steep discount from regular prices.
The E J White era in the Washington Herald parodies a Wanamaker scheme to graft a Stuck Junction postmaster job with a lucrative clothing order. The spoof shows political favors, office creation, and the mock correspondence proposing salaries and suits to secure acceptance.
William M. Carr recounts his role in early gas development in Guernsey County. He details a 1887 incorporation of the Southeastern Natural Gas Company, pipeline plans to Cambridge, Zanesville, and Newcomerstown, and five wells including the Martin and Blue Rock fields. He notes stock structures, profits, and management actions involving Baltimore and Washington interests.
Dr Crossy of the State Board of Health notes influenza spreads rapidly beyond travel lines, often pandemic in scope. He warns public alarm and urges protection for the very young and old, recommending seclusion during outbreaks and diligent care if the disease reaches the state.
The Pt. Pleasant planing mill offers lumber cut to order for building and bridge timber. G. W. Woodruff advertises the business at Dyson, Ohio.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a universal remedy promising relief from dyspepsia and liver stomach and kidney ailments. Claims vast demand and high spending but asserts the remedy is accessible to all and guarantees improved digestion. Sold at 50 cents and one dollar per bottle at D M Hawthorne's drug store.
An excerpt explains why 1900 is not a leap year. It traces the shift from Julius Caesar to Pope Gregory XIII, detailing how 11 minutes yearly accumulate and are balanced by omitting leap years in centurial years, with a final net drift of one day every 3,866 years.
J A Reno of Bolling Alabama describes long struggle with nervous derangement and constipation. After using a specific product labeled 8. 8. 8. his appetite improved and daily cathartics were no longer needed. He reports only one headache episode since December 1, 1888 when he skipped the product.
A Terrill Texas resident describes a twenty year tormenting itching skin condition. After failing with local physicians he used Swift's Specific S. S. and reports permanent relief for over a year. A free treatise on Blood and Skin Disease is offered.
Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh offers low round trip rates on holiday excursions. Tickets go on sale December 21 25 31 1889 and January 1 1890 good for travel on sale date and return by January 3 1890. C M Ry also sells tickets from all points at one and one third rate for round trip with return by January 3 1890.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers excursion tickets for Christmas and New Year holidays at above one third fare for round trips between all stations west of the Ohio River and to Wheeling Washington Pa Pittsburgh Cincinnati and all points on the Columbus Cincinnati Midland and Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore Railroads. Tickets are valid for return through January 3.
The Columbus & Cincinnati Midland Railroad offers excursion tickets at one and one third fare for round trips between all stations on its line and to all points on the Baltimore and Ohio west of and including Pittsburgh and to Cincinnati and on the Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore Railroad. Tickets good December 24 25 31 and January 1 with return by January 3 1890.
Miss Lizzie Howell visited Zanesville last week as Prof Hancher suffers throat trouble. Schools closed Friday for a two week vacation. Miss Ella Chambers visiting Chandlersville. Jesse Jordan visited Louisville Mon roe county. Christmas exercises set for Presbyterian church Christmas eve. Mr and Mrs Wm St Clair visited AC Cochran's in Cambridge. Tom Kerr Cambridge insurance agent seen on streets. W E Elder returned from Zanesville after Business College. Miss Lou Gonmer back from Cambridge visit. Miss Della McCordle of Wooster University Faculty visiting home. Dairy Maids Carnival at New Year’s Eve and night by Aid Society. Masons hosted oyster supper for families and friends. Exercises with speaking and music held in hall. supper served in town hall. well attended.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by J est & Traux Walding Kinnan Marvin and K H Van Hoesen. Hall's Cure taken internally, works on blood and mucous membranes. Price seven per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The item reports holiday greetings, church activities at UP and MP churches, a two year old filly sale for eighty dollars, a marriage on the nineteenth, and a revival meeting with sermons by Rev Campbell and Rev Hammond. It also notes a weather mention from Arkansas, a Methodist Protestant church trustee election listing six officers, and a Cleveland and Marietta Railway excursion sale January 13 to Columbus with return by January 14.
Byesville reports holiday happenings with Christmas in town. Visitors include PS Farhes and family of Alliance and C D Mahbanna of Salesville. Major events include Ellsworth Riddle's accident, births of two daughters, and guests from Scio College and Mt Union.
A dying patient with consumption read of Dr King's New Discovery on wrapping paper, used a sample then a full bottle, rapidly improving from under seventy pounds to a healthy 140 pounds. Send stamp to W H Cole, Fort Smith, for fuller particulars. trial bottles available at D M Hawthorne's drug store.
The temperate winter allows farmers to plow for next year's corn crop. The ME church young ladies plan a necktie social at Brady on New Year’s night. Methodist cottage prayer meetings prep a prolonged effort. Samuel Warren and his sister Callie stay in Jefferson county. Miss Sadie Warren visits relatives in Cambridge.
An advertisement claims Golden Specific can be added to tea or coffee to cure drunkenness without the drinker’s knowledge. It asserts thousands have quit drinking voluntarily, with no harm. Address Golden Specific Co. in Cincinnati for circulars. The text also includes a satirical list of state abbreviations linked to various traits.
A physician, Mrs L A Harkey, announces she will continue visits in Cambridge for 12 months by popular request. She cites hundreds of cured patients in Guernsey and nearby counties and invites those with chronic female illnesses to seek treatment now, asserting permanent cures and urging immediate action.
In Cleveland on November 28 Mrs. De L A Harkey invites invalids for free fat consultation and examination at Barnesville style event. A mail list of certificates and correspondence with the office is solicited for Fat Consultation and Examination Free.
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