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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1882
Page
2
The note asks friends of the Hrraxp at each voting place in the county to send in the election results on Tuesday or as soon as possible. The plea emphasizes timely reporting from local polling sites.
At a recent Pittsburgh gathering of iron manufacturers the group expressed belief that although prices are low now, the coming year will bring a fair market.
The value of taxable property in Ohio reported to the Auditor of State this year totals 1,634,910,834 dollars, up nearly 48,000,000 from 1881. Current fiscal year taxes amount to 30,850,000 dollars, about five million higher than last year’s levy.
Coal miners in the Tuscarawas Valley demand an advance in mining price from 85 to 95 cents per ton. Operators refuse, leading to a near standstill. A meeting was held last week with no agreement and another session is planned in Cleveland this week.
The tariff commission’s reduced wool rates are to be discussed at the Wool Growers Convention in Columbus on January 9. Ohio growers’ claims will be urged before Congress. Guernsey producers are urged to speak up while Taylor supporters rally behind their candidate. J M Lewis chaired the caucus with W K Gooders as Secretary. The Guernsey delegation chose Gooders as chairman and W D Craig as secretary. Committee members were named and minor matters reviewed.
Months after the killing of Lord Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke in a Dublin public park police still lack leads. A $25,000 reward has produced no clue amid crowds present at the time, making an arrest seem unlikely.
A Steubenville wool merchant warns that removing the wool tariff will force regional farmers to shift to other industries as land costs in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania remain high. The region produces about 22 million pounds of wool annually, with 3.38 million unsold. Wool growers oppose further tariff cuts. The ivory trade faces scarcity and rising prices as stocks dwindle and prices reach high levels in Liverpool London and Egypt. Efforts aim to curb elephant slaughter and bolster native traders due to lack of substitutes.
In Barnesville area the tobacco crop remains largely unsold with perhaps only twenty thousand pounds delivered. Last year most of the crop was in packers hands, and this season is less favorable for handling. Some neighborhoods have sold most or none, as growers hesitate until Congress acts on the tobacco tax. Across the region about half may remain unsold with prices mainly four to five dollars per hundred.
B and O R R conducts holiday excursion sale from December 22 to January 1 offering round trip tickets from all stations to all stations on Trans-Ohio divisions including Wheeling and Chicago at reduced rates. Tickets valid on regular passenger trains and returnable by January 3.
The Republican Congressional Convention at Bellaire chose J D Taylor of Guernsey county as the nominee for the long term to fill the vacancy caused by J T Updegraff's death. After 32 ballots, Taylor secured 82 votes and the convention moved to nominate him unanimously. Belmont and Jefferson aided his final win and delegates prepared to urge his election.
The Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway offers cheap excursion tickets on December 28 24 25 29 30 and January 1 1883 for return by January 3 1883. Rates apply to all stations on the Pan Handle route with information and timetables available from agents.
A patent medicine claim asserts Parker's Ginger Tonic strengthens the liver and kidneys to resist malarial poisons and aids general debility and nervous exhaustion.
A boy recounts a prank where he and a friend trap eleven cats in various containers during a church Oyster supper committee gathering. The plan spirals into chaos as cats loose about the house disrupt the service and trigger scolding from his parents and the minister. The tale ends with the boy admitting the aftermath and a plan to leave.
An advertisement proclaims the Great German Invigorator will secure health and happiness despite system excesses. For sale by John RJ Downar with a novy.30-3m notation.
A compact poetic recount of U.S. presidents from Washington through Arthur, noting term lengths and notable events. It lists Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe and others, mentioning two term presidents, deaths, and assassinations shaping the early republic.
The 8. W. Hicks of Pleasant Valley New York reports using Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy after doctors said nothing more could be done. Within two weeks he passed a stone four quarters inch long and pipe stem thick and remains symptom free since. Kennedy claims the remedy strengthens the blood and cures liver kidney and bladder complaints and related female weaknesses. For sale by all druggists.
Farmers and others seeking a genteel business can earn five to twenty dollars daily by securing a post office agency. Send address at once to H C Winklaxson & Co located at 195 and 197 Fulton Street New York. December 28.
The State Board of Agriculture releases final 1882 estimates from 700 township correspondents. Corn is projected at 93,527,953 bushels with higher than September, wheat sown 2,741,560 acres but 6 percent damaged by fly, potatoes 6,151,725 bushels, oats 16,732,154, tobacco 27,224,591 pounds, hay 2,968,295 tons. Pastures improved, farm animals healthy, hogs sales 88 percent of last year.
During severe weather the royal foot guards suffered colds and coughs. The king ordered a supply of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for the sentries and their health improved.
Dr David Kennedy of Rosdout NY touts the Favorite Remedy as a universal health solution claiming it saves life and cures disease by purifying the blood and aiding women's ailments. The ad urges readers to buy one bottle for a dollar to avoid doctors.
Old Berkshire Mills in Darton Massachusetts notes Peter Lawler has lived in the town for seventeen years and worked there fifteen, describing him as a good and respected citizen despite a long chronic illness. The statement is signed Cras. O. Brown President and mentions a remarkable case in another column for readers.
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