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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1885
Page
4
A reflective scene recalls a previous year as bells fall quiet and the house rests. The speakers sit in darkness, listening for time as year end memories surge, conjuring old sorrows, joys, sins, and long-buried hopes. The wind, bells, and distant seas frame the ghostly recollections.
Old Mr. Vanbrugh lies sick as landlady Mrs. Jaggett pressures rent while Mrs. Trillard cares for him with oatmeal chicken and grapes. Gracie Trillard wistfully recalls New Year hopes and dreams of a brighter future amid poverty and kindness.
Old Mr. Vanbrugh, believed poor by Mrs. Jaggett, reveals wealth and buys a Fifth Avenue house for himself and his new "daughter" Gracie Trillard. He announces he is not poor, plans a lavish lifestyle, and relocates New Year’s Eve, disturbing Jaggett who learns he is Nevada’s richest man.
From Christian Union a discussion of how pain teaches fear of injury. It cites Davy learning pain after a crab bite, gas experiments prompting caution, and notes on skin as sentinel and sensory organ. It references Lord Kamos, Paley, Sir Charles Bell, and oculists observations on reflexes and coughing.
Mrs. Frank Gillman of Hollis New Hampshire created a quilt consisting of eight thousand seven hundred ninety four pieces, demonstrating an extraordinary patchwork project in a private home.
Reverend T DeWitt Talmage in Brooklyn urges abstinence on New Year’s Natal Day. He warns winter amplifies dissipation among young men, cites alcohol as a danger, urges wholesome home life, serious study, and virtuous recreation to avoid moral shipwreck by spring.
A Greek church ceremony at Moscow Road Bayswater unites two Ralli family members in a lavish service. The bride wears white brocade with orange blossom accents, attended by four pink-dressed bridesmaids. Two groomsmen hold orange-flower candles as priests in golden robes perform the rites. The head priest circles the altar with the couple thrice, and wreaths are placed on the bridal heads. The report mixes this with a dramatic street scene of a steamer accident and brief snippets about kidneys and flowers.
A Chicago Tribune report quotes A S Chamberlain of Old Bull's Head Stables New York who says French Percheron horses have superior feet and pavements performance and fetch higher prices than Clydesdales. He urges breeders to favor French stock for market sale. Percheron stallions with elite pedigrees are imported in large numbers, with around 1000 imported in the last two years by a single firm.
Sugar Lake in Crawford County Pennsylvania shows a yearly August chemical process where the lake water becomes milky and white particles like cheese curd settle to the bottom, gradually filling the lake and potentially solidifying into a loaf of sugar or a bed of Limburger cheese over decades, observed by local scientists and reporters.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway announces a new pamphlet titled Voltagal Genius of Electricity by a Man of the Rock Island Route. It offers Watt Stephens style content and can be obtained for 10 cents postage with address to General Ticket and Passenger Agent. Also mentions Rheumatism relief claims for Athlophoros users and a testimonial from Harrod Ohio.
P Pease receiver and general manager with J E Terry general passenger agent announce 3 stop on signal only. Connections made at junction points for all important cities east or west. For freight and ticket rates contact T C Glark agent Cambridge Ohio.
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