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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1883
Page
2
A New York man wagers heavy that he can consume two quail daily for thirty days. The report notes bets and sums tied to participants Brady Dorsey Vaile, the Star routers, with potential losses of 75 000 for the first two names and 50 000 for the third.
It is noted that strong foreign demand for clover seed has driven prices higher than seen in this country for two decades, signaling a market shift and potential implications for farmers and buyers.
Hon John FE Kenna recently elected U S Senator from West Virginia will be the youngest member of that body at thirty four years old. The Ohio booth at the Garfield Fair in Washington turned over net proceeds to the general treasury amounting to 625 dollars. The property still on hand amounts to 325 dollars.
The State of Connecticut spent 1 966 45 last year on fish culture and released 4 000 000 shad 534 000 brook trout 376 876 salmon and 2 OSO German carp in state waters.
Pacific slope magnates press annexation on Hawaii with Claus Spreckels leading the drive. Jao L Sullivan and Jim Mace are being groomed for a match, with Slade from Australia tipped as the alternate challenger for 2500 dollars a side. Private Dalzell seeks retroactive pension relief for war injuries from typhoid fever in the late war.
In Wheeling Bishop Kain excommunicates Knights of St. John after a public entertainment allowed round dancing and beer sales contrary to his orders. Catholic circles in the nail city face growing trouble.
A new five cent nickel will be issued a bit larger yet thinner than the current coin. The obverse will feature a female head with Liberty inscribed and encircled by thirteen stars. The reverse shows a denomination Roman numeral within a wreath.
Report notes a two mile long ice bridge towering fifty feet above water at Niagara Falls last week. Also discusses Washington complaints about silver coinage, government vault capacity, Chilean Peruvian tensions, occupation effects, and economic stagnation.
A letter from the Register describes a severe cholera outbreak in the Tierra Caliente with cold regions untouched. Towns like Tuxtla and Tonala report high death tolls, with bodies abandoned and dogs scavenging. The epidemic began in July 1882 on a Chiapas farm, spreading through San Bartolo Chiapas Tux Tipio Tehuantepec to Tabasco and beyond.
The passage notes that many moved from infected regions to Cristoba and Las Casas. Some attribute the outbreak to buried locusts near a Chiapas river farm that were not adequately covered. Heat cracking the ground and pestilential exhalations may have fostered the disease.
A letter from Hon. J. D. Taylor urges wool growers in the county to send their most active men to Washington to influence the tariff bill. Taylor notes that the committee claims Columbus Delano and the Woolgrowers’ organization consented to the reduction, which critics dispute. The tariff bill faces two weeks of discussion starting today.
A digest of local items including Cadiz banks holding over a million dollars, a large salt meat shipment to England from Belmont county, a $20,000 Steubenville church planned for summer, and the death of James Patrick aged ninety-one in New Philadelphia. Also noted are saloon closures in Woodsfield, a Port Washington fire loss of 1000, examiners withholding teachers for liquor use, a Cameron murder acquittal, poisoned cattle near Somerton, a tiny healthy newborn, large railroad rights work between Marietta and Bellaire, a fatal Canal Dover boiling incident, Noble county’s 1851 origin, booming bee culture, a postal law dispute, a bored Adams Express trial, dull Shawnee coal, a major iron and coal syndicate forming, jewel theft case in Shawnee, and state tax settlement rules for county auditors.
A Baltimore police captain, Geo. W Farhart, testifies that his four children recovered from a severe whooping cough after using Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. He says the syrup relieved swelling in throats and necks and saved their lives in a single night.
The Akron coal mine at Byesville employs 175 men and ships 20,000 bushels of coal daily mainly to Cleveland. The Farmer mine hires 100 miners producing about 10,000 bushels. Nicholson mine runs 125 miners yielding about 12,000 bushels. Together these three mines average 40,000 bushels per day with several new mines expected to operate next spring. Miners are paid seventy cents per ton with good miners averaging four tons daily.
An Ulster county man with a leg gangrene threat asked for amputation but was denied by a local physician. Dr David Kennedy of Rondout performed the operation and administered the Favorite Remedy blood purifying treatment, restoring health. The promoter Dr Davin Lennedy of Rondout advertises the remedy at one dollar a bottle.
The New Jersey Temperance Alliance plans to raise one thousand dollars to fund temperance literature. Horace Mann and Lord Brougham are cited on education and morality linked to temperance. Vermont debates prohibition, while Canada expands local bans. The Vermont Union influenced public school teaching on physiology and narcotics. Consul in Bordeaux warns of falsified wines and calls for analytical bureaus in U S cities. Massachusetts temperance league promotes licensing, banning sales to minors and on Sundays, with prosecutions driving reform and a Boston convention on February 22.
Farmers and others are urged to send their address for a genteel, lucrative agency earning $5 to $20 daily. Also promoted: a 700 page unabridged American Dictionary with a year of The Star Spangled Manner for 63 cents. Readers are urged to read the advertisement and judge for themselves.
A new music book titled Singing School Tribute by A J Showalter and Aldine S Kieffer uses a novel notation system with ordinary staff and unique tonic symbols. The attractive music and neat layout sell for 75 cents postpaid by mail. Order from Ditson Co Boston John Church Co Cincinnati or Ruebush Kieffer Co Dayton.
The February Monthly from Tutlege Publishing Company Eaton Penna announces a $20 gold reward for identifying the middle verse of the Old Testament by February 10 1883. If multiple correct answers are received the prize is shared. Winners receive funds February 15 1883 and must include 20 cents in silver with the answer or opt for the March Monthly to publish name and address.
Old Berkshtre Mills Caxton Massachusetts April 27 1882 Peter Lawler has been a resident for seventeen years employed fifteen years and is a good citizen though with chronic illness now seemingly in good health Cras O Brown Pres t The wonderful case referred to above is published in another column and will prove of great value to thousands of our readers Ep
Weekly market list by J Q O McInyar and R W Simpsey shows prices for eggs at 0 100 per dozen, sorghum per gallon, salt barrel, butter, chickens per dozen, various cuts of pork, clover and Timothy seeds, orchard grass, bluegrass, millet, and potatoes.
The note warns that popular nostrums rely on alcohol and ruin lives. It praises Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy for cooling and purifying the blood, claiming it cures drinking urges and benefits lifelong health. Distributed by Druggists. Dr. David Kennedy, Rondout, New York.
For sale by John R. Downar. nov 30-3m. The statement promises health and happiness despite system excesses.
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