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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
4
A narrator recalls at a station a playful mother and her child and a chance kiss spent watching their dainty behavior. The encounter ends as the brakeman calls a stop and the mother calls out to Mr. John and Papa. The scene is attributed to Mrs. Geo Archibald in the Burlington Hawkeye.
Seventeen year old Fanny Burton faces a perilous night fire at her home. Midshipman Frank Furman climbs a staging to rescue her from smoke and flames, while Captain Grimwell secretly arranges a Valentine pledge. Fanny accepts Frank after the rescue, and the bashful youth grows confident as love blooms.
In a note from Rufus Hale in the N. Z. Ledger, Grimwell’s valentine burned in a fire as Fanny warned, yet emerged unharmed. The note credits the valentine’s bravery in rescuing a sister from flames, while hinting at bashfulness alongside courage.
Bur Cardogan in Fortnight Review laments the spread of betting among all classes and notes the Jockey Club stewards will revoke licenses for proven jockey betting. He warns that pressure from touts and tipsters tempts jockeys and urges penalties for all who aid the offense, including those who entice jockeys.
The article recounts Murillo painting twenty life size works for Capuchins over three years, seventeen now in Seville Museum. It tells the tale of the Virgin of the Napkin, painted on a napkin given by the convent cook, and lauds its vivid color and inviting depiction. It also notes the paintings’ storage in Cadiz during Napoleonic turmoil and return to Seville.
The piece recounts Chief Justice Taney living to eighty seven and still at work. It notes his early Maryland prominence, rivalries with Luther Martin and William Pinkney, and a chancery case where rivals died before resolving it. A client dismisses Taney as a dying man, yet Taney outlives the prophecy by generations.
The New York Tribune describes a chestnut cake recipe: boil chestnuts, pick out wormy ones, pound six ounces, mix with sugar flour and four eggs, knead into paste, roll thin, cut shapes, brush with egg, and bake on buttered tins.
The letter argues that U S agricultural colleges are notable and should stay agricultural, not merged with other institutions of learning, criticizing past trends of combining them with broader colleges. The writer signs as N. F. Farmer.
A Lyons New York farmer discovers a fine gold watch in a hay loft used by a tramp who slept on the property without permission. The find highlights the unknown visitor and the owner’s prompt discovery.
A humorous anecdote recalls a senator asking a reporter about executive session action. The reporter wittily notes that congressmen “are getting to be such free talkers” and hints at the breach of confidence until secrecy is lifted by formal action. The tale originates from St. Nicholas.
A collage of brief items mentions Oscar Wilde on dress from a New York paper, a warning about coven threats and lung trouble, and advertisements for Red Star Cough Cure and Brown's Bronchial Stodies. It cites Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as cures, with light humor about hats blown by the wind.
The item promises an illustrated treatise titled Woman and Her Diseases sent post paid for three letter standups. It directs readers to address World’s Dis pensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York. A sharp ad line suggests secrecy by noting if you ask a man to keep your secret you ask him to do what you cannot.
Reader offered a free paper sample if one-cent stamps are mailed to American Rural Home Rochester NY before March 1. The ad promotes the Kura weekly eight-page farm journal at $1 annual price, urging samples and noting the offer ends soon. Also mentions a smoking car comment and several small ads for remedies and soaps.
A Pittsburgh physician joked to a lady patient about Hop Bitters for her ongoing illness. She tried the remedy and achieved lasting health. She now laughs at the quip, while the doctor regrets losing a good patient due to the joke.
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