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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1883
Page
2
Official notice entered through Cambridge post office as second class mail matter. Office address: Main St East Court Square.
Thanks are extended for a copy of the Congressional Record containing speeches honoring the life and character of the late Dr. Updegraff. The note indicates appreciation from J. D. Taylor for the volume and its commemorative content.
The United States had 115000 miles of railroad by 1881, costing over 5.6 million dollars with equipment. That year 1.6 million people operated and built the railways, while wages and materials totaled 450 million dollars.
President names Ifon William White for the United States Judgeship in the Southern District of Ohio to fill the late Hon P W Swing. M M Granger of Zanesville is proposed as a possible successor on the Supreme Bench.
The article notes U S crude output about 57 000 barrels daily with consumption near 85 000, leaving excess for export or stock. Canada yields roughly 1 200 daily while consuming 2 000, creating 800 to import. The Dominion may need about 1 000 000 barrels from the United States in 1885. Weather forecast by Vennor covers March 13–28 with alternating mild and stormy periods and several snow events.
A Guernsey County resident recounts a journey to meet Mr Peter Weyers in Madison township near Winchester on February 7 1883. The narrative covers local terrain a cave and a long memory that ties to George Washington and early American history including Gen Wayne's campaign and a Kiln kettle from a historic banquet.
A customer from Baltimore Maryland praises Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for three years of use, claiming it provides almost immediate relief from coughs and colds. The endorsement is signed by B Walker, General Commercial Merchant, 118 Light Street.
A Cambridge notes item from the W C T U urging temperance, reporting recent alcohol related crimes and accidents from cities like New Albany Milwaukee St Louis and Cincinnati to argue for total abstinence. It praises the Reading Room as a space for reading and urges voters and boys to heed the dangers of liquor.
The statement from Washington Monroe of Catskill New York details a long battle with gravel kidney ailment. After failing with famed doctors he credits Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, used at his wife's urging, with restoring his health and prompting him to urge others with kidney and liver issues to try it.
The February issue reviews naming Rhode Island by historian J G Kohl, notes Georgia sesquicentennial pieces on Oglethorpe’s birthday, and highlights Washington documents, Rich’s 1609 News from Virginia, and a frontispiece portrait gallery. It discusses Museum items, medals, and the Trelawny Patent seal fragments, with emphasis on timely centennial year topics.
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