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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
4
A speaker catalogs mementos from a vanished romance. A ring, photograph, gloves, faded flowers, a button from a uniform, and a broken tiara symbolize flirtations and heartache from last summer, urging the end of past social folly. The narrator recounts chasing flirtations, breaking hearts, and the need to put those days behind.
A frightened widow recalls Aspen’s Vale tapestry room where a hidden thief menaced her. She feigns sleep, outwits the intruder, and calls for help. Ten years later at a assizes in Lewis she identifi es Hercules Armstrong as the prisoner, sending him to prison.
A New York Sun report recounts Cogan’s lamb Nelly at Fifty-sixth Street and Eighth Avenue who chews tobacco drinks beer and accepts tobacco treats from barkeeps. The demoralized sheep gallops to the bar, swallows eight schooners of beer at a raffle, naps by the stove, and is said to smoke only in habit not practice.
Prof. E. J. James outlines the bitter clash in Germany between classic curriculum advocates and modern culture proponents. He notes public sentiment and government favor for Latin Greek and geometry, while modernists push for broader technical study and liberal training for living well.
New South Wales endured a severe drought in the northwestern interior causing major losses as more than one million sheep perished. The crisis highlights the harsh impact on livestock and rural communities.
Moses H. Colby of Boston was in the city court room when he suddenly slumped back in his chair and was found dead. The case is noted in the Boston Lerald.
Captain W F Swasey cites Col D J Williamson an Ex U S Consul attacked by rheumatism in 1861 62 and crippled years after. After spending 20900 on various remedies he says St Jacobs Oil cured him proving the pain relief claims to be true. Also a Philadelphia Press quip about mothers guarding material as daughters grow.
Burlington Vermont May 3 1882 A H Sapin Professor Chemistry University of Vermont certifies Wells Richardson Co Butter Color is free of harmful substances and over 25 percent stronger in color than top rivals after two months air exposure claims no rancidity unlike other colors. Also includes stray cites to cards chimney sweep bugler Mercury treatment and Swift's Specific cures with unrelated notes.
A Boston harbor mystery resurfaces as Captain Murray of the Alaska recalls the City of Boston loss during a southeast hurricane. He cites a collision with ice near similar latitude as the likely cause, while praising the Guion line voyage and his seven years at sea.
Advert reads that genuine German Hop Bitters show the word German in the bottle and promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs. It also touts Pike's toothache drops curing in one minute.
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