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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1883
Page
4
A lyrical meditation comparing humble virtue to the vanity of proud sisters. The speaker recalls fairy tale kindness and the old fireside tale favored by grandmothers. The verse extols children loving simple blessings, labor, and joy at the hearth. Frances E. Greio is cited from Our Continent.
A rural boy Jim Brand strives for schooling aided by a bicycle dream. He earns fares at a state fair, helps injured riders after a boiler explosion, and learns a community owes him thanks via a two hundred dollar reward. Harvey Genn, his bicycle ally, later reunites with Jim as they push toward future studies.
A carpet dealer says he has no tiger or leopard skins now and may not until next year, explaining tiger skins come from India and often turn out to be cheetah skins. Leopard and cheetah skins are small for robes and are pieced with goat skins. royal Bengal tiger robes cost around sixty dollars. A second note cites a London Queen editor urging rent not exceed a tenth of income, with New York examples showing higher rent relative to earnings.
A Gridley California farmer trains a cow to accompany him to a flock of geese on grain. The cow walks near the birds while the farmer shoots into the flock and captures thirty to forty geese.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Mayor Carter H. Harrison praising St Jacobs Oil as excellent after he suffered rheumatism, noting neighbors advised the remedy before consulting a physician and that he found it effective.
Detroit Post reports three elderly men debating the meaning of versa-versa with playful misunderstandings. Sam defines the term vaguely while others suggest opposite or mispronounced interpretations. A final observer notes the Latin roots and its difficulty to pronounce.
A collage of vintage quips and anecdotes on trust health and manners. Captain F M Howes of the William Crane recounts rheumatism cured by St Jacobs Oil while Lydia E Pinkham and Dr Benson ads extol health remedies. A Texas Siftings joke about lost confidence caps the column.
The market letter argues ten acres of hops now yield more money than 500 acres elsewhere. It notes hops at 1.25 per pound and Bee Bitters quality unchanged, warning against imitations. A child snippet adds a family remark about marriage.
Dr J A Minurr of San Leandro California endorses the Pleasant Purgative Pellets noting four years of use with no alternative needed for chronic stomach liver and bowel derangements. The item also cites a New Haven Register remark on molasses candy pulls making youths candid when giving taffy.
A fragment from Washington Top highlights cures for kidney and liver diseases with Mishler's Herb Bitters and Dr Prerer's Golden Medical Discovery. It mocks quack claims and includes misc humor about onions and durability. Multiple ad blurbs mention Kidney-Wort Celery and Chamomile Pills and a joke about a man asking for forty dollars.
An old Marathon Independent ad touts Frazer Axle Grease as lasting four times longer than rivals and urges use to protect wagons and horses. It also promotes Wells health products and emphasizes home industry protection with a pang of humor about health and appetite.
A neighbor's wife with violent lung disease, deemed beyond help, recovered after using Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. Reported by a observer who saw her at her worst and feared she would not recover. Also mentions Wise's Axle Grease advertising wages and Voltaic belts offering trial health restoration claims and Brown's Bronchial Tracheas for sore throat.
Fragmentary editorial style collage notes how women would vote if allowed and endorses various products. It includes mock endorsements for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and other tonic cures, mixed with ad-like lines about dyes and shoe care. The piece reads as a satirical or promotional mashup rather than a cohesive report.
Daily five twenty five morning departure from Denni son except Sunday arrives Bowerston five, Scio six ten, Cadiz Junction six twenty nine, Steubenville seven twenty, Pittsburgh ten. W and K division trains from Steubenville to Wheeling at eight fifteen, seven twenty five, two fifteen, five fifty. Return from Wheeling at six twenty five, eight forty five, seven fourteen fifteen, four four ten, five fifty five arriving Steubenville seven fifty five, nine fifty five, two thirty, five twenty, eight ten.
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