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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1889
Page
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A brief verse-style lament by Richard Spofford published in Harper's Bazaar denounces a cruel woman and a fiery tongue that blasts with a biting rebuke. The quatrain invokes harsh curses as a satirical indictment of harsh gossip and poisonously persuasive speech.
In a Massachusetts academy, Bob Gresham remains at Teddy Delan’s side as he battles illness on the Toddlethwaite Prize night. When Bob loses his memory mid speech, an old mentor awards him the prize for manly tenderness, with Teddy’s sacrifice and a viral chorus of praise sealing the moment.
Philadelphia Ledger notes the tarantula or mygale hentzili in Texas to California seeks prey among grasshoppers. It details moults and venomous defense, then explains how the bluish green wasp Pepsis formosa stings and paralyzes the spider, drags it to a nest, and lays eggs to feed larvae. A mud-wasp also hoards paralyzed spiders in its elastic mud nests.
Jan 5 9 The Panama Canal resolution and tariff bill dominate Senate action with adjournments and secret sessions. Jan 7 Judiciary panel reports on circuit court powers. House fights over rules and Oklahoma bill stall proceedings. Jan 8 Tariff schedule debated. Weaver’s filibuster continues amid adjournments and votes on post routes. Jan 9 Nicaragua Canal not concurred. conferees appointed. tariff amendments debated with leather and wool duties. Jan 10 Missouri river bridge project and tariff adjustments proceed. House quorum issues and continued filibustering. Jan 11 Senate resumes tariff work. fresh fish duty approved. Weaver’s tactics persist in House while pension bills considered.
Quicksand differs from ordinary sand as fine mica particles float in water enabling near frictionless sinking of heavy bodies. To prevent failure, a Western railroad inserts steel ribs and plates into the excavation for 140 feet to secure a solid foundation, ribs 15 inches wide and plates 24 inches.
The Siamese ape is said to distinguish good from bad coins with certainty and is employed by Sia mese merchants as assistant cashiers in their counting rooms.
In New York on January 11 the meeting at J. Pierpont Morgan's home approved a plan to form The Inter-State Railway Association. The group aims to enforce federal rate laws, curb private bidding, and set penalties for violations, with a sixty day term and possible withdrawal on notice.
Lockport N Y January 11 a wind storm lifted the carriage and footbridge across the river near Niagara Falls from its fastenings and drove it into the stream a total loss The damage along the river is extensive and total losses may reach about 1 600 000 with buildings unroofed and islands submerged along the American and Canadian banks.
Nineteen bodies recovered and thirty five wounded after the Wednesday cyclone in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Coroner and morgue inquiries suggest many more may lie beneath debris as authorities fear a larger death toll. A Weldin & Co clerk is missing and a trading partner's wife may also be dead. In Oaklisle the government Indian training school and other structures were unroofed, with losses over 100000 dollars.
The cyclone's devastation raises the death toll to about forty with 28 dead and 114 wounded reported at the silk mill. Of roughly 275 workers, mainly girls and boys, were in the building when it collapsed. Recovery continued through Wednesday night and Thursday.
A severe storm battered Parkersburg and surrounding areas on Wednesday with two brick houses unroofed, a Belleville brick dwelling demolished, and in Rowlesburg four killed as a mill and residence were blown down. In Guyandotte two more died under collapsing walls. Separately in St Louis Ward McManus was shot twice by Henry Kriz who fled. the dispute over aiding Kriz in building a motorcar project sparked the shooting.
Two gas reservoirs exploded on Wednesday evening in Brooklyn, shattering nearby dwellings and triggering widespread panic. Officials estimate financial losses around 500000 dollars with no fatalities reported.
Luther Tallman of Fairport New York, a seed and fertilizer dealer, came to Detroit to buy seed. Wednesday night he was held up near his hotel after a theater visit and robbed of 4500 dollars in cash and 1000 in drafts by two men.
The old Argyle House in East Dubuque was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Once famed as a hotel and later a buggy-top factory, the blaze caused an estimated loss of 20000 dollars with 7900 dollars covered by insurance and is described as incendiary.
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