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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1885
Page
4
A narrator laments a powerful, shadowy man who owns vast wealth and a farm, while the speaker cherishes a simple life with a partner and their upland meadow, apple trees, and clover. The contrast highlights longing and loyalty against wealth and ambition.
In Flat Broke a vigilante mood follows a series of robberies and a lynch mood shifts when Jim Fikes is accused. His brother Jim’s weak mate deflects blame and, after a chaotic legal farce, Jim is exonerated though his brother confesses. Jim leaves town as the other man dies in prison and a pardon looms.
Bob Burdette recounts attempting to write aboard a railroad car from Allentown to Brooklyn. The ride lurches and creaks as passengers, including Pennsylvanian Dutch ladies and thirty-two children, invade his space, while language barriers and mockery mix with comic discomfort.
A critique from The Studio arguing that architectural whimsy raises costs and offers little practical gain. It urges sticking to rectangular forms, avoiding bays, porches, or unusual ends unless a clear, worthwhile benefit exists. The piece emphasizes enduring beauty comes from meeting real needs, not fashionable ornament.
A New York Tribune description depicts a Broadway store window duo, a human “dude” in a carmine coat and top hat and a chimpanzee in colonial attire, both smoking cigarets as crowds stare. The shopkeeper notes the man costs $60 and the monkey $100 as the best advertising yet.
Rochester Union and Advocate discusses the risks of chloral for sleep after an ex assemblyman from Kings County overdosed. It argues that overwork fuels insomnia and hyperemia, urging baths, exercise, regular habits, and midday rest while calling for Americans to slow down and adopt European leisure norms.
Yale graduate Dr Samuel K Cox proclaims Red Star Cough Cure free from opiates and emetics and effective for quick cure. Baltimore firm Charles A Vogeler Company sells and manufactures it with praise from Dr James A Steuart of the city health department.
A lecture by Dr. Willard Parker criticizes hurried eating among Americans, quoting a legislator’s three and a half minute lunch of eggs potatoes beef steak milk and coffee. He contrasts with animals that rest before dining and notes restaurant staff observations of fast paced Wall Street lunches ending in long chats. A Newburyport painter was sent a small order for frog eye color paint.
A curious tale notes that every seeming ill is a benefit in disguise as a Kentucky man recovers after a mysterious kick of ami amid a morning ailment. The anecdote frames the event as a peculiar cure and a lesson in fortune.
A historical roundup notes the Ohio River reached record high and low levels, with the recovery from the low point taking longer than any prior cycle. The compilation cites various quotes and oddities from the era, illustrating a period of upheaval and vibrant, if fragmentary, reportage across local notices and public chatter.
A garbled advertisement list offers a dog buyer guide with 100 pages of engravings and colored plates, priced for mailing from Philadelphia and Buffalo publishers. The rest provides assorted medical pamphlets, remedies, and cough relief advertisements with scattered prices and locations.
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