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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
4
A San Francisco Wasp poem by Frank Gassaway recalls the Civil War heroism of the Twenty second Maine and their horse Bay Billy at Fredericksburg. The text honors the colonel and wounded leader, and narrates how Bay Billy inspired the troops to surge and capture every gun on the hill.
Miles P. Cook of Flint Michigan recalls a Civil War day at Chickamauga when he was wounded and a Confederate helped him endure. A Hood's Texas Ranger attempted to take his boots, but Carter intervened, turning the bayonet attack and shooting the Ranger, saving both men.
A Philadelphia Times reminiscence describes Southern women improvising lighting during shortages. Beeswax and resin candles replaced tallow and lard, with waxed wicks formed by rows of helpers. Stemmed lights included lard-made lanterns, pine-knot glows, and improvised lamp pyramids for gatherings and sickrooms, capturing wartime resourcefulness.
A Civil War soldier recalls crawling to swamp muck to escape Federals, staying hidden for a day and a half. The mud shielded wounds and kept blood loss down, aiding recovery. Carter helped him survive. the ranger who attacked him was avenged, and the speaker hopes for news of Carter if alive.
A compilation notes pension totals, monuments and donations across the postwar landscape. It cites 406,007 pensioners, honors General Hancock’s widow fund with 15 thousand dollars, and mentions New York’s General U S Grant Post planning a $100,000 memorial. It lists figures like Abner Doubleday, Loren Andrews, Samuel Randall, and Palmer, with details on banners, state arms, and veterans’ organizations. A Croydon New Hampshire veteran touts a time torpedo engine concept.
The Nogales Letter notes Senora Amastia Rubio de Pascadero as a famed female bandit of Mexico. She staged a Zacatecas road robbery while in male disguise, killed many, and evaded troops for years. Upon dying she left a vast fortune to charity and was buried beside her late lover in San Antonio.
A compendium of excerpts notes Prof. Sanborn arguing hogs mature fastest and cheapest at eight months, condemning fourteen month feeding as wasteful due to high maintenance. It cites weight efficiency, then shifts to a Milton Pa woman fending off a street assailant with sausage. It includes quips on clubmen, a frontier malaria warning, and a Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters health note, ending with a brooklyn standard line on pudding recipes.
A promotional notice touts a beautiful water color style picture in Demorest's Monthly Magazine for February. It highlights value at twenty cents and suggests readers request the issue from their newsdealer or mail to publisher W Jennings Demorest, 15 East Fourteenth Street New York.
Do not let a cold develop into catarrh and miss the chance to prevent or cure it. Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy is offered at all druggists as the solution to both cold and catarrh, urging immediate use for relief.
A narrative argues travel damages health and home remedies work best. Case anecdotes cite Major S B Abbott finding relief with Warner's Safe Cure for kidney troubles after trials at Hardin Sulphur Springs and other resorts. Dr Gustav Weber notes recovery after prolonged Carlsbad visits and using Warner's product. The piece stresses proper remedy and home care over continental cures.
The Gneat Rock Island Rover adopts a fast schedule from Chicago to Council Bluffs and Kansas City, with the Council Bluffs and Pacific Limited Express departing 7 30 P M and arriving 11 30 A M next day. Kansas City and Pacific Limited Express leaves 5 P M arriving 9 05 A M next day. Both offer Pullman sleepers dining and chair cars, promising 16 hours Chicago to the western hubs and connections to California and the Pacific coast.
For only twenty cents you can obtain a beautiful picture that resembles a water color. A full size paper pattern and design of your choosing, plus access to the finest magazine. February issue includes this pattern. Price is 21 cents. ask your newsdealer to show it. Published by Demorest in New York. Subscribe now for value. Men who are a great deal after fugitives from justice. Boston Courier.
An advertisement features a woman praising Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for dragging pains and female weaknesses. It claims the medicine relieves ailments and pro lapsus with a money back guarantee if satisfaction is not achieved, and notes its exclusive sale by druggists.
The piece mocks old-school Japanese physicians allowed only wooden swords while praising a drug's imperial claim. It notes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery praised for many ailments, claimed to please the Mikado, and mentions a pocket rifle and petty revenge by pickpockets. Brown's Bronchial Traches priced at 25 cents in boxes.
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