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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1886
Page
4
Rev T De Witt Talmage urges women to deliberate prayers before choosing a husband, praising virtuous single women and warning against unsuitable matches. He highlights Phoebe, lists exemplary women, cautions against reforming a husband, and urges reliance on God to guide union decisions.
In Jackson County the county house burned at one o'clock Sunday morning. Forty inmates escaped naked after losing clothing in ten degree below zero conditions. five inmates died from exposure. Names include Dolly Martin Kate Avery Jane Atkins and Zina Boyton along with Charles Elliott. Rescue crews aided many others and a hired man carried three insane residents to safety. The fire destroyed the interior of the recently built building valued at about 12000 dollars. Later fires in New York destroyed several structures including West Shore ferry house and other businesses, with losses totaling thousands and insurance covering damages.
Rochester physician J. B. Henson recounts his six year battle with Bright's disease and a dramatic recovery after using Warner's Safe Cure. He warns of kidney disease's stealthy, hereditary danger and urges readers to seek early detection and treatment.
San Fernando reels from a cloud burst after days of rain. The Los Angeles River surged, washing away over fifty houses and severing rail and telegraph lines. Miss Kate Lytle and Mrs Theresa Whitney drowned their house as floodwaters rose. Los Angeles County damage estimated at $500000.
Alice Halter a fourteen year old servant was arrested on a first degree arson charge after she tried to burn her employer John J. Berger’s house in Burraro Buffalo. She piled inflamed papers in the bedroom and pantry and saturated them with coal oil before fleeing. the hired man returned and extinguished the blaze.
The Charlotte County Council adopted resolutions criticizing the Dominion Government for lack of interest in fishing issues. They sent the resolutions to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries asking protection against American encroachments. Some expect the government steamer Lansdowne to be deployed from St John to safeguard the bay fisheries until a terms are reached.
Christ Winkelman, sixteen, faced Justice King on a charge by saloon keeper Sebastian Hennemeyer for stealing three cigars worth twenty five cents. Hennemeyer testified with his wife and family present. The judge fined the boy one dollar and the saloon keeper ten dollars for selling liquor to a minor.
An oak block about eighteen inches in diameter found in Brooksville yards contained a three fourths inch augur hole with human hair tied in printed paper. The hair lay near the center, fixed by a pine plug, suggesting it was inserted when the tree was small as the wood grew smoothly over it.
A telegram from Dr. N M Pierce reports gas applied to a new furnace by Standard Charcoal Company at Goodrich Hickman County Tennessee and says the furnace runs beautifully. The gas from wood carbonizing could cut fuel use about twenty percent, potentially lowering charcoal iron costs and transforming the industry.
A cave-in under the Shenandoah branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad south of Sitena ndaoah Pa sank about sixty feet of roadbed two feet as a coal train passed. A hole about seventy five feet across opened. A passenger train had just cleared the area and traffic is suspended. colleries idle while repairs will take days. Sonora ups orange competition with Florida. Toluca bullfight fined for tame show.
Advertisements claim Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cures a cough in a few days in thousands of cases. The claim emphasizes rapid relief and broad success.
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