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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1890
Page
2
The Cambridge Herald lists Mahaffey and Ogier as managers with J P Mahaffey and T W Ogier as editor and business manager. Office location given as Main Street East Court Square. Post office entry notes second class mail status.
Ex Senator Riddleberger John McSweeney and Adam Forepaugh pass away after la grippe complications. New York manager bids for Boulanger lectures and Stanley the African explorer may perform in the US. Senator Buchanan joins Ohio Senate committees as Republicans face continued economic headwinds and troubled business conditions.
The text notes broad belief that Grover Cleveland would welcome the Democratic nomination for President though likely unsure how easily it would come compared to the past.
The president shows no concern for governance and plans to have a good time while opportunities last. Critics are told to stop complaining as Secretary Noble and Baby McKee remain close, with the world likely to wag on as he stays gay and happy.
In 1889 the Secretary of State issued certificates of incorporation to ninety Building Associations, 117 churches, 11 colleges and literary societies, 51 electric light companies, 30 gas and oil companies, 312 manufactories, 27 municipalities, 24 railroads, 285 political and social clubs and other miscellaneous companies totaling 1,193.
Readers note a rising mood in Cuba favoring annexation by the United States and discussion of a purchase proposal within the U S. Proponents claim vast benefits, while observers observe Spain has not previously offered such costly gifts to neighbors.
Senator Stanford leads a regional dining idea for Congress with all members from East West or South to attend together. The Western bloc was first tested and deemed successful, leading to plans for continued receptions with same regional grouping.
Congressman Sam Randall has joined the Presbyterian church and rumors spread he may delay death as his illness continues. Observers note his faith offers hope for a longer life while colleagues watch his Capitol duties and public role.
A St. Louis judge fined a knight charged with gambling, ruling chips counted as money. After court, the gambler offered the same amount in chips and left. The judge later remitted the fine but kept the chips. A sharp, wily exchange noted.
The New York governor suggests building two cross county roads in each county to form a statewide grid connected to neighboring counties. He argues the plan would provide convenient access for all residents and spur local highway improvements while the state bears the cost of construction and maintenance.
Miss Nellie Bly finishes her circumnavigation in seventy two days six hours eleven minutes. She began in New York November 14 traveling via London. Elizabeth Bisland, on the Cosmopolitan mission, heads toward New York from the Atlantic with delays due to a slow vessel replacement.
The report notes ongoing railroad construction in Washington and a lively local market due to recent snows. It mentions Charles Lawrence visiting Dresden Junction, Miss Mary Lawrence visiting in Cambridge, a protracted meeting at the Presbyterian church starting next Sunday week, and County Commissioners inspecting a pike slip east of town. Pearl McCreary and Miss Annie Jolley wed last Thursday evening by Rev. Wilson.
Benjamin Johnson of Iowa visits relatives in town. Mrs Alice Cosgrove and Mrs James Lyne travel to Cambridge and Batesville. Charlie White returns from Longmont Colorado. Will and Pearl Payne visit L J Cutters. James Teever visits Hartford guest of Henry Teener. James Joyce attends Cambridge teacher exam. Mrs TG McCorde visits Cambridge. Robert Boggs leaves for Omaha to join a wholesale grocery. Mrs Jane Randolph visits Harmar Ohio. OB Frisbee sails to Des Moines then Dakota to teach. Cumberland Lodge officers installed by District Deputy J L Douglass with John Crozier and others serving in key roles.
Mrs E P Davis of Planford Ohio visits this week as the village looks to the school bell. Sickness afflicts many older residents while Belle Conner returns from Zanesville. McGinty seen near a burned barn, Prof J A Bliss attends Cambridge county exam, class of 47. Union Literary Society debates suffrage with Fulton Green for affirmative and Chalfant Rogers for negative. negative wins.
Pt Pleasant reports Mrs Anne Trott and daughter convalescent. Bethel hosts a protracted meeting in two weeks. Mrs John Young sprains ankle. Rev Piggott leads at Ava Ohio. Jas Spaid traveled to Cambridge for business Saturday. Some boys attended Cambridge exam last Saturday. W H Spaid of Hartford to teach summer term. Stephen Hayt observed drilling progress in town. Meeting at Hartford Sunday evening.
Reports from Liberty Township include a bettering Lafayette Temple and a prayer meeting at John Dawsons last Friday. Local visits feature A K Gibson and wife, Thomas Gillespie with brother George, and Rev DL Clark with wife. Wm Rea visits from Steubenville, Jud Berry dismisses school due to la grippe, Mrs Adams of Rocky Fork owns long planted corn, Wesley Shaw returns from the West, Wm Lewis becomes Meagher Post Post Commander, Lily Hurst heads to Kansas to live with grandma, and North Salem Sabbath School considers adding an organ to improve music.
Local items report eggs at 12 cents and butter at 15 cents in North Salem. Ed McKim of Cambridge visits friends, and a social hop occurs at W B Matthews. Four local men plan to travel to Portland Oregon for work. A Miss Flora McCullough visits W 8 Proctor’s family. The la grippe continues to affect residents. M T Matthews leaves trading to nurse family ill with the flu. The Rev Hammond’s Sabbath sermon references Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. A coal bank incident ends with an old room collapsing after a water flow, driving workers out.
Clerk Weedon greets many friends after a busy week. Captain Cunningham and wife depart for Pennsylvania. Mr. G. Roberts visits then returns to Barnesville. Farmers bale hay and ship to eastern markets. John Scott of Marysville stops en route from Milnersville to Cambridge. Philips leaves for Canada to work on railroads. Water subsides heightens mill activity as flour runs low. Rev Appleton conducts funeral for Miss Gillespie after training at Hopewell.
The Columbus gathering unites the former N D A 135 and Progressive Union into one body with strengthened backing for miners. A defense fund is created with 25 cents monthly per member until May 1 and 15 cents thereafter to aid workers locked out or on strike, plus wage scales for mining regions and machine mining. An agreed meeting with operators is sought for May 1 scales, with the next convention set for February 1891.
Zanesville reports Boone pledges ten years of life to establish the Black Diamond system. The P C O and its Pittsburgh and Cincinnati divisions map a route from Meigsville through Cadiz to Pittsburgh and Muskingum river to Cincinnati. Directors and officials for 1890 are listed, with Watts and Hawkins among engineers guiding surveys.
Mr. B. Barton is seriously ill with la gripe. Mrs. Charles A. Pace has suffered from la grippe. James Lawrence of Cambridge visited friends locally last week. Mr. Hawkins, a Mud Road district teacher, resigned. Ross Jenkins has been employed in this region. Will Halford, who has been traveling for months, is at home visiting his father briefly before returning to Lebanon.
Ayre and Co. dry goods store at OU will close at 6 p m during January and February on weekdays except Saturdays when it stays open until 8 30 p m.
A Springfield Republic item recalls a card from F C and L W L Franklin to Mitchell Post No 45 urging a 30 minute talk to prove by the Bible that Union soldiers from 1861 to 1865 become immortal. It cites General Rousseau as praising heavenly outcomes for fallen soldiers. The note closes with old ads for Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup and Laxador liver regulator.
An advertisement touts S. S. 8.8.8 as all vegetable and curative of several conditions including skin cancer, hereditary blood taint, scarlet fever, scrofula, and contagious blood poison. It claims universal healing without minerals, urges a free treatise by mail, and notes Ohio December weather statistics and storms.
An old medical ad touts Salvation Oil as a swift permanent cure for neuralgic pain and promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the remedy for coughs and sore throats. Each product is priced at 25 cents.
Cross of Bethel area stored 35 dollars in greenbacks in pants folded in a chest. Mice gnawed through the pants and the bills, leaving holes. He brought the damaged money to the Oxford Bank, which sent it to the Treasury, and new silver certificates were issued, costing 50 cents.
The notice praises Electric Bitters as a life changing remedy for kidney liver or stomach ailments. It claims many have recovered health using this tonic and lists Hawthorne's drug store as the seller with bottles priced at 40 cents and one dollar.
The 1 cent stamp is blue featuring Franklin. The 2 cent stamp is Carmine showing Washington. The 3 cent stamp is violet with Jackson. The 4 cent stamp is dark brown with Lincoln. The 5 cent stamp is light brown with Grant. The 6 cent stamp features Garfield in vermilion red. The 10 cent stamp is green with Webster. The 15 cent stamp is brown with Clay. The 30 cent stamp is black with Jefferson vignette. The 90 cent stamp is orange with Perry.
Rev F M Strout of Black Mound Kansas claims five bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured his lung disease and gained 26 pounds. Arthur Love of Love's Funny Folks confirms its superiority over competitors after trials. Free trials at D M Hawthorne's drug store with regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
A five room house is offered for sale or rent. Inquiries should be directed to Jesse Duniver at 1119 Steubenville Avenue.
A nineteenth century salve offers cures for cuts bruises ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapping and more with a money back guarantee. Sold by D M Hawthorne for 25 cents a box with Dec 5 1889 reference.
Byerville January 19 1890 comrade D M Slay Post Commander is mourned by the post through resolutions expressing sympathy to the widow and children and ordering mourning draped halls for thirty days and notices sent to the Cambridge Herald.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road runs vestibuled through trains to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York from Cambridge, heated by steam and safe for children to move between cars. Vestibuled trains depart Cambridge daily at 9:36 pm and 2:17 am, with Pullman space reserved via M. Fordyce, Ticket Agent.
A dated quip argues that nine of ten women are blonde and only one is dark haired, claiming civilization rises with blonde hair and that blondes are more affectionate wives, attributed to a satirical Excerpt.
A renowned doctor known for chronic female diseases extends visits to Cambridge for 12 months by special request. She has numerous certificates of cures and praise across Guernsey and neighboring counties, urging those with difficult cases to seek treatment now.
At Barnesville on Friday and Saturday February 7 and 8 an office consultation and examination are offered free. Send for a list of certificates and correspondence with invalids is solicited. Address Mrs. Dr. L. A. Harkey Cleveland Ohio.
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